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.…
Are you or your friends in any of these pictures ? If you are thinking about coming to the Fairy Fair, we thought you might take some inspiration from these photos of visitors to the photobooth at the last Real Halloween. With a bit of seasonal adjustment of course ! …
Here’s the Fairy Fair poster for 2016 designed by artist Sam Symonds. We hope you like it. Please note the new venue – Sennowe Park – which is really lovely. See some pictures here. The black and white bird with the orange beak is an oystercatcher. You can sometimes…
Can you help bring Flower Fairies to life ? We need to raise £1,050 to make three great new Wildflower Fairy costumes for the next Fairy Fair. If you visited the 2015 Fair you may have met Daisy, Dandelion, Cornflower, Bluebell, Poppy and Foxglove, and maybe made a wildflower of…
Yes real Jumble Sales* still exist. At least ours does. So please come to our Jumble Sale at Norwich Playhouse, 11am – 4pm Saturday January 16th. We’ll be enchanted to see you. Please let your friends know. You can help by printing out this poster and displaying it somewhere prominent.…
Update – November 25 2015 Some great news – after weeks of trying, our logistics gnomes have finally managed to rescue our most valuable tents ! They are now stored away safe and dry. (See The Fog story below). That’s our ‘Grand Medieval Rounds’. A couple of others are…
Here’s a video of the Parade of Animal Lanterns coming up the valley at The Real Halloween on Friday 30 October. Thanks to everyone who took part – we hope you enjoyed it ! Many thanks to all our Supporters for helping make The Real Halloween and the Fairy…
