Creating a fairy garden allow a person to create their own world with there own rules. A few well-chosen piece of decor can transform an ordinary planter or an ordinary corner of a yard into a magical world for the fairies to call their own. The secret to creating a fairy garden that seem as though it truly belong to the tiny creature includes not purchasing every shiny object that a person see in a store.
Instead, creating a fairy garden that feel as though it is one that has been lived in will make it seem as though the fairies may be seen in the garden at any time. Some of the best decor for fairy gardens includes items that are sized appropriately for the fairies and decor that include stories within them. By using items of the garden for fairies that are no taller than a person’s thumb, ordinary item of the garden will become magical.
The best decor for fairy gardens will make people want to look closer at the garden to appreciate all the chosen decor. There are ten idea for creating the perfect fairy garden with minimal fuss that will work better than others, and these ideas will include the decor that will make the garden feel best as a whole. One of the best decor item to include in a fairy garden is miniature furniture set.
Wonderful Decor Ideas For Your Fairy Garden
1. Miniature Furniture Sets
Items like miniature benches, tables, and chairs will create an immediate sense of purpose to the fairy garden. Placing a miniature bench under a leaf will make it look as though the fairies has chosen to place the bench in that spot in the garden a long time ago. The best miniature furniture will have a few flaw so that it will seem as though it has truly aged rather than being create from plastic like the other decor items in the garden.
People will smile when they see a visitor sitting on the miniature furniture to admire the garden.
2. Pebble or Shell Pathways
Another decor option is to create a pathway from small pebbles or crushed shell in the garden. A pathway should be created in a way that it disappear into the garden behind a patch of moss so that it does not look as though someone created a straight path from one part of the garden to another.
The eye should follow the pathway that is create from the decor items so that the fairy garden achieve its specific purpose. A mix of different sized stone will work best for the fairy garden so that the pathway seems to have been constructed over many year by the fairies.
3. Tiny Lanterns and Lights
Another idea for fairy garden decor is to add tiny lantern or lights to the garden after the sun set on the day.
Copper wire lights thinner than a persons hair or solar lantern the size of an acorn will illuminate the fairy garden. The lantern light will make the garden feel inhabited. Using frosted glass or mica for the lanterns instead of plastic will create the best atmosphere for the fairy garden.
If one of these light is placed near a miniature door, it will work to create the idea that the fairies are at home and reading by candlelight.
4. Doors and Windows for Trees or Rocks
Another decor item to include in a fairy garden is door or windows to the trees or rocks in the garden. Adding a door of wood the size of a matchbook with a knocker of the size of a pinhead to a tree stump will create the idea of a fairy home.
The wood should be weathered so that it look aged with a few application of diluted paint. Position the door so that it looks as if the house continue into the tree or rock. These type of doors will work best in a fairy garden if they have the ability to halt an adult visitor in their tracks and make them wonder about the rest of the house.
5. Water Features and Fountains
Adding a water feature to a fairy garden allow for sound and movement to the garden element. A shallow dish of pebbles and a solar-powered fountain can be move to behind a patch of sedum so that it becomes a waterfall. Not too loud and not too quiet so that the fairies can hear it and it does not distract from the garden.
6. Bridges and Archways
Creating a miniature bridge over the fountain will create the idea of a river that the fairies must cross. These type of water feature decorations will work best if they create the idea of an element of the garden that is alive and change with the breeze that passes through the garden. Adding bridges or archways to a fairy garden will allow it to have architectural element.
A bridge of a twig over two patch of bark will create an element that draw the viewer’s eyes to another part of the garden. Natural material should be used for the bridge so that it ages with the garden and collect moss over time. An archway of wire with thyme growing over it can create both an entrance to the garden and the arch of an architectural feature.
The bridge should be of appropriate scale so that it draw viewers to it. When spotted, viewers will naturally follow the path to the bridge so that it fulfill its purpose.
7. Miniature Tools and Objects
Adding miniature tool and objects to the garden will show the life of the fairies that live in it.
A rake that is as long as a paperclip will be seen beside a flowerpot. A bucket of the size of a thimble will be locate beside a well in the garden. These item can be scattered in the garden to show that the fairies has taken a break from their task.
A clothesline between two twigs will have pieces of fabric that are the size of postage stamp on it so that visitors to the garden will feel delight when they spot it. These item dont need to be able to perform their task but should look believable to those viewing the garden.
8. Diminutive Plants
Plants that are of a diminutive nature will be the backbone of the garden.
Irish moss will create a lawn of velvet. Baby tears will cascade over the edge of the container in which the plants are added. Sedum is a great replacement for larger shrub in the garden.
Additionally, dwarf conifer plant, if pruned just slightly, will become giant tree in the fairy garden. These plant are more than just an element of the garden; they are the architectural base of the remaining decor item in the fairy garden. Choose plant that remain small in size so that they will not detract from the fairy garden the viewer see.
9. Proper Decor Placement
The final idea to discuss is the importance of properly place the decor in the fairy garden. Ensure that there is enough breathing room for each decor item in the fairy garden. Place decor item in odd number and of varying height in the fairy garden.
A fairy garden that is too busy isnt a successful fairy garden. Periodically step back and look at the fairy garden with a squinted eye. Ask yourself the question of whether an object the size of a persons thumb would feel at home in the garden.
If the answer is yes, then the fairy garden is successful in its task of creating a world for the fairies to live in. Creating a fairy garden is a task that allow people to learn to see at a different scale. Each of the decor item that is chosen carefully for a fairy garden allow the viewer to take a closer look at the world around them.
Whether passing by their own garden the next time, spotting a glimmer of light from the tiny lantern or spotting a new patch of moss, people will feel gratitude and wonder for the small world of fairies and why they are included in the world that humans have created for them to exist and thrive in there own world. These small world create a sense of wonder in people and show that they are out there, waiting for those willing to take a closer look at the world around them.
