Project Garden continues! We’ve been out in the garden this week, planting up some shrubs that we recently bought, including Callicarpa Profusion which we recently spotted and absolutely adored. It’ll give us some lilac flowers in the summer and brilliant bright purple berries next autumn, which I’m already looking forward to. The children were also given a tree sapling each from their Santa visit at the weekend, so we’ve got those in pots now, too. And, we finally got our fairy garden….
My mum picked up this brilliant planter, already planted up, at a bargain reduced price of just £8 for us – just perfect fairy garden size and so cute (weighs a ton, though!)
So we removed a few of the plants, to make way for the fairies, all under Boo’s supervision, you understand. She was very clear that she wanted a toadstool in there, with a doorway for fairies to get inside. As luck would have it, her own little garden already had a toadstool in it that we’d bought in the summer, though no doorway. Do not worry, though, as Little Man soon fixed that problem by picking it up and promptly dropping it on the floor, smashing it, thereby creating an opening!! How very kind and helpful of him…! We’d also got a little mushroom ornament that we varnished and popped in, too, hoping that that’ll protect it from the rain – we’ll see..
And then Boo wanted a pathway from the house to the ‘forest’ of sedum, so she found some stones, we cleaned them up, and she adorned them with a little glitter glue..
And placed her stepping stones in to complete the garden..
And there we have it. All done, and ready 🙂
I must say I’m really pleased with how it’s turned out, and by the bargain nature of it! Boo also wants a sign for it, to let fairies know that they’re welcome there, so we’ll have to get onto that – I’m thinking a big stone that we can write on. It’s something that we plan to add to over the coming months, as and when we see appropriate bits of ‘furniture’ for the fairies.
What do you think? Do you have a home for the fey?!
Lovely! That planter was a bargain! Love the Sedum Forest! Fun! I bet it would look lovely lit up with some battery operated small fairy lights!
Now that is a lovely idea. I’m thinking maybe a little solar light, now – seems easier. Not considered lighting – thank you!
Ooh, love it. Can imagine how heavy it is now it’s filled too! I’m definitely going to do this in the new year-fab idea 🙂
It’s soo heavy! Oh, lovely – do post photos of it, and hope you enjoy it 🙂
Firstly – bargain! Secondly – CUTTTTTTTTTTTTTE!
What a great thing to do together – Kitty would adore to do something like this, I must remember to do that in the New Year. What fun you have there!
Thanks for joining in again and sharing xx
I couldn’t believe the price! And it is so very cute 🙂 Boo is showing it to everyone that visits and explaining how the fairies will soon be living there. It was lovely to do together and I think it’ll be an ongoing project. Yes, do do it with Kitty – you’ll have fun 🙂
Thanks for hosting x
What a neat idea !! That was fortuitous having the toadstool’s door “made” for it like that !! every year we used to paint up fir cones to put on our Christmas tree with my grandmother with glittery nail varnish. I’m sure the fairies would like something like that added 😉
I know – how clever is my son?! It’s so cute, and I do like that fir cone idea – will incorporate that, thank you x
This is simply adorable! x
Thank you! x
That is so lovely! Loving the glittery stepping stones, and the clever door created by Little Man 🙂
Yes, he was clever 😉 Thank you x
Wow £8 what an absolute bargain! I love this Jocelyn, what a wonderful thing to do together. Would be great to do it with POD – we have a fairy seed kit but I’m not sure what that entails just yet 🙂
Oh, do it with POD – such a sweet thing to do! Your kit sounds intriguing 🙂
how sweet!! i love how she decorated the stepping stones
She took that part seriously! Thanks x
Oh I love this it’s fabulous!! I don’t have any fey areas in my garden yet but it is on my very long lost of to do’s out there!
Thank you. Hope you manage to get one 🙂
Oh, that’s so lovely. I love gardening with the kids but it’s too cold now. You are very brave!
We did it all inside! Indoor gardening is preferable in December 🙂
So cute, love the path way!
My boys made something similar in the summer, such a fab way to get kids interested in plants and gardening
Oh, lovely. Yes, it’s so simple but effective & gets everyone involved.
Brilliant, my kids would love to do this. Will have to take a visit to the garden centre!
Oh yes, do! Lots of fun 🙂
Great great idea. Oh my daughter would love to have a fairy garden. My son might even want to help out (he only believes in the tooth fairy…wonder why?)
#pocolo
Smart boy! You could make it more pixie/elf than fairy – might appeal more to them both? X
What a lovely way to involve wee ones in looking after plants and use their imagination!
#PoCoLO
Thank you. Fun & cute!
ah, that’s lovely! I love the fact that you need to make a sign too! x
Essential, apparently! Thank you x
This is so beautiful 🙂 What a wonderful thing to do – I am so on this next year with Grace. Thank you so much for linking to PoCoLo x
Oh, lovely. Hope Grace enjoys it. Thanks for hosting x
This is gorgeous! I’m going to make one of these with Austin and Gwen in the new year, to help invite some pixie friends into our house to cheer up the chilly post-Christmas weeks 🙂
Great idea – a little post-Christmas magic. Enjoy x
That is amazing! So creative. Thanks so much for sharing with the Monday parenting pin it party 🙂
Thank you. Fun to do 🙂
This looks awesome hon, bet the kids are loving it! I might have to start a fairy garden project for January when I’m on mat leave before baby arrives 🙂 #letkidsbekids
Oh yes, do – it’s really easy and so cute 🙂
Aw, thats lovely! I bet Boo loves it. I tried to make a fairy garden in the summer, but it didn’t work out very well. I think we may have to try again. (Love the mushroom door by the way) 🙂
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
Ah, that’s a shame, but yes, perhaps try again. Boo does indeed love it 🙂 Thanks for hosting x
thats such a cute idea, i love it. will defo be stealing this idea in summer 🙂
Yes, steal away!
This is so cute, love how your daughter has designed it! This is on my list of things to do at some vague point in the future, I will have to start searching garden centres for a bargain like yours!
Yes, I think now’s the time to pick up some bargains as people aren’t doing so much outdoors gardening – scour those garden centres!
An adorable idea!
Thank you x
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