How to Design a Fairy Garden

Whether your age is eight or 80, it's hard to resist an enchanting fairy garden. A creative project that requires only a small corner in your garden, a fairy garden is an opportunity to unleash your imagination and create a miniature haven for visiting fairies and their friends, the colorful butterflies. Provide shelter and a tiny pond and include a few colorful plants that fairies will love. If you don't have garden space, build a tiny fairy garden in a flower pot or an old wagon. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

1

Walk around your garden or yard and seek out the best spot for your fairy garden. Use existing elements in your yard, such as a shrub or tree, or near an old tree stump. Select a spot where the fairy garden will be protected from wind and hot afternoon sunlight.

2

Mark off an area about 3 to 6 feet square. Surround the area with a tiny wall made of pebbles, acorns, seashells or sticks.

3

Build a tiny cottage for the fairies. Although you can purchases fairy houses at craft stores, it's easy to make a shelter from natural materials such as twigs. Stack the twigs like a log cabin, then cover the roof with bark and moss or leaves. Alternatively, make a house from clay or use a tiny birdhouse.

4

Build the fairies a walking path made of flat stones or pieces of old pottery. Place a shallow saucer in the fairy garden. Place a small rock in the middle of the saucer so the fairies have a resting place, then fill the saucer with water.

5

Plant small bedding plants in the remaining space. Select plants that fairies and butterflies will love, such as purple coneflower, pansies, bluebells, snowdrops, violets or nasturtiums.

6

Decorate the fairy garden as much as you like. Install tiny directional signs or tiny figurines. Sprinkle the fairy garden with glitter.