My Fairy Garden Garden And The Magical Wishing Well Review

Reviewed by Rebecca Wong                         

I love our garden and I want my kids to love it too. I’m always happy to find little projects and activities for my kids that involve the garden and watching things grow.  So I was over the moon to be asked to review a Fairy Garden product and not least because this one involved my 6 year old daughters ‘most favourite animal of all time’ the unicorn!

The Unicorn Garden & Magical Wishing Well set contained everything shown on the box picture including a wishing well, props various animals, bunting, small stones, a fairy and seeds.  The only thing I had to supply was the compost. So my daughter and I started to ‘build’ the fairy garden using the really simply step-by-step instruction booklet supplied.  It featured each step with an illustration for guidance.  It wasn’t hard to set up but it definitely wasn’t something you could leave a child to do on their own.  I needed to  help with many aspects of the set-up including compost supply and fitting the batteries in the wishing well, but as a team it was a lovely little activity for us. 

The wishing well lights up and plays music, there is no on/off switch, which at first confused me as I thought the music would play constantly.  But my 6 year old soon discovered that actually when you drop the ‘gems’ in the well, this sets off the music and then it stops after a short time – thank goodness she was there to explain this to me!  She absolutely loved setting it up and much to my amazement spent a few hours playing with the little figures and going back to it to check on her Fairy Garden. There are so many little adornments for the garden that she loves to play about with and move around. She has also been careful to spray the seeds with water each day since as well.

The seeds appear to be grass and possibly watercress so hopefully we’ll see some growth within a couple of weeks, which can be trimmed with scissors once it is fully grown.  The tray doesn’t have drainage holes so it’s preferable not to flood it with water and advised to keep it on a sunny windowsill.  In the summer though, ours will probably stay outside as the weather is so mild.

I really like these sets for so many reasons. Not only is it great to help children to discover the joy of gardening whilst combining it with creativity but it’s also different from the usual toys crowding their bedrooms.  It would make a ideal gift.  The only thing that makes me feel uncomfortable is all the plastic.  As it is  meant to be about growing and nurturing plants it would be nice to see more environmentally friendly trays and accessories made of wood or bamboo. Although this can be used over and over with new seeds being planted once the current ones start to die off.

Rating: I give it a 5/5.

RRP and link to buy:

The Unicorn Garden and Magic Wishing Well retails at £16.99 and can be bought from Smyths here. A great price to create a special magical world that children will get hours of enjoyment out of.