Live Herbal Wreaths

Here is another great idea for a gift! Or, keep for yourself...as it is a great way to grow herbs after the weather becomes too severe to enjoy them outdoors. You can have the live wreath as a centerpiece by itself or used as a surrounding decoration for a punch bow, fruit bowl or candle. What I do is go to rummage sales or second hand shops and buy different sized plates and round trays. The round trays work well for bigger wreaths, saucers make good containers for wreaths made to surround candles. The plates will be the base for your living wreath. A box-wreath frame(the double-wire type made in two layers), slightly smaller than your plate is ideal. You fill the box from with sphagnum moss, or wrap pieces of sphagnum around a... more...

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