It’s spring and it’s time to start planting your Fairy Garden! I’ve compiled a list of the flowers that welcome the fairies and wee folk from my previous fairy garden. These flowers also attract other winged creatures like hummingbirds and butterflies.
120 years ago, Cicely Mary Barker was born June 28, 1895 in Croydon, England. She was an English illustrator who was best known for her Flower Fairies. You may have seen many of her illustrations and highly popular series of children's books today. What caught my eye...
During 2014 I posted a series of blog posts called "12 Things I Learned in the Forest." These stories were so fun to write and really gave me a chance to reflect on my time growing up in a forest. Each story featured a lesson that helped me grow into the person I am...
When I first began my fairy garden in 2006 I knew right away that I would plant foxgloves in it. The purple and speckled bell shaped flower oozed magic to me. Without having done any research on types of flowers that attract fairies I believed that the foxglove had...
If you have plans to build a garden this spring why not make it a fairy garden? Here is a handy little infographic designed to help you build your very own fairy garden. My favorite part is decorating with garden Gnomes! Please share your photos on Facebook or Twitter...
Of all the wild flowers in our forest the Lady Slipper is by far the most beautiful, rare and just plain magical. I would not know about these flowers if it weren't for my Mom and the incredible Lady Slipper she had photographed in our forest when I was little. She...