Rustic Christmas wreath
- BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
Published: Thursday, 14 November 2024 at 10:35 am
Make your own beautiful Christmas wreath using your garden’s winter bounty – Amber Partner shows you how
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Christmas is the perfect time to tap into your creative spirit and harness nature’s bounty to make beautiful foraged decorations for your home. This Christmas wreath is simple to make, gorgeous, sustainable and recyclable.
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It includes a little bit of everything: greenery foraged from the garden creates the base layer, with seedheads and dried flowers woven in to add texture and interest. Pine cones, willow stems, thistles and frothy clematis seedheads were added at the end to give a natural look. Read the full guide to making this wreath, and more festive projects from Amber, in our December magazine.
Looking for some of the best festive plants to grow? Discover our favourite Christmas plants.
More wreath inspiration
Exclusively for Subscriber Club members, Amber shares how to make a stylish 3/4 wreath. Click to see a full step-by-step guide to how to make it. Not yet a member? Find out how to access our Premium content.
To make this wreath, you will need
- Circular willow wreath base
- Secateurs
- Green jute twine
- Foraged greenery, such as bay, eucalyptus, ivy and conifers
- Seedheads, such as clematis, buddleia, nigella, thistles, grasses and more
- Pine cones
- Dried flowers, such as lavender
- Stems of twisted willow
- Ribbon, for hanging
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Amber is owner of Howe Farm Flowers near Aylesbury, growing sustainable, seasonal cut flowers. The farm offers pick-your-own and workshops.
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