Birdbath Fairy Garden

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We moved into a new (to us) house a couple of years ago, and this ancient rusty birdbath was sitting in the yard. I never got around to throwing it out, and this year I decided to turn it into a birdbath fairy garden!

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This was a really simple project that took about 25 minutes total and cost about 40$. It could have been cheaper if I had used free plants, and on the other hand, it could have been more expensive if I had had to buy the birdbath (altho, you CAN get them cheap).

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I thought 40$ for this little birdbath fairy garden was ok for the way it turned out!

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DIY Birdbath Fairy Garden

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I put about 1.5 inches of dirt into the bottom of the birdbath and placed all my plants towards one side of it, to leave an area for the fairy garden.

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