Jean Neuweg lives and gardens in Fort Madison, Iowa. When I saw her themed fairy gardens, she made this summer,…in one summer, I was delighted and amazed! She has a talent for finding just the right accessories from very unique sources and making small details herself which we love here at Flea Market Gardening.
Jean’s sense of scale is particularly fine when creating her miniature gardens and they all seem, not too big, not too small,…just right!
Jean says, “These are the fairy gardens I put together this summer. It was so much fun searching garage sales and garden stores for the pieces in the gardens. “
“I love gardening! she says. And I love to come up with new ways “play” in my rural Iowa garden. I started with an old wagon that I bought from a Flea Market many years ago. I made a gazing ball out of a marble and a spool.”
Jean’s tiny details and plants:
“I made a fairy garden in a blue wash pan, with a tire swing, and a house made from a wooden building I found at a garage sale. I also made the copper wire tuteur.”
Jean’s tiny details and plants:
“Then I put together the one in the white wash pan with furniture purchased at a shop while on vacation. The dishes were garage sale finds on the table.”
Jean’s tiny details:
Tiny bird houses, from wood scrap blocks, on wire stakes
Sedum ‘Blue Spruce’
Ivy (in the branch
Licorice plant
“Then I made the Beach. I bought the palms on clearance at Lowe’s and the flip flop buttons at Ben Franklin. I made the Adirondack chairs and surfboard out of Popsicle sticks, using tutorials onlne for the chairs. Real driftwood from our local Mississippi is also on my beach.”
Jean’s tiny details:
Next was the broken birdbath garden. I found the Hallmark fairies at the Salvation Army and a garage sale. The succulents were more clearance finds.”
Jean’s tiny details
And finally, the broken pot garden with a water bottle castle, was an idea from online. I made the mushrooms out of old wooden drawer pulls.”
Jean’s tiny details
“I’m getting ready to take them apart for winter. Maybe… Maybe, I’ll save some of the plants for a small inside Christmas-themed miniature garden…!” Jean says.
“As you can tell. I’m rather passionate about my gardening! …And the search for more treasures for my fairy gardens!” ~~ Jean
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Such fun - for children and adults alike!
Oh my goodness, I love all of these. I have been trying to figure out how to make a Fairy garden without my husband covering it with cut grass when he mows the lawn. These are perfect!!!! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas.