Flower beds are a perfumed paradise for fairies that desire beauty above all else. Every flower has its own fairy to care for it, which explains why most of my own fairy encounters have taken place in the garden.

Flower Fairies wear outfits fashioned from fallen petals – by dressing to impersonate the flowers that surround them, the fairies may flutter by unseen!

A closed flower may be carefully opened to reveal a sleeping fairy within!

Be alert to the presence of fairies whenever you are in a garden. Even a snail trail may not be quite what it seems. Fairies use sprinklings of fairy dust to mimic these trails when they are travelling around on the ground!

On summer days, some fairies hang their washing out to dry on the webs of friendly spiders. Look out for glistening petals hanging from webs.

Many flowers have useful functions for fairies. Some use them to secure hiding places for precious objects, such as stores of magical dust.