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15 Fantastic Fairy Garden Ideas

Updated on 17th November 2023 by Kate Williams | 10 Comments

We’ve had a lovely day here playing out in our garden and while we were out there I suddenly realised the one thing I really fancied doing this year was to build a fairy garden!

As I’ve just spent the last hour browsing the internet looking at some cool fairy garden ideas I thought I should share them here too!

After all, who doesn’t want a bit more magic in their lives and what better way to find it than with some fairy garden inspiration?!

If you love magical gardens you might also want to try out my free garden coloring page, it’s beyond cute!

Fantastic Fairy Garden Ideas

The Imagination Tree share how to make a fairy garden in a half barrel tub, perfect for those of us without much space outdoors!

I love the toadstools and the dragon in Mama Pea Pod’s fairy garden.

I love this cute fairy garden from Buggy and Buddy, I think the little ladder is my favourite bit?!

Inner Child fun share how to make a fairly garden table. I love how they’ve used fresh herbs with this.

The fairy garden over at Happiness is Homemade is lovely, I particularly love the little wishing well!

No garden? No problem! Two Daloo show you how to make a fairy terrarium.

This fairy garden from My Small Potatoes is beyond cute, I love the mini bunting they have up!

I love the way Where Imagination Grows introduced some gnomes into their fairy garden.

Does your fairy garden need a fairy door? Then you need this cute tutorial from Fireflies and Mudpies!

The fairy garden over at Tinkerlab is super cute, I love their tiny ceramic house!

The washing line in A Mom With A Lesson Plan’s fairy garden is possibly a little bit genius.

Happy Hooligans shares how to make a fairy garden, or a dinosaur one for the less fairy inclined!

There’s Just One Mommy and her daughter made a little house for their fairy!

Two Big Two Little share how they decorated a house for their fairy garden.

Kitchen Counter Chronicles shares how they weaved their own fairy house, very cute!Fantastic Fairy Garden Ideas and inspirationYou may also like:

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  1. Sheila @ BrainPowerBoy

    17th April 2015 at 12:58 pm

    Oh boy! I love fairy gardens. We are rather big fantasy fans at my house but I have never done a fairy garden (though we did a toad garden lol.) I just adore tiny details and these gardens are packed with tiny 🙂 pinned

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    • Kate Williams

      18th April 2015 at 6:51 pm

      Ha! Yes I imagine my boy would be quite keen on a toad garden too 😉

      Reply
  2. Jennifer

    17th April 2015 at 1:38 pm

    thank you so much for this resource, I love fairy gardens and will definitely be doing this with my kids, it will be so much fun! thank you!

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  3. Danielle

    17th April 2015 at 3:55 pm

    I would love to make one of these for my room! So cute!

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  4. Amanda

    17th April 2015 at 4:10 pm

    These are just the most adorable things! We love to play outside in the dirt and my boys are now interested in gardening…I bet they would love setting up something like this. Thanks for the inspiration…Pinning!

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    • Kate Williams

      18th April 2015 at 6:50 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  5. Karen Patten

    18th April 2015 at 5:13 am

    I’m so happy I found this! My son’s preschool has been working on nature inspired fairy gardens! This morning we had breakfast treats in the fairy garden forest and hunted for all the fairy houses they made. It was so much fun and I really want to try one at home. The child in me says this looks like a great hobby for adults, too!

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    • Kate Williams

      18th April 2015 at 6:50 pm

      Oh I’m so glad it helped! Would love to see how you get on 🙂

      Reply
  6. Vicki Finn

    19th April 2015 at 7:48 pm

    My kids are really into gardening these days and doing anything outside. This is such a great activity for kids to do that they can be in charge of and take care of by themselves.

    Reply
  7. Claire Hassan

    20th August 2016 at 9:08 pm

    My 8 year old daughter makes and sells Fairy Gardens.I have to admit I absolutely love them too.Thanks for you wonderful tips and pictures.

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