Home Tip Tuesday: Creating a Fairy Garden

Add whimsy to your yard with a fairy garden.

Fairy gardens enchant children of all ages, including adults who still enjoy a sense of whimsy. It seems every garden center and craft store has a section devoted to tiny model homes, thumb-nail sized garden stones and other Lilliputian accessories. With all the items available, creating a fairy garden can be similar to putting together a Christmas Village. If your yard space is limited or if what you want is a sweet little indoor show piece to delight the kids, a few store-bought accessories arranged inside a container really is all you need. But if your idea of creating a garden includes getting dirt under your fingernails, the possibilities for fairy magic are endless.