Fairy Gardens
I would love to say I thought up this beautifully bright activity but I saw it here. I love this blog-I could spend hours looking through all the bright, sunny, beautiful photos.
Start with a shallow bowl or container (check the thrift store if you don’t have one).Cover the bottom with charcoal (pet store), then a layer of sphagnum moss (garden or craft store) top with potting soil.
Next plant (sprinkle) easy seeds of your choice-grass, clover, chia, sprouts etc… We used clover and Kentucky Blue Grass-of course we would choose this over Shade Turf-how boring! You can plant in a design or all over-you decide.
We picked out a few little plants at the nursery but with the weather changing I bet you could dig a little something up in your back yard.
Now on to the best part…..The decorating……colorful gravel, glitter, feathers, colored craft sticks, marbles, pretty rocks, anything that glitters
After planting spray with water frequently-keep moist-and wait for your garden to grow! We can’t wait to see what our garden will look like when our grass and clover sprout.
On a final note-after I took these photos Ginger tripped and dumped my garden and part of Molly’s. But we tossed everything back in the pot and sprinkled a few more seeds on the top and another handful of gravel-all while breathing heavily. ugh accidents happen!
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Kristin, you have such a thoughtful blog going on here! I am so glad I clicked on and took a look. I will definitely be following. Thanks.
Those are fantastically sparkly faery gardens!