Washtub Fairy Garden

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This absolutely adorable washtub fairy garden is one of the first fairy gardens my kids and I put together. I followed the general rules of how to make a fairy garden, keeping the dwelling to just one – because of the small square footage of the garden. (Don’t worry, if you have much smaller houses, or desperately want to add more than one your washtub fairy garden, well, rules are made to be broken!)

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You can buy nice-looking but cheap galvanized washtubs on Amazon, however I got this one out of an old house near my place that was being demolished. (I was in HEAVEN just wandering around it picking cool stuff up – I got an amazing birdcage too!)

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Choosing plants for my miniature washtub garden

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I also added a foxtail fern next to the corkscrew rush, which will get taller in time. They look kinda like miniature pine trees, don’t they? The last plants to go into this washtub fairy garden were 2 creeping thyme plants (one on each side of the rock “patio”). Creeping thyme is such a great ground cover for fairy gardens! (If you’re struggling with choosing plants, here’s a great guide on the best plants for fairy gardens.!)

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We filled in any glaring empty spaces with faux moss stones (a package of these is your secret weapon to making a fairy garden look finished). Finally, we chose a couple of cute accessories for our washtub fairy garden, including a rope ladder (to get in and out of the washtub, I’m not certain all fairies can fly…), a wheelbarrow for them to… I dunno, perhaps move their moss stones around, and a reed table and stools (which we made) with a tea set.

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