Designing A Fall Inspired Fairy Garden

Even though the color transition is quite normal at this time of the year, it adds up new fairy garden memories as I gather a collection of inspirational fall themes. So far, I have worked on lots of seasonal fairy garden projects, but this one I want it to be special for an important occasion. I know it is almost too late to work on fall themes, because winter is approaching, but I want to make it a quick miniature garden to give my granddaughter, who will be turning seven next week. Just like me, she also loves gardening and is passionate about tiny planters and accessories. I think this miniature garden would make a perfect birthday gift for her, as it can bring back several memories that we have shared together on various fairy garden projects.

Honestly, with so many options for containers, mini accessories and planters, I am quite confused where to start my autumn mini garden landscape. After spending a whole day browsing for new decorative ideas on the Internet I have come up with a list of fairy accessories to purchase - a pumpkin container, an old rustic cottage house, a fall colored flower wreath to hang on the cottage door, a vine twig bench to match with the rustic look, a happy harvest board and autumn gourds to add color.  While decorating with bright colors is a whimsy look for a spring miniature garden, the fall theme gives me the opportunity to work with realistic colors that are earthen and woody. I have also picked some dried twigs, acorns and leaves that I found outside my house and I added them to the existing fall garden collection.

Now that I have all basic supplies readily available on my garden porch, it took me just few minutes to work on the soil, cover ground with pebbles and Irish moss, and place miniature gardening plants one-by-one at the specified corners. It was now time to add the fairy accessories. The wreath display in red, orange and yellow flowers looked adorable on the cottage front door. With hand-painted autumn gourds placed near the harvest sign, dried twigs and leaves spread across the landscape and acorns added here and there, it turned out as a delightful fall themed miniature, fairy garden display. As a touch of whimsy to invite fall fairies into the garden, I have placed a sign announcing, “Autumn”, at the end of the pebble pathway, which is leading to the front door of the fairy house.

To create a perfect play area for the fall fairies I have added more small shrubs and placed a flower teeter-totter near the tiny cottage. The fairies can either play hide and seek behind the small shrubs or ride on the seesaw with their wee friends. When tired, the fairies can just relax on the twig bench, have a cup of tea and chat with their friends. To add a touch of amusement, I thought of including some accessories from my existing collection like wooden crates, cauldrons and tiny carved pumpkins. However, my granddaughter told me that fairies need room to flutter, so I planted some miniature plants that work well as a ground cover. Now her fairies have a place to play.

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