How to make a cool-themed Christmas wreath

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

Published: Tuesday, 12 November 2019 at 2:30 pm

Dreaming of a white Christmas? Make your own with this chic wreath using foraged materials.

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This silvery white wreath combines silvery green leaves and stems, with white flowers and berries, to give your front door a magical, ethereal feel. Forage in your garden or on country walks for as many of the above natural ingredients as possible, but if you can't find them all then be creative with what you can find.

You Will Need

White heather flowering stems
Ash twigs
Eucalyptus stenms
Birch (Betula) bark
Cushion bush (Calocephalus brownii) stems
Prickly heath (Gaulteria mucronata) stems with berries
Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) seedheads
Silver bush (Convolvulus cneorum) stems
Mistletoe stems with berries
Oak twigs
Pittosporum stems
Small can of hairpray
Flat wire wreath frame (30cm diameter)
Floristry wire or string
Florist 'stub wires'

Step 1

Fixing sprigs of pittosporum to the wreath frame

Step 2

Step 3

Spray hairspray on the old man's beard seedheads to stop them dropping. Wire spiral strips of birch bark to the wreath base. Twist a loop to the top of the frame to hang it up.