There’s a garden being built in Idaho.

Sunshine on Tap is a nonprofit with a strange goal: a public garden full of fairy doors, winding trails, and pollinator beds, free to walk through, open to anyone who needs an afternoon of wonder.

The first one is going in here in northern Idaho. We’re funding it through donations and the handmade jewelry and artwork we sell.

An artist's concept of Sunshine Grove: a shingled community center and tea shop among birches, with visitors walking a flower-lined path — What we’re working toward. An artist’s concept, not a photograph.

Three glazed ceramic birdhouses in green, teal and blue hanging from a branch

A small wooden fairy door and round window set into the base of a tree, violets growing at the threshold

Honeybees covering a frame of golden honeycomb

Birdhouses, hidden doors, pollinator beds. The kinds of things we’re making.

We’re at the very start. Come watch it happen.

Photos from the garden as it happens, and first look at new pieces.

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