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Winter Wreath DIY

25/5/2016

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Fionna Hill creates a colourful winter wreath from mostly foraged materials when there are not many garden resources to choose from.
You will need
  • Vines - long , supple and freshly cut – basket willow ,periwinkle, grape vine pruning, birch, kiwi fruit are all suitable
  • Thin lemon verbena branches or other long supple trails like ivy
  • Rose hips on short stems
  • Mandarins - the small the  better
  • A butchers’ hook or floristry wire
  • Ribbon
  • Secateurs, scissors
 
  1. Cut long, thin, supple basket willow stems. Alternative vines could be periwinkle, grape vine, birch, or  kiwi fruit
  2. Begin entwining the willow into a circle. Start with the longest stems and hold onto the circle until it is entwined enough not to spring apart. Leave a few leaves on if you wish and weave in both directions; this is a casual wreath and does not have to look perfect
  3. The wreath is now ready for the lemon verbena. Cut the spiky willow bits off later – they can be useful to hook stems into.
  4.  Long supple branches of lemon verbena. These leaves will dry and retain their lemony perfume.
  5. the wreath entwined  with lemon verbena trails
  6. Pruned rose hip branches and tree cut mandarins
  7. Rose hip prunings  – these are  Wedding Day; it’s a good choice as the stems are thin and easy to bend.
  8. Wreath with added rose hips. The hips have been threaded through the willow and the cut tips hooked in.
  9. Tree cut mandarins. Alternatively, use small bought mandarins that have been wired.
  10. Wire individual mandarins with long floristry wire pushed through and tightly twisted at the top.
  11. Mandarins on long soft stems being placed at intervals. Remove their lower leaves to allow the stems to be pushed in more easily. Leave a few top leaves on.
  12. Butchers hook and ribbons are used to tie the wreath up.
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1 Comment
Maggie Thompson
23/5/2016 10:19:19 pm

Hello Fiona I am so envious of your new lifestyle! I am going to make one of your wreaths and hang it on my door!!!

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