Build Your Own Magical Fairy GardenAn Enchanting Accent GardenA fairy garden is one of today's hottest types of accent garden. If you're looking for a unique way to fill a small garden space—especially if you still have small children with that unflagging sense of wonder—you might consider planting a garden given over to the fairies...  According to some tales, fairies are tiny magical creatures seldom seen, but full of mischief. They love to live among flowers and growing things, but are not good at building their own houses. Thus... the perfect opportunity to construct your own miniature fairy garden in a corner of your yard... in a hollowed out tree stump... or even indoors in a flower box or basket. What small child wouldn't love to have their very own fairy garden? Themed gardens give you an outlet for your creativity. Fairy gardens are just one type of theme garden. And it's really up to you how to design your own garden for fairies. But the important thing is to let your imagination run wild... First off, there are many fairy-themed plants you could use, such as:
And fairies' favorite flowers are said to be hollyhocks, so be sure to include a few of them too. In miniature fairy theme gardens, you can also have herbs, as they are generally smaller plants and grow without a lot of need for interference on your part. Here is a list of herbs that will work well in fairy gardens:
Plants that attract bees, butterflies, and birds are good for fairy accent gardens too, because those are just the things that fairies love best! Whenever a child says, "I don't believe in fairies," there's a little fairy somewhere that falls right down dead. — J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Oh, and don't forget... fairies love shiny things, so you can include some glittery rocks in an outside garden, or a mirror and marbles in an indoor fairy garden. You could even hang pretty ribbons and bits of mirror or shiny glass beads to the plants in the garden. Realizing that you can never count on fairies to make an appearance, you might want to add a fairy statue or two of your own to the garden. Lastly, you might want to include some miniature fairy structures in the fairy garden... perhaps a small house (made from a birdhouse?), a charming bridge, or even a little fairy bench or stool? Small windchimes hanging in or near the garden will also be pleasing to the fairies. Whatever you decide to do for your new accent garden, keep it fun. Make your fairy garden a magical place for your children and for the fairies! In Scotland, on the Isle of Skye, there is a fairy glen that is purely magical. It has a fairy castle on a fairy hill, lots of grassy fairy mounds, even fairy standing stones. Here is a picture:  Imagine living close to such a fairy place!
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