Getting Back to Nature: A Fairies Guide to Camping

The best way to guarantee a fairy sighting for our active fairy enthusiasts is to find yourself someplace where cell phone service doesn't work. You need to be completely disconnected from the Internet and outside forces. For the most success, consider immersing yourself in nature in an undistracted way. It is easy to overlook these flying fairy friends and stumbling gnomes when we are walking around with our heads down playing Angry Birds(TM) or on Pinterest(TM) looking up the next fairy garden innovation. Being in touch with our surroundings will help miniature gardeners learn from the inspiration all around us and to catch sightings of the wee folk.

If you are one of the lucky few who have enough time to wander around the woodlands, then you know how easy it is to miss nature's beauty in a split second. I grew up near the boundary waters with friends who frequently camp and canoe through this area. Due to this, I am constantly exposed to beautiful pictures of star dusted skies, canoe trips and groups of dirt-covered friends with giant smiles on their faces.

It is easy to see why our goofy fairy friends enjoy spending time in such a magical place. They are at their core, the ultimate nature lovers; I always pictured the act of camping and wandering around areas of the world, untouched by technology, to be the closest we get to true magic. When it comes to miniature gardening I encourage ideas and themes that remind us of the activities and moments in life that bring us true joy. For some of my closest friends, it is in a tent near a lake with a bonfire roaring nearby to keep bugs and the cold at bay. That inspired me to search for 'camping' themed items and I stumbled upon mini accessories that would fit my camping theme.

I started with selecting a quiet spot in my garden and I prepared the soil for a miniature garden. Then I made sure the campground was near a water feature, which was a pond filled with decorative pebbles. The camping theme fairy garden had all the necessities with a small campfire ring, a picnic table covered with a red-and-white gingham tablecloth, plates of hamburgers and hotdogs sitting on the table, and stepping-stones leading up to a small camper trailer. Adding miniature plants in the background such as hemlock, elm, and mugo pine that mimicked trees and shrubs, brought life to the fairy garden. The final magical touch was to place a couple of gnomes hiding in the background to play tricks on our unsuspecting fairy campers. What an experience guests will have when they walk through the miniscape to see a glimpse of a fairy in the garden.

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