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Create a fairy garden

Turn you backyard into a wonderland. - by Tara Dennis
  • 29 Nov 2019
Create a fairy garden
Photography Phil Aynsley

Create a wonderful space for your kids to play with a magical garden of fairies and toadstools. Don't have a garden? Go miniature with a fairy garden in a pot!

Fairy garden in a half barrel

Get crafty with faux moss, flowers and foliage, here glued to the top of the fairy house – a bird feeder!

Photography Chris L Jones

Wooden half-barrel planters make wonderful fairy realms. Fill with broken-up polystyrene, then pour in builder’s sand. Compact the top to create a level base (you can also cut a circle of marine ply to fit). Arrange items from fairy garden kits and anything else you are using. Visit the hardware store for decorative pebbles and craft timber pieces you can paint and add to your scenes.

For fairy garden kits, visit the Better Homes and Gardens Shop.

Fairy garden under a tree
Photography Phil Aynsley

A mature tree is the perfect spot for a whimsical woodland scene. Cover the area with bark mulch, then add stepping stones and a mini picket fence. Prep done, the fun starts.

Toadstools made from terracotta pots

Make toadstools in all sizes using terracotta pots and saucers from the nursery. Easy!

Turn terracotta pots and saucers into terrific toadstools for fairy garden seating. Apply a primer/sealer/undercoat, then spray-paint a few coats of gloss white, leaving to dry after each coat. Put timber discs, metal washers with the hole taped and sticky dots on saucers and spray-paint red. Apply Liquid Nails to pot bases and attach saucers.

Painted birdhouses in a tree

Get a plywood birdhouse kit and paint away. Easy!

Photography Chris L Jones
Woven birdhouses

Woven birdhouses make great fairy lodgings – nestle in a tree, then add faux foliage and figurines.

Photography Chris L Jones

If you loved this DIY, why not try making a colourful bug hotel next? It attracts bees and plenty of other beneficial insects to your garden. 

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