Fairy gardens are enjoying an astonishing surge in popularity and now you can begin making your own enchanting miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures. Gardeners Julie Bawden-Davis and Beverly Turner provide you with step-by-step instructions for creating a magical garden that will attract Thumbelina herself! Learn how to design, plant, accessorize, and care for your very own small corner of the world by following seven simple steps, including choosing the perfect container, planting luxurious pint-sized plants, decorating with properly scaled accessories, and telling a story through the delicate fairies you choose to inhabit your magical wonderland. Included are full-color photographs showcasing various types of fairy gardens and accessories, which are sure to inspire the designer in you! And best of all, these perennial gardens are perfect for the busy gardener, as they require less than ten minutes per week to maintain—this could be your new favorite hobby! For the inner child in us all, Fairy Gardening is sure to enchant both the novice and the experienced gardener who wishes to stir up Lilliputian flights of fancy.

The popularity of fairies and fairy houses has soared, as has the growing movement to get children interested in outdoor activities such as gardening. This new how-to book for parents and kids combines the best of both worlds. It includes basic information for beginning gardeners, such as soil preparation, planting, and watering, then branches into appropriate categories for every fairy gardener: •making miniature gardens and terrariums that are just the right size for fairy friends •butterfly and hummingbird gardens to attract these flying friends of fairies •rock gardens •water gardens •wind chimes and prisms to add music and light to your gardens Sprinkled throughout are bits of fairy lore and garden wisdom. Written for children, or anyone with a child’s heart, and filled with color photographs, the Fairy Garden Handbook will turn curious kids into green thumbs in no time.

A 3D carousel fairy garden with press-out figures. Come and visit the fairies at the bottom of the garden - everyone is busy for a wedding. Peep inside the house and take the fairy figures through the enchanted garden, where they can sail across the brook and dance until dawn.

Illus. dictionary on the meaning of flowers compiled using popular superstitions and ancient folklore. Col. illus. 8-12 yrs.

"The Most Simple Way to Create a Fairy Garden" is a text that gives the reader a basic overview of what needs to be done to create a magical garden. To some a magical garden involves the inclusion of all the elements while to others it simply means putting in brightly colored flowers and having some well placed fairy ornaments and lights to create that magical look. The author is well aware that gardening is not for everyone but has shown with this text that it can easily be done by anyone. With the convenience of garden outlets that have plants ready to plane and ornaments ready to select it is not that difficult to get that perfect garden anymore. One simply has to plant and maintain. Gardening is a great way to relieve stress and the end result can be shared with others. This book shows how you can get the process started. About the Author: Marie St. Claire has loved gardening ever since she learned what one was as a toddler and she spent a lot of time with her mother Elizabeth who did gardening as a hobby. From her mother she learned how to make a flower garden for the beauty of it, a vegetable garden for the self sufficiency and she also learned how to make those whimsical gardens filled with brightly colored flowers and strategically placed fairies, gnomes and other ornaments. She carried this hobby into her adult life and made it her point of duty to share this hobby with as many interested persons that she could find. Stemming from this she also made the decision to create a book that would give a bit more information on gardening and what someone would need to create a great whimsical, magical garden.

The Fairy World becomes perfect with the transformation of Evil to Good. That will be the sustenance of the world.

·Over 20 fun projects featuring whimsical house designs, accessories and furniture. ·Features techniques for making fairy garden accessories out of twigs and sticks, rough and polished rocks, types of moss, acorn caps, pinecones, and working with glue guns and finishing products. ·Some projects include a mini house, a large house, a swing, a fire pit, gnome garden, and there are even projects that include lighting features. ·Provides a full-color gallery of inspiration showing different styles, materials, and display ideas for any outdoor setting. ·Materials intermingle natural materials found in the outdoors along with some craft supplies.