A week after running a fabulous article about our Mother Meres mural, St. Pete Times correspondent Terri Bryce Reeves challenged the Garden Fairies to “think outside the pumpkin”. Of course we accepted! After doing a mural that took seven months to make, one night of pumpkin decorating sounded a walk in the…
Monthly Archives: October 2010
All invited to the Wizard & Fairies Halloween Garden Party
Get ready to strut your stuff at Sacred Land The visuals at this party will be hard to beat, Wizard & Fairies mixing with a flock of real peacocks, permanent fixtures at Sacred Lands. Dress as your favorite wizard or fairy All Invited! Bring your friends and family. Suggested donation $5 A…
Who Was Mother Meres?
Mother Meres: The Mother of all Garden Fairies. Mother Meres was part of a group the first non-native settlers to make their home in Tarpon Springs in the 1880s and became one of Tarpon Springs’ most admired women. Mother Meres was Pinellas County Florida’s original ‘Garden Fairy’—spreading her love of…
Mother Meres Mural Hits The Wall
On Thursday, September 3oth and Friday, October 1st, 2010, Mother Meres mural was installed! Click to view the video of the installation process: The mural and adjacent dumpster surround transformation is a joint project of The Garden Fairies and the Greater Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce. At the upcoming dedication…