How to make a simple bracken-base wreath
Forget all the expensive florist supplies, grab yourself a bag of bracken and clippings from the garden and get making. You can follow our ideas or do your own thing – just remember you need plants with woody stems or otherwise you can wire bunches of greenery and berries together.
You will need:
- A wire wreath frame (or you could use a ring of garden stems)
- Bracken
- Variegated leaves
- Holly with berries
- Rosehips
- Ivy (with or without berries)
- Additional decorations could include – rosemary, dried orange or lemon slices wired, dried chillies
- A pair of sharp secateurs
- Thin garden wire
How to make your wreath:
Tie a loop of wire to the wreath ring – this is for hanging it up when complete.
Wire the bracken securely to your wreath ring.
Push in or wire in your foliage, berries and decorations – it looks best if you go in the same direction.
Add a ribbon if you want.
Hang outside.
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- What you need
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- Wire the bracken to the ring
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- Add your foliage and berries
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- Hang outside
Watch the ‘how to’ video here:
