can you help me understand something?

why is it when I purchased orange pots, each pot was different.

i got a the turtle, the meerkat and then the unicorn.....frick...the unicorn, two seeds ditched...so I am doing one trail for now...and do my last level in the pond, get my rainbow rock and back at the trail

but how can I get 3 trays of the same critter?  what   ....   should I ditch all pots the next time around and begin fresh with three new pots

Each pot is random. There are some clever people who could possibly explain how to get the same pots but I'm not one of them. Have a look at the Topiary Thread to get some pointers.

Hi Micheline - the only sure way if you want multiple pots to have the same order is to purchase top pots that end in the same three digits.  This takes a bit of patience - and given the number of gardeners at the moment who are getting sunflower pots, not really a great time to attempt this - every pot issued in fairyland is given a sequential number, so by buying free pots and checking the last three digits you can see where the pot numbers are up to and when you get close to the three digits you need, you buy a sequence of top pots like crazy to make sure you get the number you need.  The lower level tops are not difficult to manage though with different critters, but can be handy with the high level tops to do multiples at same time.  Oh, and this works for different coloured top pots too - just will have the new critters (except the last unicorn) scattered in the order.