The Faerie Houses of Aullwood return in 2025! Check in with Guest Services at the nature center's front desk and pick up a questionnaire, then take an easy stroll around the paved Cardinal Trail to search for five charming faerie houses. This year, visitors will be guessing faerie hobbies. Each small faerie house is designed with many clues on and around it, giving you hints as to what hobby each faerie enjoys. Find each house, look for clues and put down your guess as to the hobby of the faerie who lives there. When you have completed your walk, return your questionnaire to the front desk and you may get a prize!  

The faeries have been building their dainty houses at Aullwood since 2014. As you may guess, building a house is a tremendous undertaking for a tiny faerie, so they get a lot of help from Aullwood’s Designing Divas: Kathy Anderson, Jaqueline Gazda, Jill Gordon, Judi Hill and Karen Offenbacker. The faeries and Designing Divas are quite creative! Old stumps, gourds, recycled materials and natural elements found in the woods are some of the items used to build the houses. It's always amazing to see the artistic inspiration the faeries and Designing Divas get from nature to create these tiny wonders.

The Faerie Houses of Aullwood exhibit is open during Aullwood Audubon's regular business hours; check our Upcoming Events calendar for holiday closings or other schedule changes. Members of Aullwood, National Audubon Society and ANCA affiliated organization enjoy the Faerie Houses of Aullwood exhibit at no cost; nonmembers pay regular Aullwood general admission fees, which are free for children 3 and under, $8.00 for children 4 to 12, $12.00 for adults 13 to 64, and $10.00 for seniors age 65 and over and active duty military members. 

The Faerie Houses of Aullwood exhibit will be only available to enjoy through Labor Day, September 1, so be sure to join us for some woodland magic before the faeries depart for another year!

[The Faerie Houses of Aullwood 2021 Photo: Aullwood Audubon / Ken Fasimpaur]