Category Archives: Fairy gardening

This one’s for Helena: Terrarium madness!

POSTED BY KIM — Somehow, this is all your fault!  Helena started talking about a terrarium in her daughter’s room, and the next thing I know, we have the cutest, tiniest little plants in our gift shop that I *could* … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween!

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Seen on my morning walk yesterday

POSTED BY KIM — Just when you think you’ve seen it all…    

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A rainy afternoon means Kim can mess around with terrariums

POSTED BY KIM — Like I don’t have enough real work to do!  But sometimes a girl just has to break out the terrariums and have some fun. We have a great supply of native Missouri MOSS here at Sugar … Continue reading

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Fairy gardening in everything but the kitchen sink — wait, it IS in the kitchen sink!

POSTED BY KIM — Regular Sugar Creek customers Helena and her daughter Maddie were inspired by Maria’s Radio Flyer wagon fairy garden, but couldn’t find a wagon. At Maddie’s urging, however, they did find an old kitchen sink, and voila!  … Continue reading

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Maria’s Radio Flyer fairy garden now famous — in Hawaii!

POSTED BY KIM — You might remember seeing Maria’s special fairy garden featured in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  The little wagon is a popular feature now at Sugar Creek and makes even the toughest truck driver stop and smile.  The … Continue reading

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Coneflower chat: ‘Little Annie’ update — awwww…..

POSTED BY KIM — I’ve planted many, many ‘Little Annie’ coneflowers — the world’s smallest, cutest coneflower to date (and a Sugar Creek exclusive, thanks to hybridizer Eric Stahlheber).  As soon as I got them into the ground, most budded … Continue reading

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Time to update the fairy garden

POSTED BY KIM — New season, new look in the fairy garden.  We’ve been having fun with these little bridges and using blue aquarium rock for water. (See my little swan?) Sugar Creek customer Margaret W. was also inspired to do … Continue reading

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Fairies seen at local elementary school

POSTED BY KIM — I had a fantastic time at my kids’ school this afternoon where I taught an after-school “fairy gardening” workshop.  Nine girls signed up, from kindergardeners (typo, but I’m keeping it) on up to fifth graders. It was an … Continue reading

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A special Maria fairy garden creation is in the Post-Dispatch — let’s make today “Maria Day!”

POSTED BY KIM — Our favorite girl Maria was asked by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to take an old Radio Flyer wagon and have fun with it — and boy, did she!  See the pictures and read the article here.  … Continue reading

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