I love the little fairy gardens folks are putting together so decided I needed to give it a try.....minus any fairies. I toyed with doing a beach themed garden but as I looked around the house I found a few items that would make a great bird themed garden like the little pottery birdhouse I've had for years sitting in the flower beds out front on a bamboo pole which has finally disintegrated - it's the teal with red roof birdhouse on the left. And then the little plant poke brown birdhouse on the right and a fun Francisan plate - only one I've got picked up for 50 cents. The only thing I bought was the little birdbath sitting in front of the plate. If I run across the perfect little bird I'll buy it to add to the garden. This past weekend I picked up some stones and pebbles off the beach to make walkways. Today after my tooth sharpening (dental visit for cleaning) I rewarded myself for making it through that appointment by buying some plants. I decided to put in a few herbs so as I trim them for the garden we'll also get to eat them - chives, rosemary and Italian parsley. There's some lobelia for color and a cute little ground cover in the foreground. It makes me smile......
Well, I'm SURE some lucky fairy will call that lovely spot home soon enough.
ReplyDeleteI have a pot very similar and have been thinking about doing the same thing, but great idea adding the herbs.
Your little garden turned out really cute! That's a great idea to use herbs! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI like the little stone path. Maybe all the fairies are inside the turquoise house and only come out at night.
ReplyDeleteI love the faerie garden! I can see a little frog moving in there and setting up house too.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea....
And we have little green tree frogs - there's always one who decides to come up the deck steps to live for the summer sleeping under the pillow on the swing and living in the planters.
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