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details can add movement and depth to a planting.

Don't forget to use a different shade and grade of soil for making the trails and flowerbeds within your fairy garden! It is the little things that make these creations so nice. Another thing so easy to overlook is what to use as a background, something for your plantings to play off of. One easy way of doing this is to plant your tallest trees toward the back leaving the lower growing flowers to the mid and foreground. A person could even place the garden against a reed mat, this looks natural and will not detract from the gardens' overall design.

Some additional ideas include,

Twigs and bark; Even a small piece of yard trash can look marvelous in a dish garden.

Tiny leaves, rocks, etc.; Try scattering them around the landscape, this adds more detail while making the planting really "pop".

Caves, hideaways and dens; Use a pencil to poke a nice (not perfectly round) hole in the side of a hill. Accent this with rocks and maybe even a nice tree root, maybe there's a teeny tiny fox family living in that den? Who knows, they could even have wings, this is a magical garden, after all!

- -Specimen Trees, Shrubs & Topiaries-

In standard gardens, people often have a tree or special showy shrub as a standout addition to their regular drifts of flowers, the same effect can be incorporated into a miniature fairy garden as well. My favorite planting includes a Privet bonsai. It is just the right height to fool the eye into thinking the gardens and surrounding landscapes are real, one can almost see the Faye meandering through "their" gardens! Another great thing about Privet, it is hardy and it BLOOMS! The pretty white flowers add an airy, fairytale type atmosphere. Try not to over-do a specimen planting, the whole idea is to have one or two stand out additions. If you pay close attention to blooming times, you can even have something nice blooming in most seasons.

-Making a simple miniature Topiary-

Supplies;

Pantyhose Corsican Mint (or something similar) Soil Something for a base (wooden dowels, twigs or shaped wire work great)

Cut enough pantyhose to make a ball the size you need. Fill this with soil and tie the end tightly. Now, poke evenly spaced holes large enough to slip your plants' roots in- you do not have to cover the entire ball with plants, though, do try and add enough so it doesn't take forever to fill in! To attach the topiary ball to its base you can either,

*Shove the ends of the wire base into the ball itself,

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