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Flower Fairies™: The Magical World of Cicely Mary Barker

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Step into the enchanting world of Cicely Mary Barker (1895 – 1973), the creator of the much-loved Flower Fairies, in this playful exhibition at the Watts Gallery, from  – 

Experience the timeless appeal of Cicely Mary Barker’s creation, the Flower Fairies. First published in 1923, these botanically accurate fairies were inspired by real children that Cicely knew. See a selection of the original Flower Fairies alongside her personal sketches and family photographs.

Explore Cicely’s journey as an artist. Follow her from the early years as a young girl with a vivid imagination, to commercial success in adulthood. See her childhood sketches, postcard designs and illustrated books she created later in life. This family-friendly exhibition celebrates the life of an extraordinary artist, author and illustrator.

Enjoy playful and creative moments throughout the exhibition. Dress-up as a fairy, design a garden and become a part of the enchanting fairy tales. Unveil the secrets of Cicely’s childhood home, draw your own postcard and bring the magic to life!

Inspired by Cicely’s botanical illustrations and traditional folklore, you can also explore the woodlands with a family-friendly trail. See if you can find the trees and plants that feature in the Flower Fairies and learn interesting facts about them.

Find out more, and book your ticket, at the Watts Gallery.

Tree Fairy Trail at Harcourt Arboretum

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Come on a magical Tree Fairy Trail around the Harcourt Arboretum this summer! There are seven fairies, each hiding behind their own fairy door at the bottom of their special tree. Once you have found them all and collected a letter from each fairy, you can make a word to claim your prize.

The trail runs from 20 July to 8 September 2024.

Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies of the Trees was first published in 1940, introducing children to the flowers and fruits that grow on trees with magical illustrations and whimsical poems. Treetop Fairies are the most daring of all Flower Fairies, and have no fear of heights – they are happiest swinging from branch to branch, high up in their trees! The Nut Fairies (particularly the young ones) are the naughtiest, playing noisy games of chase in their branches. If you are walking under a beech tree on a blustery day, it might not just be the wind that sends beechnuts raining down onto your head!

The Tree Fairy Trail is designed for children aged 3-8, but all ages will enjoy this magical experience.

The entry fee is £2 per child (accompanying adults will need to pay standard entry). Pay for the trail on arrival.

Flower Fairies Exhibition

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Discover the Flower Fairies at the Lady Lever Gallery!

To mark the 100-year anniversary of her first book, Flower Fairies of the Spring, this exhibition will feature around 45 original illustrations, with digital projections and costumes inspired by the fairies, designed by Vin Burnham.

Explore the inspirations behind Barker’s paintings, as well as the flora and fauna featured in the work through National Museum Liverpool’s botanical collections.

First published in 1923, there were originally 170 drawings – accurate depictions of flowering plants and trees, into which are incorporated, caricature figures of fairies, designed to accompany the species drawn.

The exhibition will run from the 15th April  to the 5th November 2023

Find out more here.

You can also get a little look at the exhibition here.

Glastonbury Fairy Fayre and The Flower Fairies Ball

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Poster for the 2023 Glastonbury Fairy Fayre & The Flower Fairies Ball. Glastonbury Town Hall, Magdalene St, Somerset BA6 9EL

Karen Kay’s Faery Events’ annual Glastonbury Fairy Fayre and Ball is celebrating one hundred years of The Flower Fairies!

The Flower Fairies Fairy Ball takes place on Saturday 4th March.

The Avalon Fairy Fayre is to be held on Sat 4th & Sun 5th March 2023, with free entry to the daytime fayre and is suitable for all ages! There will also be a selection of free workshops and talks.

With special guest artists Anne Stokes and Anne Sudworth, lots of beautiful stalls, a Flower Fairies photo-booth, and music from The Celtic Giants and Perkelt, it’s sure to be a magical celebration.

Flower Fairy Hunt | 3rd – 16th April | King John’s Nursery & Garden

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The Fairies emerge along with the flowers at King John’s, and this popular fairy hunt gets the children excited, inquisitive and imaginative as they wander around the garden looking for little fairy doors. This year the event will be combined with a special spring watch day on Saturday 15th April. There will be the various activities for children to watch and learn about nature in spring time and do the fairy hunt. There will also be a fairy tea in the cafe to re-energise after the hunt!

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Dance like the Flower Fairies

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Learn to dance just like the Flower Fairies with this magical DVD.

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Peaceful Wooden Puzzles

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Peaceful Wooden Puzzles have created a set of 24 Flower Fairies puzzles for their Alphabet series.

Each Victorian-style wooden jigsaw puzzles features 112 flower, fairy and garden shaped pieces, measures 6” x 8”, and comes in a beautiful tin.

View the full range at peacefulwoodenpuzzles.com

Flower Fairies Festival

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A Flower Fairies Festival is being held in Croydon in June this year, birthplace of Cicely Mary Barker, as part of the Croydon Heritage Festival.

Part of the Friends of Park Hill Park’s preparations included the re-dedication of the Cicely Mary Barker Garden within the park, including a memorial plaque featuring some of her timeless Flower Fairies illustrations.

The festival has had a wonderful response in the local press and social media, including activities such as natural trails, a Flower Fairy Walled Garden (using Flower Fairies illustrations to help children identify specific plants and flowers), a professional story telling session, and the launch of a creative illustration and writing competition for participating local schools.

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London’s Year of the Bus

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This year, Transport for London and the London Transport Museum have been celebrating the ‘Year of the Bus‘ – a series of engaging events, exhibitions, recreations and activities that will reconnect Londoners with their bus network and remind the world of the incredible role it plays in this great city.

As part of this, TfL with Wild In Art have created four Bus Sculpture Trails around London, creating free public art trails of bus sculptures, painted and adorned by well-known and aspiring artists.

A Flower Fairies bus forms part of the Croydon Bus Sculpture trail, painted by artist Michelle Heron and sponsored by the Whitgift Shopping Centre. Cicely Mary Barker was born in Croydon, forming a lovely link between the town and artwork. The bus can be viewed in situ at the Whitgift Shopping Centre, and it’s hoped that lots of people will be sharing photographs of this and the other buses via social media networks – you can view and share photos on Twitter using #yearofthebus

In early 2015, the bus sculptures will be auctioned to raise money for three charities: Kids Company, Transaid and the London Transport Museum. Find out more at tfl.gov.uk

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Sand Sculpting Display

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The Sand Sculpting Australia team returned to Frankston Waterfront with their largest exhibition yet – ‘Story Land‘.

Each hand crafted sand sculpture depicted a much loved classic or modern story book character; everyone was wowed by detailed sand sculptures featuring the likes of Harry Potter, Angelina Ballerina, Spot the Dog, Mr. Men and Little Miss, Angry Birds, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Postman Pat and so many more Penguin Books titles – including our own beloved Flower Fairies!