Learn more about this whimsical approach to garden design. Carlofranco/Getty Images Serious gardeners might write off “fairy gardens'' as child’s play, but this dismissive attitude means they miss out ...

As Betty Earl, author of Fairy Gardens: A Guide to Growing an Enchanted Miniature World, explains, the goal is "to entice individuals to use their imaginations in creating a tiny, inviting world where ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." While growing a typical garden is usually enjoyable on its own, what if there was a way to make the whole ...

Mini ponds can be made from plant pots, old sinks, buckets – anything that can hold water (Credit: Heather Stuckey) When the BBC's Katherine Latham made a pond with just a plant pot, some rocks and a ...

Outside the Frederick office of the University of Maryland Extension Office on Montevue Lane in Frederick on Saturday, potting soil was being potted, plants situated, and small props placed. The ...

Some people are downsizing their gardens big time. They’re moving from whopping perennial borders to terrariums, tiny Zen gardens and fairy-gardens-in-a-pot. In these little landscapes, a watering can ...

It's a place where your imagination can grow — and shrink — at the same time. And no, you don't have to call it a fairy garden; you can call it a miniature garden or a putting green or a dinosaur ...

Fairy gardens have been around since the early part of the 20th century (and possibly even before). They tapped into two popular trends — a belief in fairies and gnomes and the rising popularity of ...