The time has finally arrived: my post about how I built my faery garden. The information was ready to go a few days ago, but we had some technical difficulties (old laptop plus router having a tantrum). Plus term has begun so I'm knee deep in paperwork. But the weekend brought a brief reprieve from the rain, so I grabbed the gardening tools and got to work on a project I've been desperate to do ever since we moved into a place with a garden (although faery gardens can be inside too!).
So the first step is having a vessel in which to put the miniature garden- the best thing to use is either a planter or a birdbath. I had a very clear idea in my head of what I wanted mine to look like, something that had a trunk and wasn't too deep. So it had to be a birdbath, although it took a lot of browsing- both online and in shops- to find The One. And especially one that my husband didn't deem too expensive.
We eventually found it in a great garden centre in a village just outside of where we live. I saw the tree-trunk carving with the owl and the bunny, pointed to it and said "that's it. That's my faery garden!" After Mr Shanti deemed it something within our price range, we lugged it into a trolley, paid and brought it home. Which turned out to be quite the challenge as this thing- while it splits into two parts- is solid stone and very heavy. And we don't have a gate directly into our garden so we also had to carry it through the house. Between his having zero strength and my dodgy lower back, we were both about ready to crack open a bottle of mead by the time we got this thing home! And then, the fun part! Let's build the garden! |