Marie St. Claire - The Most Simple Way to Create a Fairy Garden

Inthe springtime when the earth starts to warm and tiny seeds start to sprout,there is magic in the air. Just looking at a small seed and imagining its fullpotential is magical.

Amagical garden can be many things. Planting an elemental garden, connecting tothe four elementals can be magical. Earth is the feminine element, whichconnects us to the cycle of birth, life and death and is the northern element.The colors green and brown connect to the earth element. The air element is thesoul and the breath of life, the colors associated with air are yellow andwhite, and air is of the East. Fire is the masculine energy element connectedto the colors red and orange as well as the south. Water, the final element isfeminine and associated with healing and emotion. Water is of the west, and theassociated color is blue. Imagine a magical garden with all the elements andcolors aligned with the points of the compass.

AGoddess garden would be a magical choice for a garden. Depending on yourspiritual beliefs, a garden could honor a Goddess of your choice. You may wantto do some in depth reading about your goddess of choice, researching whichelement she is associated with. If she is an air element you might want to hangwind chimes in the area you have dedicated to her. If she is a Goddessassociated with water, you could place a small statue of her close to a smallgarden pond. In your Goddess garden, you can plant flowers associated with thespirit of your Goddess. If you choose to honor a Goddess of the harvest, forexample, you may want to plant some fall blooming flowers. In addition to theflowers in your Goddess garden, you can place beautiful crystals and stones.

Flowershave been associated with magic for hundreds of years. You can plant a magicalgarden full of flowers that have magical powers. The lily, for example, isassociated with fertility and rebirth. The leaf of the dandelion is used forhealing. For positive change in your life, plant dandelions in the northwestcorner of your garden. Narcissus, when planted in your garden can bring calmand peace. Chamomile flowers can be brewed into tea to calm the soul and easethe spirit. To create a wonderful magical flower garden, read about theproperties of flowers and plant the ones that you want to bring magic into yourlife.

Youcan create a magical garden with herbs. Herbs have so many varied properties,and you will want to read and learn about the special healing herbs for mindand body. Lavender, which is so pretty and has a wonderful aroma, can be usedfor depression. Maybe you want to plant a magical garden full of herbsassociated with love, your choices would include, catnip, yarrow, lavender andbasil, just to name a few. For friendship, your choices would be lemon, vanillaor orange. Your magical garden could include all the flowers associated withlove and healing. This would be a delightful place to invite friends to sit andenjoy the sweetness and magical aromas of this beautiful garden.

Anotheroption for a magical garden would be a moon garden. There are several plantsthat bloom at night. If you put your night garden near the window where yousleep you can enjoy the wonderful aroma that fills the night air when thesedelightful flowers open their petals to the moonlight. Some of the varietiesthat you can choose from include, are the moonflower, a beautiful white flower,a cousin of the morning glory, which has flowers that open as wide as sixinches at night. The blooms have a wonderful lemony scent. Other options foryour magical night garden would be night phlox with blooms that emit adelicious honey/vanilla aroma. Angel's trumpet has a lovely name and the whitetrumpet like flowers open at night.

Thereare many magical myths and legends that you can read and explore when planningyour magical garden. Earth spirits such as fairies, gnomes and elves areassociated with the land, plants, rocks and water. Many people enjoy creating fairygardens with miniature plants and ornaments to create homes for garden fairiesto live in.

Leylines are thought to be magical lines in the earth, and it is thought thatwhere they cross or connect, there exists a greater energy. When planning yourmagical garden you could research the positioning of ley lines in and acrossyour land.

Manycultures have myths and legends associated with magic and the earth. InIreland, the little people, or leprechauns live underground. English folklorehas many stories about garden fairies. Several cultures have deities associatedwith the earth; Dionysus is Greek, Brighid, Celtic and Cybele, Roman. Pele is aHawaiian earth deity, and there are many others. When you are considering yourGoddess garden you could research and read more about these various earthdeities.

Planningmeditation and prayer in your magical garden will guide you with ideas on howyou want your garden planned. You could combine the different ideas of magicalgardens and include an elemental garden with a goddess garden and also a moonflower garden. Providing paved walkways intertwined between the differentaspects of your garden, small benches, pools of water and ornaments of crystalsand stones will create a beautiful and peaceful magical garden.