Holiday Decorate From Your Garden
When it comes to decorating your home and surroundings for the holidays, look to your garden for inspiration and resources. Not only is it green and economical, it is simply awe-inspiring beautiful. Decorating with nature creates a soothing, earthy ambiance. One that is especially comfortable and pleasing for the holidays.
You might be able to reap from your garden and local area: pine cones of all types and sizes, heavenly magnolia leaves fresh or dried, different types of pine boughs, tabletop lemon cypress, rosemary topiary, flowing ivies, bark, nuts of all kinds, whole cranberries, paperwhites, holly branches, oranges, lemons, kumquat fruit and branches, pyracantha with their bright berries, mistletoe sprigs, olive branches, intertwined grapevines, miniature pine trees, dried chili peppers, winter-dormant branches, eucalyptus branches and berries, dried pomegranates, acorns, roses, succulents, and lots more.
Look for inspiration in your garden first. If you don’t find everything you would like, look to your neighborhood, your neighbors, retail stores and farmers markets. This time of year in my area the small tabletop trees are readily available and create instant festive appeal. If you can’t find “real” everything, your local craft stores can help you mix real and real-like together.
Real Pine Boughs Intermingled With Snow Glistening Hydrangea
Don’t forget the addition of simple accouterments such as holiday ribbons, scented candles, soft lanterns, mulling spice, and a warm cackling fire to complement your festive holiday decorating from your garden.
Quick & Easy Holiday Decorating Tips
1) Fill your candle base with whole hazelnuts as a nice festive decorative base.
2) String whole cranberries on a string to make a garland.
3) Lay magnolia branches on top of your mantle for an earthy holiday appeal.
4) Use a small succulent wreath as a ring for a hurricane with a candle.
5) Make a garland by wiring together pine boughs, and whatever you fancy.
6) Fill an antique dough boy bowl with huge sugar pine cones.
7) Use miniature cypress and juniper as a table centerpiece.
Please share if you decorate for the holidays with elements from your garden. Please comment on any special holiday decorating tips you like to do.
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Last week I saw tall old dried stalks of fennel attached to the ceiling with fishing line. It looked like a winter forest. Quite stunning in an organic modern sort of way.
I really would like to use more of the items in my yard for future holidays. Thanks for some good ideas.
Amy, it’s a great concept, decorating from your garden. When I buy plants or trees, I think about if I can use it in our home, too.
Thanks for your great comment….VintageGardenGal
Lydia, I love it. Simplicity is beautiful. Thanks for your great comment…VintageGardenGal
I absolutely love the idea of bringing in elements from the garden. Of course, green fits in perfectly with the seasonal theme and using one’s creativity to come up with stylish ways to decorate on a budget are important, especially considering the inherent expense of the holiday season.
Thank you for sharing, Bonnie.
Shannon