Tinker Nature Park fairy house creators return tiny homes back to their magical workshop

Betsy Marshall and Chris Marshall stand inside their magical garage-turned-workshop at their home in Rush. The two have been creating and maintaining the fairy houses at Tinker Nature Park in Henrietta for five years until they were asked to remove them last week. March 24, 2019.

Betsy Marshall points out how a perfect piece of wood will have an indent for a colorful fairy house door. She and her husband, Chris, have turned part of their garage into a magical workshop at their home in Rush. The two have been creating and maintaining the fairy houses at Tinker Nature Park in Henrietta for five years until they were asked to remove them last week. March 24, 2019.

Betsy Marshall looks at a miniature stepladder that could have been included with a fairy house — one of many tiny pieces that are part of an impressive collection inside Marshall's magical workshop. Marshall and her husband, Chris, have been creating and maintaining the fairy houses at Tinker Nature Park in Henrietta for five years until they were asked to remove them last week. March 24, 2019.

The entrance to the Fairy House Trail at the Tinker Nature Park in Henrietta. The free trail boosts over two-dozen little houses said to be inhabited by fairies.

A fairy house along the trail in Tinker Nature Park in Henrietta.

The Fairy House Trail in Tinker Nature Park in Henrietta includes a 1.2-mile perimeter trail, which houses fairy homes. The park is open from 7 a.m. until dusk and is free to enter.

Betsy Marshall, the creator of Tinker Park's miniature fairy houses, talks with Henrietta Town Supervisor Steve Schultz in the workshop at her home in Rush on March 24, 2019.

A few of the mobile fairy houses that were removed from Tinker Nature Park last week have been safely relocated to their creators' magical workshop in Rush. Betsy Marshall and her husband, Chris, have been creating and maintaining the fairy houses at the park in Henrietta for five years until they were asked to remove them last week. March 24, 2019.

Betsy Marshall and her husband, Chris, love bringing intricate fairy houses to life inside their magical garage-turned-workshop at their home in Rush. The two have been creating and maintaining the fairy houses at the park in Henrietta for five years until they were asked to remove them last week. March 24, 2019.

Betsy Marshall, the creator of Tinker Park's miniature fairy houses, talks with Henrietta Town Supervisor Steve Schultz in the workshop at her home in Rush on March 24, 2019.