Thursday, May 9, 2013

Fairy Gardens

Be it sluggish or spectacular, spring never fails to arrive.  When it finally does, create a fairy garden for your small dolls.  Not only is it just downright fun, but then you get to have a garden in miniature to admire...it is easy on the knees and requires no weeding!

The little garden above, Angela's garden, was planted in a 12" diameter basket with a plastic liner that I had left over from last year.  Make sure whatever you use to plant in has drainage holes in the bottom.  You want to find low  and slow growing plants; here I used Elfin thyme (what a delightful name!), Irish moss, speedwell (a creeping form of Veronica) and a polka-dot plant.  They were all available at my local nursery; look for the area that has ground covers. 

The twig bench, watering can, and shepherd's hook came from Winter Greenhouse (http://miniature-gardening.com/).  They also have a large selection of plants suitable for miniature gardening.

Plant yourself a sweet little garden; your dolls will love you for it :-)

8 comments:

  1. Very, very cute! And your sweet dolly is just precious.

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  2. I am working on one now....I will blog about it when finished. I love yours,and your sweet doll.....blessings

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  3. Oh my goodness! You've just put a spring in my step Beth. Another dull wet day here but a visit to the miniature garden website and a look at the videos and I'm feeling a lot better. Wonderful! I shall think about how I can make one. Have a great weekend. Eli x

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  4. Absolutely beautiful! What a wonderful place for a small doll to wander and just enjoy the great (or tiny, I guess) outdoors!

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  5. Such a cute little garden! Love it! :)

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  6. Thank you all so much for your kind comments :-) Miniature gardening is a wonderful way to spend a rainy day, Eli!

    Beth

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  7. This is so lovely and such a wonderful idea! Hopefully when I can make one, it'll be as sweet as yours. :) Thank you for sharing!

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  8. Beth, thank you so much for having such a treasure chest of dolls and everything to complete their worlds! (and mine, secretly!) I've made a felt doll but now I know I have to do one of your Prairie dolls and her clothes. Thanks again and I look forward to getting started...in 5 minutes!

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