Inspired by Tolkien's book, Sleeping Beauty's castle, and an abandoned medieval town, a fairy tale garden in Texas would be just right for hobbits.

The hobbit garden holds several: a toad lily with a light orchid flower; a hardy, mounding campanula from Italy with light purple flowers that looks good trailing over walls and rocks; ...

An amateur architect has built a Hobbit-like home in the Welsh woodlands, for under US$5,000. Simon Dale, with the help of his father in-law, has single-handedly built this low impact Hobbit house ...

In this edition of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax went to check out the National Botanic Garden in Virginia, where he was transported to another world … fit for a Hobbit.

When the Gympie Hobbit House owners designed their garden as an inspired replica of The Shire, from the Lord of the Rings, they never thought it would end up a bustling tourist attraction.

When the Gympie Hobbit House owners designed their garden as an inspired replica of The Shire, from the Lord of the Rings, they never thought it would end up a bustling tourist attraction.