How to make a Miniature Cottage Garden 🪴 Easy 'Green Witch' DIY Project 🪴 Faeries will LOVE!!

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Hello Wildflowers and welcome to winter at Belladonna Cottage. In this episode, we'll make a miniature cottage garden together (in a pot!) that will attract and delight the faeries. It's the perfect way to add a little cottagecore magic to your world, even in the middle of winter... or when you only have a tiny space to work with!
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00:00 Winter Faeries in the Cottage Garden
03:33 A Garden Centre & Antique Store
05:50 Dad's Workshop
06:38 A Miniature Cottage Garden
12:29 An Artist's Inspiration

[@juliejefferson8197]

I'm so thankful to have found your beautiful channel! Your voice, laugh, and your spirit are so sweet and comforting! You have inspired me to keep gardening through all of the seasons, even though it is midsummer here, and hot, hot, hot! Your miniature fairy garden is enchanted! 💕

[@unepetitecourfleurie6129]

It's really cute. Beautiful effect. Loving the green witch ❤

[@theramblingrose_]

I'm glad you like it, she's rather cute, for sure! Thanks for watching 🌹xx

[@marthaschermann5562]

What inspiration. So glad that Mr. Rose is learning from your Dad. I miss mine every day. I am so inspired by you. Thanks so much for being my favorite Green Witch.

[@theramblingrose_]

You are so welcome, Martha! What a lovely comment - thank you 🌹xx

[@ProfessorBurlingame]

Happy Winter! I must admit to being quite jealous! But, fortunately, that ol' seasonal wheel just keeps right on spinning, so I'll be enjoying winter again here soon. I hope you enjoy yours while it lasts! 🙂

[@wickedartist1451]

Really lovely and inspiring. Thank you, Nancy!

[@theramblingrose_]

Glad you enjoyed it 🌹xx

[@missleela9237]

Just beautiful and so sweet! I am deep in planning and imagining for my Spring/Summer Garden too…but first I have a big spent plant and weeds clean up!

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh yes, the winter clean up is REAL over here too! 🌹xx

[@kimmi6151]

I love your miniature garden ❤ 🪴 its so lovely

[@theramblingrose_]

Thank you, it's a cute one 🌹xx

[@jessicapinto3817]

It's beautiful again and I love your journal!!

[@theramblingrose_]

I'm so glad you like it! I had fun with this one 🌹xx

[@sylvain123]

Hi Nancy, I used to live in jeans. Then I found jeans irrited me the last 10 yrs. I think it was because modern jeans have polyester etc in them. Recently I managed to get pure cotton jeans again, and I love them. No irritation from polyester anymore. The trick with jeans, besides making sure they are 100% cotton is to upsize. That way they have more give and don't get tight after washing them. Jeans get more comfortable once you wear them in. Your cottage and garden is so beautiful. I'm getting my new roof on Thursday. I went with the dark green called cottage green (nearly got the black like your cottage). As soon as that's done I'm getting the house clad white. Will be nice and warm once cladding is done. So excited 😃

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh I love the sound of how your cottage is coming along - the dark green and white will look beautiful! And yes, pure cotton sounds like a much better fit for a faerie 🌹xx

[@user-sr8ec7nx3i]

Such a delightful vlog! Your miniature garden is lovely, I love crowded gardens. Your husband and dad have such an obvious affection for each other, it shines through. And of course, NOAH, he looks like the perfect fur companion. Jane from Las Vegas

[@theramblingrose_]

Aww thank you Jane, yes we are all having a great time down here in Australia - very lucky to be gardening all through winter. Noah says hi!! 🌹xx

[@amber4amber]

Yesterday is was like "i am gonna make a cute Fairy Garden". The next morning i found your video ❤. Thank you for the inspiration. I love your channel (and i love jeans 😂).

[@theramblingrose_]

Aha Amber! It was meant to be - I must have heard your ideas all the way over here 🌹xx

[@indigomoon22]

This was so wholesome and adorable, Nancy! This has given me inspiration to add some ivy to my bedroom :) Thank you for another excellent video 😊

[@theramblingrose_]

You are so welcome! I really enjoyed this little project 🌹xx

[@doreen9838]

Love your dog

[@theramblingrose_]

Woof! He loves you too 🌹xx

[@grizeldaxxx4568]

Oh Nancy, what a delight this whole vlog is , I think I may have squealed out loud finding the Garden Center with a second hand area too , those finds were perfect especially the potting table. I must have had a premonition and made one of those Mini garden on the New Moon when my Darling brought home some potted colour of Violets, Primula, and Marigolds...now I just have to pop in a wee statue of some sort ...will see Who turns up heehee , thanks for sharing Your Magical Life with us and Blessings to You and Your Beloved Ones from Me and Mine , Merry Meet Grizabella Moonbeam xx

[@theramblingrose_]

Lovely to see your comment here, sweet friend! Your mini garden sounds lovely too! What colour primulas did you find? I could only see yellow and red here when I was looking 🌹xx

[@grizeldaxxx4568]

@@theramblingrose_ He found Maroon and Pink , and Yellow Pansy not Violets (where was my mind heehee) though the Violets have started flowering and I can fill my teeny vase and pop in the teeny Illuminating Elimination Room filling it with the Heavenly scent of Fairies x

[@GeorginaNZ011]

This was an absolute delight to watch! I have been feeling a bit flat in the garden department lately but you have once again inspired me 🙂Going to get right onto redoing my verandah pots - really hoping to find some ivy because it looks absolutely darling as a potted plant!

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh that's great! Sometimes the enthusiasm ebbs and flows, it's true, but I always return to the garden eventually. Ivy does look great in pots, doesn't it? 🌹xx

[@LS-um3zq]

Your miniature cottage garden was cute, but the gardener figurine defined it! I like to collect little resin cottages and put them in my porch pots for a little village in the flowers.

[@theramblingrose_]

That sounds so gorgeous! I have had my eye on a few little ceramic cottages in the local gift store... 🌹xx

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

A very delightful and calming video and beautiful miniature cottage garden

[@theramblingrose_]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it 🌹xx

[@sunitashastry5270]

It’s truly lovely! You gave me a couple of ideas …..

[@theramblingrose_]

I'm so glad. I haven't had to re-pot anything just yet, so fingers crossed 🌹xx

[@annaazzopardi4625]

Greetings Nancy from our scorching hot summer in Florida🥵 I will take cold and gloomy any day over this. Love your cute socks and boots. Tropical weather coming soon. We’ve been in a drought here so we need the rain but not the flooding they’re predicting. Your garden is so beautiful. Love your journal. ❤🤗

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh wow! Yes, it won't be long and we'll be scorching hot again, so I'm making the most of log fires and rainy days here. Fingers crossed there's no flooding there 🌹xx

[@theMermaidRhonda]

So fitting that even though we're closing in on summer here in SW Ohio, it's chilly today! I love your garden pot..so sweet! I'd add a cute little frog in there.

[@vickigauger5550]

Sweet, I’m north of Cincinnati! Getting hot now tho 😵‍💫

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh a little froggy sounds like the perfect potted garden companion 🌹xx

[@theMermaidRhonda]

@@vickigauger5550 IKR! 96 today! Are you close to Columbus?

[@vickigauger5550]

Gmorn. I’m closer to Cinn. Live in west Chester, off of rt 75

[@sommermaxwell]

Such a beautiful video! I find overalls to be much more comfortable in the colder months! I love the Dovetail brand 😃 So comfy and flexible!

[@theramblingrose_]

Ooh, I'm going to look them up right away 🌹xx

[@gemma4042]

I am autistic and I can't stand jeans, I even find pants somewhat intolerable. Love your videos!

[@loopy18lau]

Same!

[@theramblingrose_]

Aaaah a kindred soul! Honestly, if I know I am wearing jeans one day I actually plan out the rest of my outfit to have minimal sensory inputs... no jewellery, no bra, nothing scratchy!!

[@gemma4042]

@@theramblingrose_ I find the overalls from Blackmilk a really good alternative to pants and jeans. I think you would love them! I definitely need to take a leaf from your book this year and plant more flowers. I cast some seeds for hollyhock, everlasting, cornflower in the southwest of Perth recently. Thought I will just drop the seeds and see what magic happens ✨

[@risacostello-falvo4539]

Mr..& Mrs. Rose, I really enjoy your content...I can relate to your neuro type...what I think is so refreshing in your channel is your family!! There is a glorious love between the folks, family and your new husband....a really pleasant family! Love how your Dad and husband smile & laugh together as well as passing on knowledge learned thu the generations!! Refreshing really heart-felt!! Nicely done!! I miss my folks & grandparents they are passed on. Glad you are making heavenly memories to share in the years to come! Blessings 💖 to all!! 😊😊😊

[@JulieSkinner777]

Just found your channel. It’s and you are delightful!💖🍃💐

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh thank you! What a lovely comment!

[@naturelover6309]

Hi Nancy! Your garden arrangements are always so beautiful. You are an inspiration in my own garden. Recently I bought some Dahlias, Sunflowers and some Marigolds and they have been giving me a touch of sunshine everyday😊. I love your new potting bench too. You have beautiful taste!💕

[@theramblingrose_]

What a lovely comment, thank you! I was so delighted to find the potting station - it's perfect for that spot 🌹xx

[@user-cu8lw1uc5w]

Hi 🌿🍃have a beautiful day 🐇

[@theramblingrose_]

Same to you 🌹xx

[@rgirola1]

Absolutely charming 😍 I love it and am inspired to try to do my own sweet miniature fairy garden! Wishing you, your hubby and your adorable dad all the best from the other side of the world!!! (California)

[@theramblingrose_]

That's so wonderful! I hope you have so much fun - I am already brainstorming other little potted wonderlands with the leftover plants... hmmm it's a bit addictive! Hubby and Dad say thanks for watching :)🌹xx

[@pattiedavison4298]

Good Morning ☕️ ☕️ 💞 So beautiful 🌷💠🌹🏵🌺🌻💐🌼💞

[@theramblingrose_]

Morning Pattie!! So glad you like this one - we had so much fun with it! 🌹xx

[@michellehunt2205]

The little gardener ornament in the new arrangement you made looks just like one of my beautiful friends who has golden curls and loves tending to her whimsical garden 😊

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh how cute! You will have to show her, I'm sure she'd have a chuckle 🌹xx

[@nicholasryan5401]

Beautiful container and plant selections, They are the bees knees.

[@theramblingrose_]

I think so too! Thanks for watching 🌹xx

[@TheEmpressgoth]

❤❤❤❤😊😊😊thyme and Dill petunias here😊😊

[@theramblingrose_]

Lovely! 🌹xx

[@susancronin3443]

I have placed a fairy house and pretty sitting fairy into my granddaughter’s garden ❤❤❤

[@theramblingrose_]

How lovely! Always room for more faerie magick in any garden, I say 🌹xx

[@lulumoon9]

Oh my goodness, you’re planting a new mini garden in winter! It looks like spring. Most of our garden centers are closed in winter! This is a lovely container garden for the fae- I know they’ll love it!

[@theramblingrose_]

I know!! I am so lucky to live in such a place - can you believe some of my dahlia bulbs are already sprouting shoots?! Mr. Rose is loving it since he spent so long in Canada with their insanely short growing seasons! 🌹xx

[@bronwynlandis]

Absolutely captivating, my friend!! As we approach the summer solstice in the PNW, I'm sending you warmth an lots of sunshine!

[@theramblingrose_]

Oooh, thank you! It has started feeling rather chilly here! All the flowers are sleeping 🌹xx

[@ScoopGirl]

The garden looks lovely. I've never been into gardening my friend was. I think she had past in more of her art stuff and musical inspiration more than anything. She was learning piano and guitar when she couldn't hear the music she understood it. I got sound bath bowls a handpan and a guitar so maybe one day gardening but I love watching others do it

[@theramblingrose_]

It's relaxing just to watch the garden and see the beautiful flowers, isn't it? Thanks for watching 🌹xx

[@ScoopGirl]

@theramblingrose_ yes definitely it is relaxing like asmr

[@Amanda-ei7oc]

Gorgeous Nancy!! You have a real eye for styling, particularly garden styling 🌸 And I have your oracle cards on my present wish list! 😊

[@theramblingrose_]

Wonderful! I still love those cards and often think wistfully that they are one of my greatest artistic works. I can't wait to finish the new series I'm working on... arrrgh so exciting! 🌹xx

[@rosabelladoherty]

🌼 Loved it! 🌼

[@theramblingrose_]

Thank you! 🌹xx

[@kristenwontorcik1773]

Hi Nancy, that is such a beautiful and whimsical little garden. You always have such inspiring videos filled with such great information. I am a beginner gardener and have a good amount of space to garden in but it is overwhelming at times but your videos give me such knowledge and inspiration I look forward to your next video. Thank you for sharing 💕💕

[@theramblingrose_]

Thank you so much! That is so kind - I do hope my videos are informative and well as just pretty and relaxing... I still consider myself an amateur gardener since I think it takes a lifetime to learn everything 🌹xx

[@njerilucy2769]

I love how you narrate .it improves my English 💞💞🌈🌻🌼🦋💐🌹🔥😊😇🙏❣❣

[@theramblingrose_]

I'm so glad! Thanks for watching 🌹xx

[@Unicornfangsband]

💜

[@theramblingrose_]

🌹xx

[@barb61]

Delightful! 😊

[@theramblingrose_]

Glad you think so! 🌹xx

[@karensaville913]

Hi lovely lady...yes awful jeans i stir clear..prefer beautiful layering and joga pants...my freedom comes from well i just am now...nice to see yr Dad..x...much love..

[@theramblingrose_]

Awww thanks for sharing!! Yes, give me my pretty summer dresses any day! 🌹xx

[@gardenextra7415]

❤

[@theramblingrose_]

🌹xx

[@francineh.7825]

Your garden planter pot is so lovely!!

[@theramblingrose_]

Thank you! 🌹xx

[@hollytaylor3643]

I love the colors in your big and mini gardens. We can’t grow much here in the foothills of Colorado (geraniums stay alive). I like the idea of a small, potted fairy garden inside our home. Noah is looking beautiful, by the way. How cold are the winters there? It doesn’t quite look as lush when the winter solstice is just around the corner here.

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh indeed, Australian winters are very mild - especially in my part of the world! The average midday temperature rarely drops below 12 degrees in midwinter, so it's pretty wonderful for gardeners. A lot of people don't realise just how lush and green some parts of Australia are! Noah says hi too 🌹xx

[@admin_KONOHA]

😗💓💕

[@l.o.2639]

How beautiful! My husband won't let me do anything I want to do with my front and back gardens. He won't even let me put a small hanging planter over the railings on my front doorstep. 😞

[@Mina-12128]

Girl dump him. Seriously.

[@theramblingrose_]

Oh no Mr. Hubby! I think the faeries need to pay him a little visit and sprinkle some pixie dust on him - more flowers everywhere please 🌹xx

[@kristinburton4953]

First ! Good morning Chook !!!

[@theramblingrose_]

Morning! Aha first in, Kristin! Love it 🌹xx

[@stevenmcgonigal7755]

How can i garden with no money

[@karensaville913]

Ask yr neighbours or friends for cuttings 😊

[@theramblingrose_]

I know the feeling, Steven! And I'm so impatient, that when people suggest taking cuttings and growing from seed, I always feel a little glum... BUT with patience, it really does work! And you can have a beautiful garden on a budget! Seeds are very inexpensive and if you join a local garden club, you'll find people are so generous. You can also check out garage sales and offer to tidy up peoples gardens in exchange for plants? 🌹xx

[@purbasharoy1141]

Jeans are uncomfortable 🧚‍♀️

[@theramblingrose_]

They sure are! 🌹xx

[@brooke7464]

I prefer leggings