{"id":47111,"date":"2022-12-03T11:28:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T19:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/?p=47111"},"modified":"2022-12-03T11:28:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T19:28:46","slug":"spreading-holiday-cheer-with-a-wreath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/2022\/12\/03\/spreading-holiday-cheer-with-a-wreath\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreading Holiday Cheer with a Wreath"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You can make a wreath like this one with just a few supplies.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I know what I\u2019ll be doing today. <\/strong>The annual wreath making extravaganza at Barb\u2019s house in Felton is again on my agenda. Barb and her husband Reg are collectors extraordinaire, knowing all the good places to gather wreath-making materials. Every year the varieties vary but for all who come over the weekend it\u2019s sure to be fun. Their driveway will be covered with colorful berries and foliage, conifer clippings, cutting from shrubs, dried hydrangeas and you name it – they\u2019ve found a source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was first invited to the Annual Wreath Makers get together about 10 years ago but Barb has been creating wreaths with friends since about 2003<\/strong>. Friends and relatives come from near and far to enjoy some bubbly and pastries. We\u2019ll have a great time. Barb told me a couple years ago that 44 wreaths were created over a few days. Hers will all be stunners as she likes \u2018em big and lush.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You can make a stunning wreath yourself from most anything you find around your garden.<\/strong> Barb and Reg have favorite places they have scoped out to collect greenery including neighbor\u2019s yards. They get permission from the homeowner first but have several people who look forward to the free pruning of their shrubs each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the plant material that they harvest include<\/strong> conifers like cypress, deodar cedar, redwood, arborvitae and fir. Broadleaf evergreens such as camellia, bottlebrush, variegated pittosporum, variegated holly, green holly, silver dollar eucalyptus, boxwood, bay, oleander, acacia. melaleuca and abelia are also good. For color, try snippets of leptospermum \u2018Ruby Glow\u2019, leucodendron \u2018Safari Sunset\u2019, camellia and rose buds and dry hydrangea flowers. Favorite berries are myrtus communis, texas privet, pepper, holly and nandina berries.<\/p>\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re thinking of getting together with others to make wreaths or swags, start by having each bring a couple grocery bags of greens to share with other wreath makers<\/strong>. It helps if you can borrow a couple tables and have a few extra clippers on hand in case someone forgets theirs. Each person brings their own wreath frames of wire or grape vine and some thin gauge wire on a paddle to attach the bundles to the frame. Wire coat hangers work just fine, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take advantage of this opportunity to prune your evergreen shrubs and conifers but don\u2019t trim off snippets indiscriminatel<\/strong>y. To reveal the plant\u2019s natural form, prune from the bottom up and from the inside out. Avoid ugly stubs by cutting back to the next largest branch or back to the trunk. If the plant has grown too dense, selectively remove whole branches to allow more air and sunlight to reach inside the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a few minutes to create a wreath or swag for your door or to give away to a friend or neighbor. It\u2019s a fun way to celebrate the holidays and trust me, you can\u2019t make a bad wreath. They all turn out beautiful.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know what I\u2019ll be doing today. The annual wreath making extravaganza at Barb\u2019s house in Felton is again on my agenda. Barb and her husband Reg are collectors extraordinaire, knowing all the good places to gather wreath-making materials. Every year the varieties vary but for all who come over the weekend it\u2019s sure to … Continue reading Spreading Holiday Cheer with a Wreath<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1289,392],"class_list":["post-47111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-trends","tag-diy-wreaths","tag-holiday-wreaths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jannelsonlandscapedesign.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}