A
Fairy Garden
Certain trees and flowers hold special vibrations for fairies and
where they grow in wild abundance, fairies are sure to gather. The
Whitethorn (also known as the may tree or hawthorn) is a particular
favourite of fairies as is the oak. Lone trees are often fairy
trees and give off a magical air. They are often gnarled and
mysterious in form. Fairy trees are honoured as the fairies gather
around them at certain times of the year.
Other fairy trees and shrubs include the rowan, bramble, ash,
blackthorn, elder, birch, apple, hazel, aspen, bay, broom, lilac,
willow, alder, holly, pine, scots pine and beech.
Fairies love flowers and when assembling a fairy garden these are
the flowers and herbs which fairies especially love:
Golden ragwort Briar rose
Verbena Clover
Cowslips Rosemary
Thyme Lavender
Daisies Buddleia
St.Johns wort Foxgloves
Hyssop Yarrow
Lemon balm Angelica
Pansies Wallflowers
Roses Soapwort
This is by no means a complete list but gives a general idea.
Keep a small (or large!) area of your garden wild and uncultivated.
Also, make a small fairy altar ( a section of a tree, or a log
perhaps) where you can leave gifts for them. Suitable gifts are
natural items, such as - seashells, pinecones, acorns, anything
that glitters. Leave gifts of food - berries, honey, cake, ginger,
home-baked bread or any sweets. Please make your offerings of food
and gifts aesthetically pleasing and give them with love and
respect.
Do not expect the gifts to disappear - fairies take away the
spiritual essence of our gifts. Replace the gifts
regularly.
Dedicating the Fairy
Garden
In one of the fairy days and hours, walk around the dedicated area
of garden with an athame pointed at the borders. Sprinkle the
perimeter of the garden with salted spring water.
Then anoint yourself with Fairy Oil and say the words:
Fairy host, from the wild,
Come and tend this plot awhile;
Come dancing from the hollow hill
To raise the power and do the Lord and Ladies will.
Make your revels in my garden,
May this soil be fairy trodden.
Each herb and flower, each garden tree,
Set each lovely spirit free!
May all be hung with globes of light,
From deepest Elfame, fair and bright.
Fairies heed this pledge I tell,
To honour you and treat you well.
Conclude your ritual with the following:
In the name of the Lord and Lady , I declare this garden a
sanctuary for the spirits of nature and the children of the Lord
and Lady.
When you have finished leave a gift on the
altar.
splash!
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