I really wanted to do a project based on Frontierland. I love walking on the path near the water to escape the crowds. I have done it on so many trips and this is one place in the parks that is just absolutely peaceful at times in comparsion to the rest of it.

I wanted to do something in a small space that would incorporate the feeling of the theming in Frontierland, as well as the feeling you get from the theming from Splash Mountain, Thunder Mountain, and Tom Sawyer Island. I wanted it to be just a little rustic and quaint.

I started with this area. The sink is something that was left around our house that was intended for a cabin we were building. I tried to make the area interesting a few times. Some years it looked cool, but the flowers I planted this summer just looked sloppy. Considering there was junk around this area of my yard, I figured Frontierland would be a good theme for the area.

I started by removing all the junk from the area and weeding. After that, I put live spanish moss in my neighbor’s tree. The moss is something that just is so intriguing to me and makes me think of the wilderness of Florida. I think it looks so charming in the trees of the south. I love seeing it in the trees near Fort Wilderness. So, I ended up hanging it through the lower branches of the tree. I know it can be invasive in trees, but I live in a cold climate. It will need to be moved in for the winter to survive.

I cleared out all of the flowers off the sink to begin rebuilding the area. First, I placed a potted ficus tree to the area, which I added additional spanish moss to.

I cleaned up the existing flowers and got a few new discount plants to be planted in the area near the tree and in front of the sink. I wanted to add grasses in the area as well. I ended also getting saliva plants, which seemed to suite this type of theming.

After placing some of the planters, this is what I had.

I decided to add a water feature and laterns to inhance the theming. I used a similar bamboo fountain that I used for the Polynesian area of my home. The fountain is just a small fountain pump that runs to a bamboo spout. I ran the tubing through the holes of the sink. To make the basin, I just put a sink stopper in the drain. The lanterns were something I found on Amazon.com. They are battery operated and flicker like flames. These were super cute.

I finished out the look of the area by placing the rest of the plants and some water hycanith to the water feature. I added a finishing touch with a wagon wheel.