Are you getting ready for the Fairy Fair ? We’re busy setting up at Sennowe Park. Above are some of our Workshop tents being made ready for you. This morning we also raised the giant Fairy Watering Can. Once complete with ribbons it will form the centre-piece of our Maypole. …
This year we’re introducing wrist bands for all ticket holders coming to the Fairy Fair. With the Fair selling out more and more often it seemed a good idea to have wristbands, and it should help if people have to nip in and out of the Fair at any time. …
Are you coming to the Fairy Fair ? Would you like to be a Fairy Gardener ? We hope so. If you are coming, dig about in your garden shed and see if you can find a watering can to bring with you. We will add some glitter stars to…
Here’s the official map for the 2016 Fairy Fair. You can also download a pdf of it here. Please note the different lay out from Holt Hall ! Do share this with friends and encourage them to come along. We hope you have a great time. If you are…
Have you been to Sennowe Park ? Sarah Wise and Abbie Panks have been for a stomp about. The sheep have gone off for a rest now after nibbling all that grass down but you know what ? This place has a very magical feel to it. We’ve had a…
Cowslips – once found almost everywhere in pastures so that they had nearly 40 local names but today many children cannot name one We’ve been going as a charity devoted to connecting children and families with nature since since 2001. The next Fairy Fair is May 29th and 30th . …
illustration by Sam Symonds Britain’s fastest birds* are about to return to our skies. Around the first week of May, swifts reach us after flying back from Africa where they spend most of the year. Have you seen any yet ? Please let us know by email, or twitter (@fairylandtrust)…
UPDATE 22 April 2016: how to help Bees Go Shopping in your garden These bees go shopping for pollen and nectar in our garden … what about yours ? (See the different coloured pollen sacks on their legs – and sometimes all over !) There are a few places left…
Hello The girls and I would like to share a few thoughts with you. Our sheperdess Jayne Reeve came to see us to today. She brought someone with her called ‘Sarah’ from the Fairyland Trust. We’d liked that as they had some sheep nuts and bread. It makes change to…
Thinking about what to do this weekend or next week while the school holidays are still on and the weather is improving ? Why not get out and look for some wizards, fairies and other magical creatures ? Here are a few ideas as to where you might find them.…
