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Decorated Fairy Corner garden hedge at Fordwich, Canterbury, delights Charlie Restall, five, and others

Is this Fairy Corner?

A highly decorated garden hedge, with ornamental gnomes, fairies and sweets, has been nicknamed that.

And it has attracted the delight and attention of passing children and adults alike.

Charlie at Fairy Corner
Charlie at Fairy Corner

The garden, at the corner of Moat Lane and Stodmarsh Road in Fordwich, has brought in a lot of comment on local social media.

More attention was attracted this weekend when an anonymous donor place a brown wooden toadstool among the decorations.

The name Fairy Corner was coined by Facebook user Emma Twyman on the Canterbury Residents Group page.

Five-year-old Charlie Restall, of Aylesham, is one of the youngsters who delights in seeing the garden when he visits his grandparents in Stodmarsh Road, Valerie and Gary Restall.

Charlie's mum Amy Restall told Kent Online: "My son loves it and has convinced himself that a Skittle fairy lives there, which leaves Skittles sweets at nanny and grandad's."

Sweets to Charlie from the "fairies." Picture courtesy of Amy Restell
Sweets to Charlie from the "fairies." Picture courtesy of Amy Restell

The homeowner with the decorated hedge had learned about Charile and left Skittles for him. They were in a jar with the label: "Charlie, believe in magic."

The note signed by the Hedge Fairies to Charlie. Picture courtesy of Amy Restell
The note signed by the Hedge Fairies to Charlie. Picture courtesy of Amy Restell

She even left him a covering note with a signature "Hedge Fairies."

Miss Restall said: "I just thought it was a lovely bit of community spirit. I then posted this on the Canterbury Residents Group page and it has touched a lot of people."

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