Fairy Garden debut at Clarksville's Pocket Park

Jackie sits next to her creation in Clarksville, AR

​Jackie Verwiebe, our friendly city landscaper, continues to bring color and creativity to Clarksville. Now, first-time visitors to our downtown have yet another reason to fall in love with us.

Recently, she has worked alongside Clarksville's Parks and Rec employees to build a fairy house smack-dab in the middle of Pocket Park located at the corner of Rogers & Main.

While this new treasure has received much public fanfare, the story behind it is both endearing and resourceful. The outcome you see now is an attractive solution to an otherwise ugly problem.

​"This was an old Elm tree that ended up with a disease, which slowly ended up killing it.", Jackie explained.

With the care and attention that is paid to this small park currently, having a dead tree in the middle of it steals from the overall  aesthetic of the park itself.

"When I was a kid, we spent a lot of time in the woods. When we came across old stumps like this one, we would decorate it with reindeer moss and berries and other things." 

After doing some research online she discovered that she was not the only one who had an affinity for decorating stumps. People from across the country have done similar works in their gardens or public parks. (To be honest, ours is comparatively cooler than most others.)

Jackie's Garden is a welcoming backdrop for a perfect picture.

Much of this project was built from recycled materials!

With the heavy lifting done by a few good city employees, the old stump was prepared for a makeover. The entire project was built at little cost. Most of the materials seen adorning the old stump were extra materials from around town. Even wood from a nearby old picket fence was repurposed to fashion a roof. 

"The guys made most of it," Jackie says with a smile. "such as the little door, windows, and Brit Yount used wire baskets from the old swimming pool dating back to the 1980s and made small window boxes. Even the dirt is composted grass from 3 years ago and is very rich in nutrients for the plants."

Jackie turned to our local businesses for help when she ran out of materials and plants to use. 
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"Since it is so late in the season, most of the plants are from businesses around town. Blossomberry Nursery and BP Nursery & Landscape supplied most of the plants we needed" She said. "Jackie also mentioned De'ja Vu on Sherwood Plaza had some trinkets that were a perfect fit for this new garden. 

Now that it is complete, it would be a great place to read a book during a break, take a new profile picture for Facebook, or just enjoy the small slice of heaven that Jackie has created exclusively for us residents of Clarksville. 

Clarksville, Arkansas's newest resident

The Keebler Elves have nothing on this miniature mansion.