Yuletide Gatherings

Have been harvesting more bits and pieces from the garden, the weather's been quite settled so the seedheads are hanging on nicely. I've been gathering birch branches, crocosmia, libertia, angelica. The alliums, nigella, eryngium and honesty had already been cut and dried and the pussy willow I'll leave for another week.

 

While I have to make the most of what I've got, I'm loathe to slip towards the look of dried flower arrangements that gathered dust in the 1980s so I'll be keeping things simple - birch branches sprayed white with pussy willow. Bunches of seedheads, catkins and mini cones wired to door wreaths and swags. 

Luckily our mild maritime climate means that we can chop away at our greenery all winter, including rosemary, senecio & eucalyptus, as we rarely get frost.

 

 

Sometimes the simplest arrangements work best, just gather some cones & seedheads, sprinkle with orange and clove essence and place in bowls or jam jars around the house.