DIY Wintertime Decorative Arrangement Design: It’s a Handful of Greens Away!
I’m not much of a Christmas guy.
Okay, let’s be honest: you might as well call me Scrooge McGrinch. The only parts of the holiday season I find joyful are watching A Charlie Brown Christmas and lacing my coffee with bourbon.
For better or for worse, the gardening and landscaping company where I work does a tremendous amount of Christmas decorating for our clients. We wrap garlands, hang wreaths, and set up lights on indoor and outdoor trees. It’s tough to spend forty hours a week focused on the holidays, but I manage to find a few perks in it all.
First and foremost, I have found satisfaction in designing and building winter holiday-themed containers and arrangements. It’s an interesting craft; we put together a smattering of fresh-cut greens, branches, and other decorations to create a unique display piece.
Some clients have us decorate their indoor mantels and windowsills while others prefer we add holiday gaiety to their existing outdoor planters. The results are usually gorgeous and we receive compliment after compliment. But here’s a secret that I’m going to share with the readers of Gardener’s Path: These containers are super easy to put together yourself.
Better yet, they can cost you next to nothing.
I put together a container that’s now on my front porch. Everything you see in it (and in the how-to you’ll find below) was cut from shrubs and trees in my own backyard, from my neighbor’s yard, or from a local park. The only items I purchased were the foam blocks used to hold everything in place.
Hang onto your hats and get ready, because we’re going to get right into it… after a few words on safety and general advice.
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