Upcycled Fountain into Coleus Fairy Garden

How to DIY a Fairy Garden with Coleuses and a Water Fountain.

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Last month, our theme was “Easter/Spring Front Door Decor”, and I shared Ana’s Garden Wreath, a free crochet pattern inspired by a garden hose wreath.

This month’s theme is a cross between Mother’s Day Floral Arrangement meets Memorial Day.

Our inspiration comes from Leo and Jane of Cottage at the Crossroads, and it’s their Topsy Turvy Galvanized Buckets.

The Challenge

The purpose of the challenge is to inspire us to take elements from the inspiration, and use them in our own unique way.

The Pieces That Inspired Me:

• Gray/Galvanized Coloring
• Multiple Pots
• Beautiful flowers!
• Dragonfly as a Friendly Critter

Gray/Galvanized Coloring:

I’ve had this fountain piece for about 7 years now. It belonged to a larger fountain that my mom had. The bottom piece has broke, but my mom held onto this top piece. When we sold our home, she asked me if I wanted it.

I always knew it was destined to be the star in a fairy garden – it just took some time to get there, but the coloring of it fits this perfectly.

I bought the large pot that compliments this fountain at Ross.

Multiple Pots:

There is, of course, the main pot to house the entire garden, but my fountain needed an additional pot to allow it to be high enough to hide amongst the Coleuses.

Flowers:

My mom bought me these Coleus flowers earlier this year, and they’ve been sitting in the same small container they came in. I knew they’d be the perfect flower to use in this garden!

Friendly Critter:

I found this adorable little frog at Dollar Tree. He has hooks on the top so he can hang from your pot.

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Fairy Garden Tutorial:

I filled my large pot up with lots of dirt, but I stopped filling close to the top. I wanted my smaller pot to sit securely on top of the soil without tipping over.

Once I was satisfied with the smaller pot, I removed it, and planted my Coleuses in the remaining space.

Before doing anything with this smaller pot – make sure to poke/drill holes into it! It probably has the little tabs on the bottom waiting to be poked out. If you don’t make the holes, it will retain water, and it will smell, and you could develop mold – no good.

Since my smaller pot wouldn’t be housing any plants, I didn’t want to pack it all with dirt. I put a little bit in there to weigh it down, then I cut two blocks of floral foam I found at Dollar Tree in half, and placed them on top of the dirt…

…then I filled the rest up to the top with dirt for my fountain to securely sit on.

I moved my pot in place, then I hung my adorable little frog. You want to be careful in moving something like this because in this case, the fountain is only sitting on this dirt and pot, and in moving, it could sit tip over/fall off. I moved it in place first, the put my fountain on top for safe measure.

At the very top of my fountain, there is a small pot that I thought this cactus would fit into perfectly. I found it at Home Depot.

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Under that is also a small pot held by one of the angels where I thought this tiny little succulent would be right at home. I also found this one at Home Depot.

And my fairy garden is complete!

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