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Fairy houses add touch of whimsy to gardens
Area Master Gardeners build small homes out of natural materials
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A fairy garden is one of the many features of Becky Mensinger’s garden at her Gainesville home, which was one of the locations on a tour hosted by the Master Gardeners earlier this month. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Beyond the flowers that bloom at Gardens on Green in Gainesville, the landscaped terrain holds a bit of magic inside five small houses where fairies come out to play when nobody’s looking. “The goal of Master Gardeners who built (the fairy houses) was to share the fun of using natural materials and to encourage children to get outdoors and explore and be creative,” Master Gardener Kathy Lovett said. However, the small fairy houses aren’t just for the young but the young at heart, too.