Fairy Gardens

Fairy gardens seem to be all the rage these days, with classes, books and websites devoted to them. When I asked a friend if she had heard of them, and showed her a few photos online, I had no idea what I was doing. She has become infatuated with the idea and immediately did up a small one in a terrarium for work. Last weekend she created two more, with -- I confess -- a little help from me.

First up, a small one done for a friend's birthday. We found the tree stump pot at Menard's, where we also picked up a few herbs. We found the bench at Wisconsin Craft Market, which we stained and waterproofed along with the cabin in the larger garden we did. I found the fairy at Johannsen's.

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And this is the one K made for herself. It is in an old fire pit, repurposed as a planter. We're not sure how the assortment of plants are going to do as 1) they were not marked as indoor/outdoor 2) they were not marked as sun, shade, or partial and 3) the containers did not even have plant names, but were only labeled as "tiny plants, assorted." Yeah...so helpful.

We found the log cabin at Wisconsin Craft Market, and picked up the some of the other items at Hobby Lobby. Glass stones make up the river, and we have some tiny birdhouses to mount on twigs to place around the cabin. K also wants to get a fairy or two, especially one like that I bought for M's above, and some small fish tank gravel to line the path leading over the bridge and towards the cabin. She also wants to find a small swan for the river.