a tale of two gardens
by Carol Brock

Visit two Boulder gardens that are enchanting and enchanted.

The green oasis surrounding Cha Cha’s tiny Victorian home harbors more than violets and red-hot pokers. “It’s a fairy garden,” Cha Cha says. In fact, seven fairies inhabit her yard, which overflows with flowers, statues, birdhouses, mirrors and fountains.

A local metal artist, Cha Cha learned of the magical beings when a woman performed an energy clearing before a wedding to be held that day in her yard. “She said, ‘Do you know seven fairies live here?’ I replied, ‘Well, I hope you invited them to the wedding,’ and she said, ‘Oh yes, they’re all here!’” Cha Cha says with a Cheshire grin. “I guess I’ve lived in Boulder long enough to expect anything.” continued

Leslie Van Grove discovered just how magical a garden could be on a summer solstice three years ago. “I was at a neighbor’s house and in the early evening she paid tribute to the solstice. She told us a story about how fairies come out at dusk on that day and they have a sweet tooth,” Van Grove recalls. “I leaned over to her and said, ‘Give me 10 minutes.’” Van Grove then rounded up the children at the party and took everyone to her house, where she retold the story. “The kids were so excited; they all went in the garden and started searching for fairies. That moment had so much magic in it that I decided to have a ‘Faerie Fest’ every summer solstice.” continued

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