Ideas for Seasonal Decorations From the Garden

Making wreaths and more from garden cuttings

Today , regular GPOD contributor Cherry Ong in Richmond , British Columbia , Canada , is share her from - the - garden time of year medallion :

establish COVID and all the pandemonium skirt it , I ’ve find relief and recourse in the garden . I am lamentable that horticulture season is over , so I am looking into making naturalholiday decorfrom a mixture of store - bought greens , scrounge finds from the garden , and from my own aggregation over the years . As usual , I am looking through last year’swreathsand made item , and I am visit local baby’s room to get inspired to create .

Last year , I was favourable enough to attend one of Thomas Hobbs ’s chaplet - making classes . He teach us how to lend bling to our garland . Thewreaththat I made for that year was hang on our front doorway . I made another for the back door , and the rest were endowment for family and booster , which I ’m happy to report were all well received .

I also found some lantern from Costco and jazzed them up . I used unused Punica granatum and pepper berries , and they lasted for month .

For indoors , I used different pine cone cell to create a woodland arrangement adorned with the same mushroom ornaments as on the front - room access wreath . Tillandsias were spatter around the table — they’re so great to have as houseplant since they can be moved around to adorn any surface area when involve . queen lights really add to that festal mood when tucked into these placement .

We will likely have a small and cozy vacation solemnization this yr , though I am still looking onward to decorating , cooking , and spend time with my family .

Wishing you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving and winter vacation season ! We will get through this .

This is the wreath that I made at Thomas Hobbs ’s chaplet - making socio-economic class . The raw constituent provided for this year were quite generous as you’re able to see : seeded eucalyptus , pepperberries , alpine huck branch , and pine branches . A variety of glitter ornaments were also provided . I used the ornamentation supply for another wreath and instead used mushroom cloud ornament , other small ornaments , and frosted pine cones .

I made this wreath at abode using cuttings from mySenecio candicans‘Angel Wings’,Thuja‘Forever Goldie ’ , pine cones that were lying around , and buy viburnum berries and eucalyptus pod . The ornaments really do clear up the wreath solar day or nighttime .

Ornaments , pepperberries , a pomegranate tree , and a few more evergreens and offshoot jazz up this lantern .

To make this wreath , which I put together as a endowment , I used cutting from the garden : Callicarpabodinieriberries , Thuja‘Forever Goldie’,Buxussempervirens‘Variegata’,Cryptomeriajaponica‘Elegans ’ , andOsmanthus‘Goshiki ’ , along with store - bought items as well as faux berries and ornaments . I made several wreaths like this . They were fun to make and even more fun to deliver as presents .

Another lei made to give as a talent .

Detail of a wreath made to give as a talent .

I have a huge tub of assorted pine cones that I ’ve compile over the years . It ’s nice to be able-bodied to pick up a bunch of them and just format them in what suits my partiality . This was the arrangement I derive up with last twelvemonth . They ’re the same mushroom-shaped cloud ornaments as on the front - doorway wreath .

Tillandsias were sprinkled around the tables . They ’re so great to have ashouseplantssince they can be moved around to adorn any orbit when require . faggot lights really add to that festive mood when tucked into these arrangements .

Another arrangement featuring a tillandsia .

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