All Fairy Gnome Home submissions will receive 1 complimentary ticket to the event. Complimentary ticket(s) will be made available during Fairy Gnome Home Drop installation at Pettengill Farm.  Classroom & Scouts will receive a ticket for each scout/student and leader/teacher. 

Cardboard homes and/or bases are NOT permitted. 
Please be mindful when using water soluble glues and paints (often when it rains these choices break apart, wash away, or end up all over us during retrieval) 

Completed homes are to be brought to Pettengill Farm the day before the event April 25th between the hours of 4- 6pm.  Bring your wagons if you can, in the true spirit of Fairy & Gnome Homes we are asking the creators to install! Someone from Fairy Gnome Walk will be available to assist, transport, and guide you to appropriate locations throughout the woods. If we are rained out – we will keep scheduled drop off time, but homes will be stored indoors overnight and installed by our team in the morning.​

You are cordially invited  to participate in our Fairy Gnome Discovery Walk on April 26th & 27th 2025 located on Pettengill Farm’s enchanted grounds.  We are excited about this event and hope that you will join and support us by creating your very own fairy or gnome home to display at our walk. This community event is a wonderful opportunity for your group or business to get creative and show just how magical you are!  There is NO fee for home entry.
Proceeds are to benefit the 430 students at SES and Salisbury's beautiful recreational spaces and opportunities.  Completed homes are to be brought to Pettengill Farm the day before the event Friday, April 25th between the hours of 4-6pm.  Bring your wagons or carts, in the true spirit of Fairy & Gnome Homes we are asking the creators to install this year! Someone from Fairy Gnome Walk will be available to assist, transport, and guide you to appropriate locations throughout the woods. We are looking forward to seeing you!
Small signs will be provided for you to display a name of your fairy house or you may create your own, if you wish. Signage any larger than 8" x 5" will not be allowed. 
Homes shall be picked up only upon conclusion of the walk, Sunday, April 27th​ AFTER 3 PM. At that time, creators may retrieve their own homes or can wait for homes to be brought to designated area.  Fairy Gnome Discovery walk WILL NOT be held responsible for any house left after tour. ​
​We ask that you do not remove your house before the designated time.

Signs CANNOT be any larger than 8" x 5".  Through use of online submission you are agreeing upon said terms:
​Permission*I Agree and give full permission
I understand that the exhibit will be unguarded and located outside in a designated area on the tour. I will not hold any party responsible for any damage to the exhibit by individuals, animals, weather, etc. I give permission for quotations and photographs of me and my exhibit(s) to be used for all purposes and in all forms, including print, websites, etc.
DELIVERY & INSTALLATION
Your completed house should be brought to Pettengill Farm for installation the day before the tour begins. If you are unable to delivery your fairy house during the drop off hours, please contact us and we will try to make other arrangements for you. Small signs will be provided for you to display a name of your fairy house or you may use your own, if you wish. Houses may be picked up at the conclusion of the tour. Fairy Gnome Discovery walk will not be held responsible for any house left after tour. 

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How to Build a Fairy / Gnome Home

​Photo Credit - Troy B Thompson Photography

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Why build fairy houses?  As Tracy Kane, author and illustrator of the Fairy House book series, writes: "the simple challenge of creating a fairy house gives children a unique activity that encourages them to go outside and connect with the natural world, nurturing care and respect for the environment." 

Legend has it that if you build a fairy or gnome home and bring it to your yard,  you just might attract a fairy or gnome.

• Grab a grown up and hike through the woods or along the beach with a gathering basket
• Natural materials are best to make a home– feathers, dry grasses, leaves, sticks, pebbles, shells, bark from a fallen tree, milkweed, moss, nuts, pods, acorns, berries, gourds, miniature pumpkins, pine cones. However you are not limited to such.

• A true fairy houses should appear to be made mostly of natural components. Hot glue, acrylic spray, natural twine and other man-made items are okay for use
• Please do not disturb any live trees or plant life for your home

• Start with a strong foundation:
• Platforms or man-made support materials are encouraged  for easier delivery and transport, we suggest concealing them with natural materials when installed on-site. 
• Form the outside of the house

• Houses may be any size and the theme of the house may be anything you wish.
• After you line your foundation, pick out the main structure. A stump, driftwood, shells, twigs,  wicker basket or other  fairy / gnome friendly container. Make sure it will fit comfortably on the tray with room for add-ons (a porch) and embellishments (a garden or play area).
• Create the enhancements. Start with the large outdoor pieces (doors, windows and paths) and then add the finer outdoor details like mailboxes, shrubs and swings.
• Please do not use any items of value in the houses.

• Decorate the inside of the fairy / gnome house
• Once the outside is finished, build fairy furniture, shelves, beds and even tiny bathrooms and kitchens.
• Lay down a floor of moss, and then add furniture you found, built or re purposed from other objects.