Step through the Fairy Garden

On a bright, sunny December day, a friendly pixie fairy wanders the garden. It is an evergreen winter plant, spreading its branches far and wide. She looks like a winter flowering plant, with its delicate petals and soft leaves. They made such lovely hidden passages for a picnic or a casual tea party! In the distance, Pixie sees fairy houses, plant patches, and dozens of fairy friends flying from leaf to leaf. Wingless, little Pixie knows she'll need to walk to the town square. But when he looks down, the ground is a mess of tangled vines, creeping groundcover plants, fluffy snow, and treacherous snow. As it turns out, this winter container garden is not a welcome place for pixies. She can turn around and go back to her own garden ...

Stones and Roads As the holidays unfold, with the holiday season in full swing, you have undoubtedly prepared your winter container gardens for the coldest week of the year. Maybe you’ve added new winter plants, moved some winter container gardens for the season, or decorated your miniature garden with holiday-themed accessories. A lot goes into preparing a winter garden! To find it, you must take a closer look at the ground beneath your winter plants and miniature trees.

Mostly, the ground-level fairy garden is a forest of algae, ground cover plants, open soil, road roots, and original miniature accessories. As gardeners, we tend to have our winter flowering plants and other miniature plants, as well as large accessories and fairy houses, but we ignore the foundations of the garden. Do you know who takes note of the garden field? Fairies! Fairies, pixies, and other little locks need paths and steps to explore the garden. The addition of landscaping materials such as gravel, stones, sand, and gravel creates a navigable outline just to follow fairies (and human fantasies ...), but it would otherwise add beauty and elegance to a wild garden view. If you want to take your winter container garden or outdoor fairy garden “to the next level,” landscaping materials can help you do just that.

Stairs and beds are my favorite ways to decorate a miniature garden. They can be purchased in sets or selected one by one to create a completely unique look. To add them to the garden, clear a small layer of ground and push the footstool into the ground until it is secure. Think about the little steps of the fairy. You definitely don’t want your little pixie and genomes to jump from stone to stone! Keep them close enough together so that the fairy-sized gardener can walk comfortably. The path between the ferry houses can be lengthened, bend under winter plants or lengthen along the river. If you need help getting started, choose a destination in your garden, such as a beach or a favorite winter flowering plant. Create a path that leads from the garden entrance to the attraction. There you have it! The first of many fairy garden paths.

For an unorganized look at the Fairy Garden rocks and gravel, consider using loose green garden river stones, gravel or gravel to create river strips, patios, and other outdoor aggregation areas. I have used loose green gravel around wells, near gazebos, under picnic tables, and next to water facilities. For winter container gardens with less maintenance, pour gravel with heavy hands. Instead of using ground cover plants to create linen for your fairy home, you can plant winter plants between large chunks of gravel. The colors and textures of pebbles and pebbles provide a grand contrast to green plants and bright winter flowering plants.

Remember: paths and pebbles are not there just to help the pixie and fairies navigate the garden. They can also help you fill a winter container garden. Sometimes I can only commit to one or two miniature plants and a few themed accessories. With hardscape materials, my garden container can still be fully and fully conceived. As you plot and plant the path to your fairy garden, don’t be afraid to rearrange, get creative, and have a little fun.

Let them always step confidently in the direction of their dreams - wherever they may live.