Plant and Decor Haul - September 2018

Look at all the wonderful fairy garden decor I picked up at Michael's at their 50% off sale! The fairy tale gate complete with crowned frogs, Strawberry house, and two magical castle's are all $7.50 each. The tiered container in the rear was only $20! I purchased a similar one in the past and love how easy it is to create a unique scene. The cobblestone and brick steps came out to $5.50. The princess was $4.00 (sorry for the bad angle, you'll see her in a future post soon). The gold banner says "happily every after" and goes perfect with all these fairy tale items, for the low price of $3.00. The wooden arbor comes complete with vines and mushrooms for only $5.00!

I'm especially thrilled about this find. This strawberry fairy home was originally $15, which is already a great price, but at 50% off it was a steal! With the addition of a few batteries, the windows will illuminate and be a warm addition to an evening scene.

This post is a two-in-one haul review! I spent around $25 at Home Depot for these new additions.

I purchased two beautiful mums, less than $2 each.

This Celosia 'Intenz' is drought tolerant. I purchased two for just under $4 each.

These two yellow Tickseed plants cost just under $8.

This six pack of sedum ground cover was under $3 total. This particular growth is nicknamed 'Tokyo Sun'.

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Garden A Day Challenge - Day 3, Salvaged by Salvia

For day three of the Garden A Day Challenge, I decided to breath new life into this small terra cotta pot. The Johnny Jump Up plants were half dead and being taken over by weeds so I decided to swoop in, clean up and salvage what I could.

Don't recognize the name "Johnny Jump Up"? That might be because this refers to a number of Viola species including Viola bicolor (American field pansy), Viola cornuta (tufted pansy), Viola pedunculata (California golden violet) and Viola tricolor (heartsease). This is not surprising considering that the Violaceae family has nearly 600 species in it, one of the most predominant being the Viola. Thank you, Wikipedia. 

I am a big fan of this plant and am happy to have been able to salvage a few bits.

A closer look at this garden is necessary to see the micro decorations. I typically use miniature items to decorate my fairy gardens but my son and daughter-in-law gifted a set of micro fairy garden accessories, a portion of which is shown in this scene. This discovery has certainly opened a new door of possibilities to me in my effort to continue to put my creativity to the test! The black pebbles are from the Dollar Tree and the sea glass was something I already had. 

What a lovely new home for my salvia plant purchased from Home Depot.

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Children at Play Series - Pt 4: Fairy Critters

Recently I went camping with my granddaughter and her friend. I brought along supplies so they could create their own container garden. Grandma can create a fairy garden no matter where she is! This container was made by my granddaughter.

These containers were from the 99 Cents Only store. We drilled drainage holes in the bottom before filling them with potting soil from Home Depot.

This array of plants was also purchased at Home Depot. Here's a tip on creating a beautiful container garden - you want to have three types of plants; thriller, filler and spiller. The 'thriller' is the large center piece that is the main focus. The 'filler' is smaller and surrounds the centerpiece, taking up empty space, and the 'spiller' is the shortest plant which will spill over the side of the container. This equation leads to eye-catching displays.

This container has a few fairy critters in it. The girls also decided to use pinecones they found during a hike.

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