Fairy Garden

Try alpine plants and miniature ferns. There are loads to choose from, and all are hardly perennials. Saxifrages are a good bet.

Oh, welcome westiegran.

Why not grow things in small pots, then they can be brought inside during the cold weather.

Thank you ?

Posted too soon. Thank you hildajenniJ.
Saxifrages sound a good bet as do the alpines ?. Have a few normal sized ferns in other part of garden but never heard of miniature ones. Will have a look for them. Was considering looking for ‘creeping thyme’ to use as a covering plant to keep weeds at bay.
Rosieleah- your suggestion does make a lot of sense but our house is a very old small cottage with very little extra space.
Used to live in south of England and had a lovely little succulent garden that thrived.
Will let you know how it goes and thank you both for your input ?

We've also got a patch of wild/woodland strawberries. Good friend cover and the birds love them.

Ground cover. (Flippin' autocorrect)

Have you looked at pinterest you will get plenty of ideas from there and you may also find lists of plants suitable for the region you live in.
It's something I keep thinking of doing but in a barrel not straight in the garden.

Welcome Westiegran I think all the alpines would do well, there are tiny alpine pinks, very pretty, and aubretia and saxifrage and aramis, which is very hardy.

Yes, beware of succulents - I made a succulent garden in an old Belfast sink and one type tended to take over. The resident squirrel also thought it would be a good idea to dig them out and throw the debris all over the patio.

There are some very pretty alpines, just check on the height and spread of each type.

Oh - I see that you used to have a succulent garden - you did better than us
Or perhaps you didn't have squirrels.

Nice herbs such as thyme.
Mind your own business
Miniature bulbs
Aubrietia
Viola

Thank you for all your help ladies. We have bought some plants and are starting to get the houses together. Still a lot to be done but we have started.
Here’s a photo of our first day actually constructing the houses and planning gardening.
We have still quite a way to go yet

Like the look of that. It's a lovely idea. Might just do something similar. :-)

Looks like It's going to be lovely!