Burnett Garden Club 1988-2018: Fairy Garden Workshop

2/18/2009

Fairy Garden Workshop

On May 14th 2009 we will be meeting at 6:30 pm at Kris's Spirit Lake home for a fairy garden workshop. It is not too soon to start planning for this workshop so here are the details.

Bring your own favorite container to plant a fun Fairy Garden! A Fairy Garden is a miniature container garden including fairies, furniture, structures, and living plants which is usually placed in a secluded, quiet, magical area of your garden. Your container must have a drainage hole.

We will provide: potting soil, two or more mini plants or herbs, gravel for pathways/mulch, small flat stones for stepping stones, mini ceramic tiles for patios, and one fairy.

You may want to bring: any other accessories or plants that you wish to place in your fairy garden, such as a fairy house (fairies like their houses made out of natural materials), miniature garden furniture, a small mirror for a pool (fairies do like to admire themselves!), some homemade gates/arbors/ fences from Popsicle or other sticks, extra fairies to keep each other company, any special mini plants you like, etc. Fairies do love herb gardens, so an herb that you can prune like a tree would be great to bring. Get great ideas from the websites below!

Pre-registration is required so we know how much material to get for you. Please contact Kris by May 7^th if you are coming. Wear casual clothing as we just may get dirty! If it is raining, we will pot up in the garage.

Some websites for fun perusing:

twogreenthumbs.com (a Seattle nursery with great ideas)

miniature-gardens.com/fairy-garden (Enchanted Gardens website)

finefairyhouses.com (a Minnesota company)

summerspastfarms.com (cute metal furniture)

thefairysgarden.com (Wayzata, MN.)

fairygardens.com

faeriemagazine.com

veronicasdollhouse.com

bjcraftsupplies.com/miniatures (check their furniture and garden)

herbcompanion.com/articles/02_03_05fairies

. . . and on, and on, and on . . .