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Finding Fairies launched its fairy garden competition this week. Gardeners and crafters from all over can purchase a surprise kit, each of which is a unique selection of miniatures, scenics and special additions, to build a fairy garden of any size and style to impress the panel of judges. You don't need an enormous garden space or any special skills to be in contention to win first place. The panel will be looking for how you creatively use the surprise kit, the space you have and what you have available to you. The competition runs to the 1st August to...

Finding Fairies brings you our 2020 Fairy Garden Competition As gardening centres reopen and many of us are still off work it really is a perfect time for the family to do a bit of gardening, even if you've never done any gardening before. Gardening is amazing for boosting mental health and can be great for supporting the environment and fighting the pitfalls of climate change. We like to encourage gardening as an activity for young children and provide gardening inspiration for the whole family. We offer high quality fairy houses and miniatures to add magic and imagination to any...

May is well and truly underway. What happened to April? This is a lovely time of year when gardens are flourishing. May is usually when the Royal Horticultural Society holds its annual Chelsea Flower Show, probably the most famous flower and landscape gardening show in the world, usually held at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. This year, the show has been cancelled but this time a virtual show will take its place. In addition to the professionals exhibiting their designs and gardens via videos and articles, there is also an opportunity for amateur gardeners across the country to get involved. The...

Around the world today people celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Although there won't be as many street parties as one might have envisaged at the start of this year, the fairies will be partying up and down the country in small celebrations in our gardens and fairy villages. VE day or Victory in Europe Day commemorates the surrender of Germany towards the end of World War II and the end of fighting in Europe. The war was a time of many horrors and deaths in many countries on both sides. It is particularly sad that it came so...

This Wednesday was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, an annual event marked around the world to demonstrate support for green issues such as action on climate change and environmental protection. Every year on the 22nd April and in some cases across the whole of 'Earth Week', various communities in more than 190 countries take on projects to raise awareness and drive transformative change for the planet. Earth Day may never have started when it did if not for a disaster in January 1969. A massive oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara, California caused problems for marine life...