Fairy Garden

i love to work in my garden. that surprises people some times, but really i do! i'm not very good at it. i like to call myself the Spastic Gardener.  i'm all over the place. but last year i became enchanted by the trend in fairy gardens. yes, enchanted! a quick search in Pinterest & you can find tons of examples.  i stumbled upon Kathryn's blog earlier this year as well.  
but i really love cruising through one of my nurseries to check out their displays.  this first photo was taken last year. it's their main/largest setup.

it used to be a coy pond & they have completely transformed it.  and here is the same garden this year

gotta love the little frog on the right sunning herself!

i chatted up with the lady who creates these last year & that is her full-time job!  can you believe it? someone gets paid to pretty much do nothing but create these cute little "stories".
what i like most about them, besides feeling like a giant walking around these, is you can use pretty much anything & make them any size you want.
i fell in love with this galvanized tree bucket!  shhhh i will probably be back at end of season to buy one!

and just all the cute stuff you can dress them up with!

perhaps it's the fact that i never played with dolls & doll houses when i was a kid, but i just love these! and to that point, i decided to make one of my own this year. but i'm not a doll house kind of chick.

yeah, this is my strange twist on something otherwise sweet & innocent.  actually this was a blast to put together, but let me advise you.....not all succulents are sun loving? who knew? oh yeah, the nursery where i bought them! i guess i should have asked first. the stars of our little display are

Ty

and his baby brother

Rex

and the twins

Brach & Terry

and then finally

Spin

yeah, i couldn't get creative on that one!  but this was so much fun to "build".  i have also come to appreciate my littel exhibit in the heat wave we've had over the past couple+ weeks.  only 1 plant seems to be suffering, that light blue thing in front of Spin, but everything else is loving the heat & the sun despite some being listed as more shade loving.  i'm already working on next year's theme.....redneck trailer park or dragons.  not much difference there really!

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