Happy Faery Day

This is a little stone house I bought at the flea market a couple years ago...We used it as a faery house but fear the blasted gnomes are trying to take it over. Evan had a lot of fun making the little glass stone path for the house.

Those pesky gnomes are everywhere...this one has a little ladder and is climbing on the stone.

It's hard to get a shot of this little part of the garden...there's a stump from a shrub we removed so I used it to create a little faery corner. The faery is on the left...she sits with her chin in her hands and looks out over the stones and fountain! There are also over turned little pots, a shovel, and a snail keeping her company.

Another little faery house with stone path...Evan likes to leave things for the faeries here so you can see the shell he left for them to bathe in and also some pinecones.

These are little parts of bigger beds in the front of our house...this year we struggle with too much rain and hot hot hot days...so I'm hoping for a cooler July so perhaps the plants have a chance to really grow!!

The faery beds are a work in progress...as I find little goodies I encorporate them into the beds. And like I said Evan likes to put things out for the faeries also. Sometimes the gnomes move about so he checks whenever he comes over to see what they are up to and usually insists on putting them back where they belong. He has yet to catch a glimpse of the faeries but he keeps trying!!

Fairy Garden Progress

This is a photo of the square stone I mentioned that I bought at the dollar store...for ummmm...a dollar. I thought the saying was particularly cute for a fairy garden. I decided to use it in the front bed because more people will see it there.
Here is one of the fairy rings. It's a little hard to see but the center piece is the stone fountain. With a fairy to the left and the wooden walk way. Of course I still need to add the ferns and flowering moss. The picture below shows a little closer up.
Here is the second fairy ring and all it has so far is a little house I picked up at the flea market for 25 cents. I am going to plant moss in a circle around the edge of the ring. I am not sure what other tidbits I will find to decorate this fairy ring.
Both of the rings will be surrounded by day lilies and hostas once they get growing for this season. They are up but they get a lot bigger within the next month!

Working on the Fairy Gardens

Today is shaping up to be a beautiful day outside. I am working on my Fairy Garden that is in the front of the house along our walkway. I took apart an old garden barrel that was falling apart and used the two rings from the barrel to create two round fairy gardens among the day lilies and hostas. They are only partially finished but if I get a minute I'll snap some pictures to post for you. The two rings sort of highlight the fairy section and yet blend in nicely. Otherwise I was afraid the tiny stuff would get lost among the larger plants. One of the rings has the little stone water fountain, another piece of decor picked up at the dollar store, a stone fairy, a wooden walkway and two pretty flat stones...The other ring has just a little house in it right now.

I am really itching to actually plant a few flowers in the rings but here in Missouri people warn against planting before Mother's Day so I will have to wait until next weekend!! I am thinking about a couple ferns and some flowering moss. Well back to work...I just came in to put on a load of laundry...then I have a bit of a mess on the walkway to clean up!!!

Fairy News

Well I found the cutest little stone (flat and square) at the dollar store...it says "With Grateful Hearts Gather Here" isn't that the cutest little saying for a fairy garden? I actually put it in the flower bed at the front of the house...right next to out sidewalk. I had a bush (small one) die in this bed so I am sticking in a few annuals to fill the space this year. I thought I'd throw a few fairy items in for good measure. The rest of the bed looks splendid with hostas and day lilies. I also placed a little stone fountain that I picked up at the flea market for 25 cents. It's suppose to have a battery for water to flow...but Ijust thought it looked cute as a fairy fountain so its in the front bed also. There are a couple of fairly small fairy statues at Walmart that I plan to pick up and stick in this bed also...I'll try to take a few pics soon so you can see this tiny area of the bed...the weather is warmer but I'm not planting anything until AFTER Mother's Day!!!

Fairy Garden Site of Interest

This is from a blog at Enchanted Fairy Gardens.

It is a site well worth checking out. There are wonderful examples of Fairy Gardens and there is a store site too as well as the blog. The store is called Enchanted Gardens Check out all the minature fairy sized things they have. I love browsing the site and getting ideas for the Fairy Garden I am about to create!!

Fairy Gardens

I have been reading about creating a fairy garden and I have just the spot for it...I will post more about that later and describe the process and hopefully take some photos of it in process...may use them for a few pages in my Garden Art Journal also.