I have finally finished work on my
first Fairy Garden ! After checking the
internet for ideas - and elements I could buy instead of make - I ended up
constructing most of my own accessories.
I decided a
mobile garden would work best; however, some people constructed theirs under
trees. I got a large, rectangular basket at Michael's, laid down a large,
plastic lawn refuse bag as a liner, and used a Miracle Gro soil that protects
against over and under watering.
The trick
was figuring out HOW to build the stuff, since there were no generalized
instructions online. I began with a "house" and found a wonderful,
small log in the firewood with two great knot holes. I sliced it into two
different sized pieces with a sloped cut for roofs. I glued them with
Gorilla glue and secured them together overnight with rubber bands. Then
I began decorating. Small vertical then horizontal sticks formed the
roofs, with popsicle sticks for the door. For decorations, I purchased a
bag of assorted moss, tiny "wedding" roses, some tiny silk flowers, a
package of tiny terracotta flower pots, a tea light that resembled a gazebo,
some sign wood, and a couple bags of their smallest river rocks. I
already had marbles (for the gazing ball), a bag of sphagnum moss, several
pieces of sliced agate (for the bench), and very narrow ribbon, copper wire to
make an arbor. Once you start sticking on moss, and flowers and such, you
find the more stuff you stick on, the better it looks!
The wishing
well was constructed of the tiny river rocks held together with hot glue.
I used the hot glue gun to decorate also, using the sphagnum moss as
"vines," further enhanced with tiny flowers. I did manage to
find a fairy, bird bath, bucket, and garden tools at a garden center. The
path is just filling in with tiny river rocks to make a path from the arbor at
the front to the fairy house.
The "bird house" was
actually made of popsicle sticks on a wooden skewer base with a toothpick end
for a perch!
Then it was
off to the garden centers to buy plants. The "grass" is
actually a perennial called "Irish Moss." Flowers include other
perennials such as the hosta in the front right corner called "Blue Mouse
Ears" which has very tiny leaves and flowers, "Snow-in-Summer Silver
Carpet," "Papaver Summer Beauty," and "Red Creeping
Thyme" in front. I got a lot of what I consider "draping
plants" that hang and dangle softly over the sides of the large basket
that holds the garden. The annuals included "ficus ripens
variegatus," lobelia, zinnia "Crystal White," "Easter
Bonnet Deep Rose" alyssum, "Green Yellow Alternanthera,"
Helichrysum, "Madiera Crested Yellow," and "Asparagus
Fern."
And
finally, I added a sign to the front that I saw online and recreated!
2 comments:
Love your fairy garden, I'm hoping to start one tomorrow, thanks for the inspiration~
Beautiful!! I just got the planter and a stand for mine...Hope it turns out as well a yours!
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