Easy Fairy Garden
An easy fairy garden is just the thing to add some whimsy and magic to your flowerbeds. We started creating a yearly fairy garden when my daughter was in Kindergarten and it became one of our favorite things to do together! Today, I am going to share this easy fairy garden with you!
My daughter started some flower seeds in a “fairy garden” she had received in her Easter basket.  It is one of those little plastic greenhouses that you decorate on the outside, and then plant the seeds to grow them until they are mature enough to plant in the flower bed. Well, this put the idea of an actual fairy garden in her little head, so we decided to make our own, super easy fairy garden.  This is quite possibly the most fun, and adorable, project we have done together!  It makes a cute addition to our front porch, and we both just love it!

We started out at Wal Mart and picked up some Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix in the yellow bag.  I found the 2 cu. foot bag outside the garden center at my store.  From there, we headed to the garden section to get some garden gloves and small flowers.  When creating a fairy garden, it is important to have low growing plants, like succulents.  I know that with the Miracle Gro Potting Mix the flowers will grow twice as big versus unfed plants,  but we still want them to be low to the ground.  I like the succulents, and for some color, we chose some low growing plants with very small flowers.
Next, it was off to the craft store. Â We found a whole section of an aisle dedicated to fairy gardens! Â We were in heaven. Â So many cute things to choose from! Â Swings, gates, wheelbarrows, tables, chairs, you name it we could find it! Â We left with a gate, two fairies, a mailbox, a bridge, a cute white fence, and some more adorable things.

Supplies for an Easy Fairy Garden
- Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix
- Medium Size Flower Pot
- Garden Gloves
- Fairy Garden Decor
- Small, low growing flowers
How to Make an Easy Fairy Garden
First, fill your pot with the Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix. Â
Next, plant a few flowers and pat down the potting mix so it is flat. Â Adding the flowers first gives you space to work around when you add the fairy garden pieces. This will work well for positioning the fairy garden props. Â
Next, begin arranging your fairies in their garden. Â This took some trial and error, and we even moved our items into a larger pot than we had originally intended. Â

From there, add the fencing and other accessories.
Before you know it, you’ll had a super cute and easy afternoon project! Â
Now we have a fairy garden ready to welcome guests. Â Plus, it gives my daughter something to take care of. Since the potting mix will feed the plants, she gets to water! Â She likes to water the flowers in it :).

Will you create a special, whimsical Fair Garden for your outdoor landscaping this year? Â I hope so!

Carrie Hurst
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Super cute. I love all the little fairy details. #client
Thank you! We are getting so many compliments on it, too!