Rainbow Unicorns and Magic Wands

The Fairy days were very warm. Thank goodness Anne had created welcoming shade. We even took our own gazebo.

We had my nephew Frazer with us and he was very happy in the shade with his projects.

There were lots of campers around enjoying the trail and the garden with all the activities. We had lots of interesting gardening conversations with parents as the children made fairy gardens and decorated wands.

The children were provided with trays of sand and could use a variety of decorations .... strawflowers, shells, lollysticks, glass pebbles. 

They were very inventive.

Before the children began the trail they could choose a wand and on the way round, make their fairy promise to activate the magic. The next activity was to decorate the wands in an individual way with glitter, stickers and ribbon and braid. 

 This area was arranged under a gazebo with hay bales for seating.

It was very warm indeed and luckily the garden looked pretty good. However since this weekend the grass has gone yellow and many plants are dying prematurely, so we were lucky with our date choices.
 

 

And I always believed that the white pony was a unicorn.

 

The Fairy Trail 2022

The walk to The Fairy Trail is beautiful, past the meadows and round the edges of the newly planted woods, accompanied by butterflies and all sorts of other insects. 

I walked it on my own to get a feel, and to see what could be added. Anne had already added to the fairy willow tree with very pretty fairy bunting and a glittery chandelier. I had some new fairies, a caterpillar and yet more glittery hangings.

There were a few bees to add and extra flowers leading along the path.

It all looked quite magical.

Then it was past the witch`s hovel. She was not at home.

Further along the log seats were arranged under the old oak in the fairy promise area.

I enjoyed the walk on my own. It was quiet and relaxing, and I imagined the visitors we might have.

 

The garden looked very pretty though of course there were plenty of jobs. But I felt that people would just have to take us as we are. After all, a garden is an on-going pleasure of  tasks.

 

At that point the grass was beginning to look a little frazzled.

Anne set up shade with umbrellas and gazebos.

Fairy garden making equipment had been spread out and wands were prepared with ribbons and glitter to decorate.

So everything was ready

 

The charity we chose was 

Red Cross Ukrainian Appeal.