The Tiny Forest Fairy

The Tiny Forest Fairy

Terrariums, kokedama and potted things, grown slowly by hand.

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Chapter one

Along the trail

The newest creations, in the order they left the potting bench.

  1. A wide fluted cream bowl planted with succulents, white pebbles, a tiny orange brick cottage and three clay stepping stones printed with footprints.

    No. 01 · · Fairy garden

    Footprint Lane

    A brick cottage at the end of a path of footprint stones, with a snail, a bee and a ladybird keeping house among the succulents.

    Bright light

    $68each

    follow the footprints home

  2. Lime-green succulent rosettes with scalloped, red-rimmed leaves in a small fluted cream pot.

    No. 02 · · Succulent

    Fairy Roses

    Rosettes of scalloped leaves, each one rimmed in wine red, crowding a fluted cream pot.

    Bright light

    $34each

    every leaf rimmed in red

  3. A tall blue-green succulent rosette in a white ceramic owl pot, with a yellow sign reading "Caution: fairies live here".

    No. 03 · · Succulent

    Owl's Watch

    A blue-green rosette in a white owl pot, and a small yellow sign warning that fairies live here.

    Bright light

    $42each

    fairies live here!

you made it, come in, the kettle's on

The cottage shelf

Everything that's growing indoors, from the newest creations to the older ones, just as loved, waiting by the window.

Plate II specimens kept indoors

  • A wide fluted cream bowl planted with succulents, white pebbles, a tiny orange brick cottage and three clay stepping stones printed with footprints.

    Footprint Lane

    A brick cottage at the end of a path of footprint stones, with a snail, a bee and a ladybird keeping house among the succulents.

    $68Bright light

  • Lime-green succulent rosettes with scalloped, red-rimmed leaves in a small fluted cream pot.

    Fairy Roses

    Rosettes of scalloped leaves, each one rimmed in wine red, crowding a fluted cream pot.

    $34Bright light

  • A tall blue-green succulent rosette in a white ceramic owl pot, with a yellow sign reading "Caution: fairies live here".

    Owl's Watch

    A blue-green rosette in a white owl pot, and a small yellow sign warning that fairies live here.

    $42Bright light

  • Mossmere

    Nephrolepis & cushion moss

    A pocket of damp woodland sealed under glass. It rains on itself.

    $64Soft light

  • Hollow Lantern

    Ceropegia woodii

    Bound in moss and twine, it hangs wherever a little light gets in.

    $42Bright, indirect

  • Old Wren

    Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'

    Shaped over three winters. Wants a cool sill and a patient keeper.

    $128Full sun

  • Pond Coin

    Pilea peperomioides

    Round leaves like coins at the bottom of a wishing pond.

    $36Bright, indirect

  • Glowcap Jar

    Dicranum moss & fern

    Cushion moss, a sprig of fern and two clay glowcaps that catch the lamplight.

    $54Soft light

  • Fairy's Umbrella

    Monstera deliciosa

    Split leaves wide enough to shelter under, if you are small enough.

    $58Bright, indirect

  • Creek Trail

    Epipremnum aureum

    Vines that wander down the shelf like water finding its way.

    $32Any light

  • Sleepy Sentinel

    Dracaena trifasciata

    Stands guard by the door and forgives a missed watering.

    $38Any light

  • Moth Moon

    Phalaenopsis

    Pale blooms that open like moths settling on a branch.

    $52Bright, indirect

  • Stone Garden

    Echeveria & Haworthia

    A shallow bowl of rosettes that ask for sun and very little else.

    $46Full sun

  • Maiden's Veil

    Adiantum raddianum

    Fronds so fine they tremble when you walk past.

    $34Soft light

  • Teatime

    Peperomia obtusifolia

    Planted in a thrifted teacup. Pour water, not tea.

    $28Bright, indirect

  • Desert Visitor

    Mammillaria

    A long way from home and blooming anyway.

    $24Full sun

  • Driftwood Drifter

    Tillandsia ionantha

    No soil at all. It lives on a branch the river gave back.

    $22Bright, indirect