While my heart most certainly lies elsewhere, in reality I live in a fairly urban area barely outside of the city limits with a postage stamp yard that is nearly as tight on space for us as the inside of our little house is with five children. But while space may be tight and reality suggests something less than perfect there is no limit on where our imaginations can carry us. My now 8 year old daughter and I have enjoyed working on this idea of a fairy garden over the past several years adding to it a little bit at a time. It is a work always in progress. This project is fun, a great way to connect and spend time with your child or just combat boredom on hot summer days. Best of all, this is entertainment that takes no money using things that are already on hand or can be found lying unused and underappreciated around the house or garage. I like to keep a little junk box the size of a shoe box for odds and ends that come in handy for projects such as this. Using your imagination, the sky is the limit.
So take a walk past our tomato garden next to the garage, through the locked garden gate overflowing with white flowery vines, underneath the arbor filled with pink lemonade honeysuckle; an oasis for hummingbirds, past the spring lilacs and you’re on your way to escape in a Secret Fairy Garden; the stuff literary tales are spun of.
On the curved path, pass the Black Eyed Susans, the Welcome Kitties and the small love rock that was a Mother’s Day gift.
Pass the remembrance garden filled with impatiens, the three little kittens and a wonderful pink butterfly.
You will find a small bird house floating in the midst of some tall wild flowers. Duck behind the laundry airing out on the line daily and it’s time to look down to find a tiny little Fairy Garden filled with treasure and the inspiring imagination of a little girl.
Take a seat! Take a close look… Strung on floral wire between a picnic fork and spoon you will find “Joy Garden” crafted from alphabet beads and a fairy sign made out of popsicle sticks in the midst of tiny flowers with bead pots and a clam shell growing a tiny bed of flowers which guard a single little white pearl in an area littered with the smallest shells pockets can hold from our Northern Atlantic Coast summertime adventure.
Among these you will find a little fairy contemplating by her bead pot filled with flowers who watches over her cute tiny turtles and her bicycle.
In a sunny spot sits a small wooden birdhouse found in the garage repurposed; repainted and decorated to a Fairy’s liking with fresh green paint, a string of pearls, some flowers and a stone roof with a stony walkway to the front door as well. More bead pots adorn the landscape and a marble serves as a ball for Fairy recreation.
Did you notice the little table and lamp… made from an empty spool, a pink cut straw and a toothpaste cap… perfect for reading in the evenings or sitting on the clam shell and watching a sunrise.
Here is the little clam garden with the pearl again and a resident horse goes for a refreshing drink at the shell pond.
His stable nearby is tucked secretly under the peony leaves next to some more coastal treasures.
Tucked under the greenery and within the forest of mint or among the rocks lining the Fairy garden you will see that our Fairy Friend shares her space with a sweet little cow, a friendly squirrel and a Maine Coast Minion who doesn’t really cause any trouble. The black and white kitty mysteriously disappeared during our vacation and is sorely missed now.
The time my daughter and I have spent here with our imaginations working together truly makes this a garden of joy.
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