Gardening in Miniature Fairy Gardens Tiny Secret Gardens. Soon I’ll be up to my elbows in dirt outdoors, cleaning up beds, spreading mulch and planting the first cool-weather veggies like cabbage, radishes and onions. But, I’ll still tend my gardens in miniature, the ones that have kept me a happy person all winter indoors. A terrarium, hanging air plants and assorted miniature gardens (including a fairy garden) have brightened windowsills and my heart through days of limited sunlight and the occasional snow. Kids love them, too. I started with a succulent, Blue Fingers (Senecio mandraliscae), planted in a rectangular bonsai dish.
I used it as a tall tree under which I positioned a gnome laying on a rock. My first attempt at constructing miniature garden was simple. Then garden geek friend, Steve Asbell from Jacksonville, Florida, sent me what he calls a Rainforest Drop. My second tiny garden, with thanks to Steve Asbell, contains air plants stuffed in a ball. What’s the difference? I had to make a fairy garden after that conversation! Primrose. EssayTyper. Fonts. Fonts. Granny moo. Little moo daddy moo and mummy moo. Little moo.