A tiny, colorful world
BY TYSON SMEDSTAD
Scenes like these would make anyone believe in fairies.
In the past few years, fairy gardens have become a new trend in gardening.
Stacy Majeres and her daughter Sadie put together tiny scenes. They are delicate and intricate.
The Majeres have an array of different scenes: a fair, a birdhouse, a park, a river with bridge and tree house, a reading nook plus more.
“I think this is our fifth year,” Majeres said. “I was looking for a hobby I could do with my daughter as she was growing up.”
And her 12-year-old daughter has just as much fun helping put it all together.
Sadie says the camping scene is her favorite.
“It’s so unique, the little camper and little fairies, it just seems so realistic. It’s somewhere that I would like to go to and stay,” she said.
Mom Stacy likes the farm yard because it’s the most relatable.
The idea came naturally. I just started putting them together, no pictures to go by,”Majeres said. “I use a lot of rocks, some real, some fake, lots of fake grass and real green moss. All scenes have a mixture.”
She said she gets the fairy garden items for the garden stores online, at Hobby Lobby and even dollar stores have things to use. You can use anything tiny and colorful to mix in with the natural elements and plastic accessories.
“It’s so therapeutic, it takes us away to a magical place where there’s no stress, work or bad things going on. It’s just a happy, fun place,” Majeres said.
She said it takes about a week to put all of them up and situate it all in their scenes. She uses antiques to set the scenes like a used wheelbarrow for her theme park, an old coal bucket for the campground and a wash bowl for the dog park. Walking along the side of their house you can see just how much time goes into each detailed little scene.
This year’s new addition to the collection by Stacy was a birdhouse scene, while Sadie chose a Donut Shop.
