Huge Stump Becomes A Fairy Garden
August 4, 2017 at 11:58 p.m.
By Carli Luca-
The huge stump – believed to be between 250 and 500 years old based on its rings – was brought in to Superior Landscape Products in Warsaw to be used in the company’s wood recycling program, said company owner Dale Custer
Custer said they’re taking the enormous stump and turning it into what they hope will be the world’s largest fairy garden. The team at Superior even wants to have Guinness World Records come out to award the stump with the largest fairy garden title, but so far Guinness has not agreed to add the category.
The idea for creating a fairy garden inside the stump follows a popular gardening trend.
Karen Rowland designed the tree stump’s fairy garden, and has made some of the fairies seen on the tree. The rest, Rowland says, comes from kits available for purchase in the store.
They also have classes where people of all ages can create a fairy garden of their own. Rowland says the fairy garden phenomena has been popular for years and has re-emerged recently.
Among the stump’s unique features is something called an “inverted burl” where bark grew on the inside because the tree was hollow. The burl allows for creative placements of the many fairy garden scenes.
Custer said they plan to incorporate lighting into the design, and may even add a cloud above. They already have a waterfall that runs down the side of the stump.
Despite the many decorative elements already in place, they say they’re only about 20 percent done with the project.
While they aim to have it completed by the spring, Custer and Rowland say the garden’s development will be an ongoing project.
Custer said representatives of Kosciusko County Convention and Visitors Bureau believe the fairy garden is worthy of a tourist attraction, and could be a stop on bus tours in the future.
The stump-turned-garden is available to see at the store, east of the city of Warsaw along U.S. 30.
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The huge stump – believed to be between 250 and 500 years old based on its rings – was brought in to Superior Landscape Products in Warsaw to be used in the company’s wood recycling program, said company owner Dale Custer
Custer said they’re taking the enormous stump and turning it into what they hope will be the world’s largest fairy garden. The team at Superior even wants to have Guinness World Records come out to award the stump with the largest fairy garden title, but so far Guinness has not agreed to add the category.
The idea for creating a fairy garden inside the stump follows a popular gardening trend.
Karen Rowland designed the tree stump’s fairy garden, and has made some of the fairies seen on the tree. The rest, Rowland says, comes from kits available for purchase in the store.
They also have classes where people of all ages can create a fairy garden of their own. Rowland says the fairy garden phenomena has been popular for years and has re-emerged recently.
Among the stump’s unique features is something called an “inverted burl” where bark grew on the inside because the tree was hollow. The burl allows for creative placements of the many fairy garden scenes.
Custer said they plan to incorporate lighting into the design, and may even add a cloud above. They already have a waterfall that runs down the side of the stump.
Despite the many decorative elements already in place, they say they’re only about 20 percent done with the project.
While they aim to have it completed by the spring, Custer and Rowland say the garden’s development will be an ongoing project.
Custer said representatives of Kosciusko County Convention and Visitors Bureau believe the fairy garden is worthy of a tourist attraction, and could be a stop on bus tours in the future.
The stump-turned-garden is available to see at the store, east of the city of Warsaw along U.S. 30.
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