A Fairy Garden

To encourage Fairies to visit your garden, try adding some of their favourite plants and flowers:

Bluebells: Fairies are summoned to their midnight revels and dances by the ringing of these tiny flowers

Ferns: Pixie fairies are especially fond of ferns. One story tells of a young woman who accidentally sat on a fern, and instantly a fairy man appeared and forced her to promise to watch over his fairy son and remain in Fairyland for a year and a day. Ferns make nice soft beds for the little guys

Foxglove: The name "foxglove" came from the words "folk's glove." Folks referred to little people, or fairies. One legend says that fairies gave the blossoms to foxes to wear as gloves so they would not get caught raiding the chicken coop. According to another legend, if you picked foxglove, you would offend the fairies. And if the fairies stole your baby, the juice of the foxglove would help to get it back. In some stories, foxglove appears as a fairy's hat. Foxglove can sometimes heal and sometimes hurt. It is a poisonous plant, but it is also used as medicine to treat heart disease

Heather: Lights the flame of fairy passions and may open the gates between the fairy world and our own

Mushrooms: Used by fairies as tables and stools. The species Amanita is the red and white mushrooms which are very poisonous

Pansies: These may be used in fairy love potions

Poppies: These will bring fairies into your dreams

Primroses: Primroses are one key into fairyland. There is a German legend about a little girl who found a doorway covered in flowers, and when she touched it with a primrose, the door opened up, leading into an enchanted fairy castle

Ragwort, Cabbage Stalks, Grass and Straw: All of these were used by fairies for transportation in the same manner as a witch uses a broom

Roses: The sweet smell and soft petals of roses attract fairies to your garden. A popular love spell uses roses. Sprinkle rose petals under your feet and dance on them softly while asking the Fairy for a blessing on your magic

Saffron Crocus: The stamens from this fall flowering crocus constitute the herb saffron. Any food prepared with saffron is a favorite fairy food. Saffron used as a dye will turn cloth a royal gold. Such cloth is very valuable to fairies

Thyme: Wear a sprig of thyme to increase your ability to see the wee ones. Thyme may also be planted by the doors and windows of your house to invite the fairies to come inside

Tulips: The fairies like to use the tulip bloom to put their babies to bed

Some other fairy favorites are rosemary, heartsease, and forget-me-nots






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		A Fairy Garden To encourage Fairies to visit your garden, try adding some of their favourite plants and flowers: Bluebells: Fairies are summoned to their midnight revels and dances by the ringing of these tiny flowers Ferns: Pixie fairies are especially fond of ferns. One story tells of a young woman who accidentally sat on a fern, and instantly a fairy man appeared and forced her to promise to watch over his fairy son and remain in Fairyland for a year and a day. Ferns make nice soft beds for the little guys Foxglove: The name "foxglove" came from the words "folk's glove." Folks referred to little people, or fairies. One legend says that fairies gave the blossoms to foxes to wear as gloves so they would not get caught raiding the chicken coop. According to another legend, if you picked foxglove, you would offend the fairies. And if the fairies stole your baby, the juice of the foxglove would help to get it back. In some stories, foxglove appears as a fairy's hat. Foxglove can sometimes heal and sometimes hurt. It is a poisonous plant, but it is also used as medicine to treat heart disease Heather: Lights the flame of fairy passions and may open the gates between the fairy world and our own Mushrooms: Used by fairies as tables and stools. The species Amanita is the red and white mushrooms which are very poisonous Pansies: These may be used in fairy love potions Poppies: These will bring fairies into your dreams Primroses: Primroses are one key into fairyland. There is a German legend about a little girl who found a doorway covered in flowers, and when she touched it with a primrose, the door opened up, leading into an enchanted fairy castle Ragwort, Cabbage Stalks, Grass and Straw: All of these were used by fairies for transportation in the same manner as a witch uses a broom Roses: The sweet smell and soft petals of roses attract fairies to your garden. A popular love spell uses roses. Sprinkle rose petals under your feet and dance on them softly while asking the Fairy for a blessing on your magic Saffron Crocus: The stamens from this fall flowering crocus constitute the herb saffron. Any food prepared with saffron is a favorite fairy food. Saffron used as a dye will turn cloth a royal gold. Such cloth is very valuable to fairies Thyme: Wear a sprig of thyme to increase your ability to see the wee ones. Thyme may also be planted by the doors and windows of your house to invite the fairies to come inside Tulips: The fairies like to use the tulip bloom to put their babies to bed Some other fairy favorites are rosemary, heartsease, and forget-me-nots