Alix Wood - Fairy Garden Design

Getting Sta rted

Yo u can make ever ything for yo ur fairy gard en using ev eryd ay objects.

Start collecting. Y o ull nd yo u start looking at e v erything and imagining how yo u could use them in yo ur fairy gard en! Get invent ive a shell could make a fairy bathtub, an acorn top could be a plate or a hat. Onc e you get the bug youl l be able to think up lots of yo ur own ideas.

Useful Things

bottle tops - for paths or seats necklaces - use for fe ncing, as a tree garland, or as chain for a swing wire - twist to mak e furnitur e grave l - good for patios and paths corks - can be pushed into the soil to make path ways pinecones - break into pieces to use as ro of shingles small pots and thimbles - use as garden dec oration s twigs - useful for furnitur e, trees, e tc.

This heather plant has nice, small leave s and a tr ee-lik e stalk. It will mak e quite a convincing tree.

Cut the low er br anches off to cr eate a tr ee trunk. T rim the top into a tr ee-lik e shape.

When you cho ose plants for yo ur fairy gard en, you will w ant their sc ale to look right. T ry to nd plants with small leav es. Y ou c an trim the bottom leav es off a small shrub to mak e it look lik e a tr ee. Moss mak es great gr ass. Plac e the container wher e the plan ts will get the conditions they need, either sunn y or shady depending on the plants yo u choose.

This shrub was created by cutting the ends off pampas grass, tying them with rubber bands and pushing them into the soil.

Turn a cuing into a tr

One of the rst pro jects yo u might like to m ake f or yo ur fairy gard en is a fairy house. Visiting fa iries will want some where to keep out of the we ather or to call home.

Find y our y ogurt cup. Using scissors, cut an opening into it, like the one picture d above . This will be yo ur doorway . Cover the cup in masking tape.

Y OU WILL NEED: a yogurt cup scissors some twigs rubber bands strong glue masking tape some moss and ivy tiny craft flowers