Designing A Fairy Garden – In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, there is something truly wonderful about creating a small, charming world in your backyard. Fairy gardens have become a trend that captures the hearts and imaginations of people young and old. These miniature scenes, decorated with little fairies, gnomes, and charming accessories, offer a delightful escape into a realm of creativity and wonder.
I am very excited to share with you some new fairy garden ideas and photos that you have never seen before. The photos in this post are some I’ve collected from Gingham Gardens readers and friends, as well as from my own little gardens.
Designing A Fairy Garden
Fairy gardens are more than little plants and little figurines; it is an expression of creativity and a way to bring a touch of magic to our lives and the lives of visitors to our gardens.
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These little scenes are the perfect way to get kids into the garden and a fun gardening activity for them to participate in. My grandchildren love setting up fairy gardens and playing with the little figurines.
Along with the photos, we will highlight several ideas that you can use to create your own magical fairy or miniature gardens.
Collecting small pieces for your fairy garden can be a hobby (or an addiction) in and of itself. Start small with a mini garden and just add a few small houses, accessories, and fairies or gnomes. If you decide you like it, you can add on every year.
Decide where you want to place your fairy garden. If your fairy garden gets full sun, part sun or shade will determine the types of plants you buy for your garden.
How To Make Homemade Fairy Gardens
Whether you’re creating a fairy garden around or in a container, plant your flowers and plants first, and then add your fairies and accessories.
Do you want to create a fairy garden in a container? Or on earth? If you want a container garden, you can use a terra cotta pot, galvanized tub, old wagon, wheelbarrow, or anything else you can plant. Remember, whenever plants are involved, the containers must have drainage holes. Use your imagination and be creative!
Creating a container garden just for your fairies takes miniature gardening to a whole new level. Get ready for a lot of creativity. Don’t miss a thing! Take a few minutes to enlarge the photos and see all the details.
Here at Gingham Gardens, we’re all about using upcycled vintage items in our gardens. Using upcycled junk to create a fairy garden ups the charm factor at least 100 times!
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Old Wheelbarrows are the perfect thing to create a fairyland. Notice the small farm animals. So cute! Idea: Use small toys like dinosaurs, farm animals, farm equipment, etc. to add creativity to your fairy gardens. A little imagination goes a long way!
Old wagons make beautiful fairy garden containers. Idea: Use pea gravel or aquarium stones to create pathways in your fairy garden. Colored aquarium gravel can be used to create a faux pond. Use large stones to create sections.
Another old wagon fairy garden container. Idea: Upcycle an old wagon that’s out of shape to use as a toy.
I always said I would never use old tires in my gardens, but I may eat my words after seeing this idea. This wheeled teacup fairy garden is simply adorable!
How To Make A Windowsill Fairy Garden
Think outside the box and use your yard waste for your fairy gardens. Idea: an old, hollow log makes the perfect container for a fairy garden.
If you are just starting out with Fairy Gardens, one of the easiest ways to get started is to simply use a flower pot that you already have.
Either old or new galvanized containers are great for fairy gardens. A reminder to choose pots with good drainage or holes in the bottom of your containers.
If your timing is right, you can dress up a complete fairy garden (except for the plants) at The Dollar Tree. In the spring they had the cutest little fairies and accessories, but they sold out quickly. My friend, Holly, put together this super cute fairy garden with Dollar Tree items.
Pickle Jar Fairy House
You don’t have to do anything fancy. Idea: you can create a small area in your existing flower beds for your fairies to hang out. I toured the gardens of one of my master gardener friends and his fairy garden was like nothing I had ever seen. They captivated me with their beauty and creativity.
Idea: Creating a small fairy scene within your flower gardens is a smart way to fill empty space. It also takes your ordinary flower garden into a magical world that attracts visitors.
As I wandered through this magical garden, I captured some of these little scenes. I realize it’s not the same as seeing them in person in the garden, but I think you get the idea.
On another garden tour, Jeanne placed this sweet little vignette among her plants. How cute is that little, chubby mushroom fairy?
Enchanting Outdoor Fairy Garden Ideas For Your Home
We have an area between our house and the patio that is perfect for a small garden. For this, we chose small gnomes. Idea: find small areas in your landscape where you can put a small garden.
Decaying wood is good for your garden soil. Idea: leave the old logs in your garden and enhance it with fairy garden accessories.
Our neighbor made a fairy village around the tree trunk. The detail smells so ‘CUTE! By simply using moss, twigs, pebbles, pinecones, stir sticks, and a few accessories from her craft stash, she was able to add a lot of character to this nondescript place. I love the little fairy windows and fairy doors. Notice the little kitten sleeping in the doorway.
Here is the other side of the tree. Idea: use branches, pinecones, rocks, moss, or other natural materials in your fairy garden that you find in your yard.
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Do you have an area in your yard that you’re not sure what to do with? We have a random area in our backyard with a 4-trunk ash tree cut down. At first, we wanted to grind the stumps, level the area, and sow the grass seed, but since the circular area is filled with landscape stones, the tree stumps cannot become soil. After trying different things, we decided to turn the sun-filled area into a fairy village. Yes, fairies are like sunny gardens!
First, we cleared the area, dug up some landscaping rocks, and added fresh compost. Next, I used some small landscape stones to create borders for the paths. Then I added some plants. I wish I had planted more so that next spring I could fill in the empty spots. A fairy garden can never have too many plants. Idea: Sedum, moss roses, herbs, hens and chicks, and other succulents work well in sunny, dry fairy gardens.
Next, I added pea gravel for the paths and mulch around the plants. The old birdhouses we found at a flea market work perfectly as fairy houses. Idea: find unusual things like bird houses, tea cups, broken pottery, and anything else you can think of to use for fairy houses. The next time you visit your local thrift store, keep an eye out for little things and little treasures that you can use in your fairy garden.
Hubs also make some houses from tree branches and bark. Idea: use small pieces of wood to make stepping stone paths.
Fairy Gardens Create A Magical World
Then the fun part is creating the magic with all the little fairies and accessories we’ve collected. Idea: take pictures of your fairy gardens because when you look at them later, you will generate more ideas. Case in point… next year I will put moss on the tree stumps.
I won’t give you endless lists of plants that can be used in fairy gardens because you don’t need them. There are a few things to keep in mind though.
The list is endless here. I like to use a mix of small flowering plants, as well as plants with leaves like vegetables.
Planting and arranging a fairy garden is not a one time deal. In order for it to last and look good all summer, it needs to be well maintained. Make sure your gardens are watered, especially those in containers. If your fairy garden plants start to look shaggy or grow too big, just give them a haircut or trim. There are many great tips for Maintaining Your Container Gardens.
Magically Creative Outdoor Fairy Garden Ideas
When you shop online for fairy garden accessories, be sure to pay attention to the size of the item you are purchasing. You don’t want to buy your fairy a house only to pick it up and realize it’s for a little fairy.
Make sure the small accessories you buy are made for the outdoors. I’m not too worried about the fairies and little accessories, but I noticed that some of the fairy lights say “indoor use only”.
Most craft stores