Oh, my--seems I sort of made one several years ago, without realizing they were an actual 'thing'. My house shares a driveway with the house next door. When my little neighbor was about 2 or 3, I bought her a bunch of kid-sized garden tools, got some pretty, small flowers, and a lot of little fairy and animal figures (found some great ones at the Dollar Store and Christmas Tree Shop). We turned the narrow strip of land along the driveway into an enchanted garden for her. There were hidden surprises everywhere, and lovely fairy figures enjoying it. Sadly, I didn't take pictures. More sadly, my little friend's family has split up and she's moved away..... I do hope she has fond memories of the magical garden we created together.

But you've got me thinking--maybe once we're settled in our new home, it would be fun to make a special corner for the garden fairies to call home.

If you Google "fairy garden" or "fairy house", then click on "images", you will see so much fun stuff, you'll faint! :)

I made a bunch of felt faeries one year, so I saw it all then, so many cute things have been made. A little mailbox made with a snail shell- adorable- snail mail!

I just made a "gnome garden" about a week and a half ago. I like gnomes more than fairies. :)

thanks, everyone for responding. jennmonkey, i love your gnome garden. what plants did you use? and, williamffox, i am off to check out your link. thanks, again!!! ;)

I'm fascinated by miniature gardens and never get tired of admiring them at greenhouses...especially the ones in covered or enclosed glass containers.

Well, I didn't make mine, but thought it was so cute, so I bought it. I have lots of little things in my gardens, but this one is a gnome home too.

It has dianthus and pansies and creeping thyme.

I have no clue what any of them are called. The outer edge stuff is some kind of flowering ground cover. In the middle there is one cacti and the rest are all succulents.

Murraysmom, love yours too!

My 8 y/o DGD took a terra cotta flower pot and glued a bunch of stuff inside it and she calls it her fairy garden. She keeps it in my yard. She moves it around. I think it's funny because I never know where it will be next. Right now it is sitting in a tree.

I have a shade garden which I refer to as my fairy garden. My 9 yr old daughter and I took a ceramic class together last year and made a couple of fairy houses, mushrooms and signs. Nothing is coming up yet in my garden so I don't have a picture to take. Plus, if I put anything out yet, my two year old will break it as it will be in plain view right now. I would like to make some little trails and furniture for mine later in the season. It's a big garden for a fairy garden though so I have just make a section. Thanks for the pics too.

How Inspiring!

These are just amazing. Makes me want to try one. There are some lovely fairy gardens on pinterest.

The photos inmspired me to go out and buy a gnome, and I already have several round vessels, plus lots of succulents and flowers. Just need to put it together.

Jannie, you'll have to post a pic when you're done! I had so much fun shopping and making mine! I want to do another now. :)

Cute ideas, will have to see about having one for Alyssa.

Sue

My fairy garden consists of little figurines and a tiny castle tucked beneath a rotting apple tree trunk in the orchard. When I find something especially cute or am gifted an item I place it there. Curiously, on most occasions when I walk by it the fairy who sits on the little wrought iron bench with a cup of tea has been knocked over! The same with the little concrete Morell mushroom. Me thinks a chipmunk or coon does not like intruders in his/her "courtyard".

I bought a ready-made Fairy Garden for $85, then added a few touches of my own-plastic angels to sit on a bench. It's been in a shady spot of my yard since May. I'm thinking of misting it with some Raid spray and bringing it indoors for the fall/winter. Yes $85 is an awful lot of money!