by Shari Mead

Created on: September 22, 2007

To create a fairy garden for your little fairies can be inexpensive or very expensive depending on your budget. The budget garden can be just as beautiful as the expensive one. It is up to personal choice but here are some tips on making an inexpensive fairy garden.

1. Plan your garden before you start.

2. Clear the area where you are intending to put the garden, making sure you have enough room for the garden you have planned.

3. Prepare your area set aside for the garden.

4. If you are putting in any buildings like the fairy playhouse or a wishing well, build them first. Then you can plant around them instead of trying to move plants.

5. Design paths using string lines, as these are easily redirected if need be.

6. Prepare your garden beds, ready for the lovely fairy plants.

Now it is time to choose your plants. Remember to use plants that have flowers with lots of different colors, as those little fairies just love colorful flowers. This is where the budget idea comes in. Instead of buy lots of plants, this can be costly. Have a look around at plants that grow from cuttings, this way you can have multiple plants for less cost. Even ask family members or neighbors if you can take a cutting off their plants. Buy seedlings or seeds instead of fully-grown plants. Then your little fairies can water them and watch them grow, making the experience fun for them as well.

The plant choice is totally up to the person who is designing the garden, use plants with different size flowers for effect.

For the paths, you can use stepping-stones or smaller stones spread along the marked out area. If you are using stepping-stones then you can plant little ground cover plants between the steppers that creates a gorgeous look.

For the little extras like mushroom ornaments why not use an old plant, pots painted and tipped upside down with an old round bowls that have been painted for the top. Bird feeders are great as well, use the old milk bottle cut a large square careful not to cut it all the way to the edge, do this for three sides. Use a piece of wire or string to hang the bird feeder from a tree.

If you used seed all that is left to be done is to water and watch as the garden takes on a magical feel.

Another tip string fairy lights around the fairy playhouse and trees for that little bit more of a magical feel in the evening.

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