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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Part One: A LAND WHERE FAIRIES DWELL

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

   A  fairy  
 is one 
of a class of supernatural beings
generally conceived 
as having a diminutive human form,
that possess magical powers 
with which they intervene in human affairs. 

 

The word, "fairy"  derived from 
Middle English word faierie 
 (also fayerye, feirie, fairie), 
is a direct borrowing from Old French Faerie... 
meaning the land or realm 
of the legendary people of folklore and romance 
called (in Old French) faie or fee.  

Faie became Modern English fay... "a fairy."

  

What should  
"a land where fairies dwell" 
look like?

Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

Would you like to create your own
"land where fairies dwell?"

 The sign at the entrance should read...
Fairy Gardens are a new trend in gardening.
Miniature gardens designs 
in flowerpots and small containers 
offer gardeners a fun way 
to create tiny realistic landscapes.  

I visited  Colonial Nursery and Heartland Nursery 
for inspiration.  Here are some photos I took of their  
Fairy Gardens.

Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri



Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri

BLUE Fairy Garden Path, Colonial Nursery, Blue Springs, Missouri
 
Colonial Nursery, Blue Springs, Missouri

  
Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri

Fairy Cottage, Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri






Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri


Fairy House, Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri



Fairy Miniature Garden, Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri


Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri


Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri


Two children (a little girl and boy about five years old) visited  Heartland Nursery the same day I was there.  They were enchanted with the Fairy Gardens, and carefully examined each and every inch of the diminutive garden.

"I could live in a garden like this!" 
the boy said as soft as a wish or a prayer.

"Me, too," 
said the girl.

Their eyes sparkled.

I couldn't resist engaging them, and asked:  
"Do you think if you had a garden like this 
the fairies would come?"

"I think so.  I'm pretty sure,"
said the girl with a smile.

The boy nodded his head in agreement.
"I think so, too," I said.

Table-top FAIRY GARDEN at Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri
Heartland Nursery, Lee's Summit, Missouri


Heartland Nursery is the dream fulfilled by Pete & Sherry Mistretta. After 29 years as Blue Ridge Gardens; a small 200' x 200' garden center with 19 parking spaces...the dream garden center was built. 80,000 square feet under a glass greenhouse. The greenhouse was manufactured in Belgium, and shipped over by boat, once here a Belgium crew flew in and began putting it up. With over 120 parking spots, lots of carts and wide asles and plants from every corner of the globe it is a gardener's paradise.

   Heartland Nursery
816-763-7371
www.heartlandnursery.com


COLONIAL NURSERY
(816) 229-9259
Kristen and Alan create the FAIRY GARDENS at Colonial Gardens, 27610 E. Wyatt Road, Blue Springs, Missouri. Contact  Kim if you are interested in taking a class about Fairy Gardens.  (816) 229-9259  


Miniature Garden, Colonial Gardens, Blue Springs, Missouri


Wheelbarrows, wagons, wooden boxes, tin buckets, and wide terracotta pots are excellent for creating miniature garden designs that any fairy would be delighted to inhabit.




Do you believe in fairies?

Two children in 1917, took a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. The movie, FairyTale:  A True Story (1997) is based on a factual accounts  of two young girls that, somehow, had the ability to take pictures of winged beings.  It caused quite a stir throughout England during the time of the first World War.  Everyone, except the girls who think it's quite normal, were excited about this "photographic proof" that fairies exist... even the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini pay the girls a visit.  

Movie:  FairyTale:  A True Story (1997)

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&p=photos+from+the+moie+a+fairytale+a+true+story

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119095/

Why not create your own enchanted
  "land where fairies dwell" and see what happens?

I'll add more photos, ideas and places to shop for miniature items for Fairy Gardens in my next blog.  



 Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking 







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