Fortunately, someone responded right away that they had two cracked terracotta pots I could have, and I asked my dad to pick them up the broken post on his way through the city. I mentioned that they were broken, and that was no problem, – they were supposed to be broken. Unfortunately, I hadn’t explained to my dad that I wanted the broken pots *mostly* still intact, and he just plopped them into the back of his truck, where they smashed to absolute smithereens on the way home 😂. This is what I got:
How to Break a Pot for a Fairy Garden
Here’s what you need to make your broken pot fairy garden:
I started by laying out the large pieces I had available to create the main structure of the garden. I did buy a terracotta plant saucer to use as the base of my broken pot fairy garden and I’m glad I did. IF anything, I wish I’d got an even larger one!
2) Fill with dirt:
You’ll want to wet all your dirt before putting it into the pot – don’t be afraid to over wet it really, since the terracotta will draw moisture out of it anyhow – because it is REALLY hard to wet the dirt once it’s inside the pot. The water just runs out of all the cracks and washes your dirt out with it. (Sigh. More hindsight.)
3) Add your plants:
I chose succulents for the places with the most sparse dirt – the “steps” level is sort of at an angle – because it is just MUCH harder to keep those places wet, and drought resistant plants will likely thrive better here. I added a pink bacopa in it’s own pot to the large “middle” level, because after seeing the dirt washing away disaster that was happening when trying to wet the dry soil, I figured this sort of large plant really needed something to contain moisture around it.