Fairy Garden (Concrete Leaf Roof)
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Minnie's Milestones by Jonni
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Have Fun Making Your Own Fairy Garden!
I had promised to show you the use of my concrete leaves and here is the first one. My Fairy Garden, using part of a leftover piece of a bird bath fountain and a concrete leaf for the roof of the fairy house.
My hubby continually said, "No" to a Fairy Garden, even though if I had really wanted one I would have just made one. The opportunity arose when he brought back from the farm an old wagon that was in his family, and I said that would make a great Fairy Garden.
So it began . . . . .
*I tried several concrete leaves for the roof, until I found one that fit perfectly. No, I hadn't planned on making a fairy garden at the time I made the leaves. Just sort of worked out that way! The roof was then painted with a mixed color wash. There was no rhyme nor reason for the color, other than matching the house. I pretty much just fly by the seat of my pants.
*I started laying packaged moss on the soil. I also tucked moss into the cracks and crevices of the house.
*I dug up a rock with real moss on it for the dam of the pond. The blue rock is the water for the pond.
*The troll house is from an old floral swag. The white rock is a path.
*Start adding live plants. A miniature peace lily is in the background and in the foreground baby tears. These are actually my second set of plants. I had a miniature hosta, miniature thyme and a wire vine first. They are all outside in my garden now and hopefully will do better there. These plants are better suited as houseplants, so I do hope they do better. Several of the greenhouses in my area are caring miniature plants for fairy gardens at this time.
*The green looking rock is a succulent.
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Published June 11th, 2014 8:00 PM
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I'mstarting my first fairy garden and you've given me some great ideas! Very happy I came across your post! Do you still have this garden? Thank you for sharing!