Do You Believe In Faeries?

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I do... my garden is planted to attract and welcome them.:-) Faeries, in the main, are cheerful, mischievous little folk, who are fond of playing pranks. They love music and dancing and are attracted to bells. Leave them a gift in your garden and they will happily visit. The western end... the bottom... of my garden is fenced, and the garden planted from left hand corner, along the fence to the right, with a tall Christmas Tree, a japonica, three holly trees, a small-flowered red rose, trailing in and out of the fence, and a lilac tree. The Pine Tree, also known as the tree of the sun, is useful in the reduction of guilt. The pine was also sacred to the sea-god Neptune and to Bacchus. The Holly Tree is a symbol of the life force, vitality and immortality. It is considered a lucky tree to grow in the garden because it wards off negative energies and holly berries are said to be a fairy favorite. The scent of roses attracts faeries to your garden and rose petals can be used in faery magic, especially for love spells. The scent of lilacs is said to attract fairies to a garden. The fragrance of the lilac tree is considered magickal. The fragrance is believed to carry humans into faeryland. Other plants in the bottom garden include, various heathers, peonies, low growing pines, and tulips. Heather stalks are said to provide food for fairies, and a field of them may contain a portal to the Fairy Kingdom. Peonies are a charm to bring dreams of faeries and tulips are favoured for clothes and baby beds, by the little folk. In the rest of the garden, you will find, laurel, hawthorn, mock orange, hibiscus, azaleas, buddhlia, roses, an oak tree, growing in a pot, lavender, a few herbs, clematis and honeysuckle. Hawthorn is the most sacred tree to the faeries probably because it is so wild, uncompromising and fragrant. If you sit under the thorn tree on May Day eve, Samhain eve and Midsummer eve you can commune with the faeries. Pixie Pears is another name for hawthorn berries. Buddhlia attracts butterflies and faeries and the oak tree is often believed to be the home of elves or faeries, whilst Elf Leaf is another name for lavender, which is used in elfin magic. Bluebells attract faeries to your garden, when they are said to be called to their midnight revels by the sound of bluebells chiming. If you hear a bluebell ringing, this indicates the presence of a malicious fairy. The scent of honeysuckle enhances spirit vision and the ability to discover the difference between devoted love and false love. Apart from the plants, shrubs and trees, I have various fairy ornaments around the garden, including an acorn fairy and a family of mother, father and child, dancing. Sometimes I place these in a circle and other times in a line going across the bottom of the garden. There is also a little bird feeder on the bottom fence, held by a terracotta angel, in which I place faery gifts. So how is your garden planted? Do you attract faeries and... be honest... do you believe in the little folk? :-)