Fairies live here!

To me, fairy gardens are my childhood thoughts of a world of friendly tiny people and creatures, being happily playing around one another. Whether they are set up at the bottom of a tree or planted in pots, these miniature environments promote imagination, creative play and nurturing behaviours.

My basic fairy garden with a fairy door attached to the tree stump. 

After I updated my fairy garden, I took a photo and posted it to my friends. One of them, Antoinette asked, " Have your written about your upgraded garden?" 

I replied, "Not yet". 

She said, " Then you should. Look at the lights and the flowers. They really looked like something fairy's would like to frolic in. So you decide, why not turn it into a fairyland. You never know.... You may see a miracle! "

I have never thought of writing about my little fairy garden 😂, but she gave the motivation to start on. It was through friends' conversations that always gave me ideas and words to write my stories in my blog. 😅🤭

When I first began my fairy garden, it was meant to amuse my 6 yrs old grandson.

The idea started when I visited one of my friends, it was at Jennifer's home.
Her space for a garden was so limited but through her clever and brilliant ideas, she created a very neat and easy to care, garden.

View from the back to the front.

View from the entrance of her home

Different types of Succulents

Varieties of mini catus

Beautiful collections of her Jade plants 

Air plants

She has little cute figurines on her plants which made her narrow garden so beautiful and lively.

Cute little monks

This frog which I gave to her as a gift, she brilliantly created a scene of a frog relaxing under the hot sun with a glass of iced lemonade.😁

Cute little Shaolin masters with their Kung Fu stance. 😄

My ex-classmate, Richard gave a nickname to her cute garden, "Japanese garden" because it was such a  cute, clean and tidy little precious area with full of little Bonsai and succulent plants. 

Whenever I visited her "Japanese garden" I can capture the essence of nature and inspire quiet reflection.

The name "Japanese garden" fits nicely since Japanese garden is a traditional style of landscaping that captures and idealizes nature in a miniature , symbolic form like the plants, rocks, gravel and figurines of monks.

I was so fascinated by it that I too, started to create a little space of my garden calling it, " My cute corners". Jennifer has given me a few succulents plants as a start up with my little corner in the garden. 

 I started to buy miniature animals like squirrels, frogs, cats, and tortoises. 

The beginning of my "Cute Corner" in my garden looked like a tiny magical world. 

This video was created by my neighbour, Connie who was captivated by it. 
Thank You, Connie.💓

Then one day, my grandson gave me a present, a cute little elf to place at my cute corner. That's how my idea to turn my little cute corner into a fairy garden!

 Then I started adding a few fairies, elves, and gnomes.  The fairy garden look more magical and real. It brought pure joy to my grandson.❤️ 

Bit by bit, my grandson and I added new DIY items such as a little well or climbing ladders to this small spot. 
We made colourful little doors together, to attach to the trees, as imaginary fairy houses. We collected twigs from the trees and bought hot glue gun to make the miniatures easily. Other low cost items like the thin rustic rope, popsicles sticks, etc, we got them from the stationary shops. 
The complete set up spark a childhood wonder as he watched a tiny hidden world came to life.

The advantage of Google and U-tube has taught me a lot on how to build those doors, and giving me ideas of how to add more DIY fairy items such as a balcony, bridges, benches and so on. 

A penguin, tortoise and squirrel enjoying a swing together.😂

Sign post of a Fairy village

This was how my initial fairy garden was born.
But due to heavy rainfall, some of the miniatures were destroyed.

So I relocated my fairy garden to my so called bonsai Feng Sui tree, the Chinese Bayan tree. 

Relocate fairy's home to a coconut tree trunk😃

Another at the bottom of the Chinese Bayan Bonsai😄

Relocated blue fairy sitting between our DIY mushrooms 😂

While yellow fairy was relocated to the branches of the Chinese Bayan Bonsai.

A balcony with table and chairs for tea!😁

As time went by, a fairy wonderland was created.

Each morning, my grandson would take a peek to see any signs of fairy frolicking in the fairyland.  
I noticed that creating a "small world" allows children ( including me!😅 ) to engage in open ended pretend play and build endless narrative stories.

Actually, we are never too old or too young to set up a fairy garden. They are great for all ages.😂
For the children, small figurines are fun for playing pretend in the garden  while to the adults like me, it provides a peaceful connection to nature and brings joy to our life.