December in the garden – Garden Making

Cutting your own boughs for holiday decorations

November 12, 2020December 17, 2015 by Judith Adam

For tabletop and mantel decorations from evergreen branches, your garden can provide boughs of cedar, boxwood, fir, juniper, hemlock and spruce.

November 12, 2022December 8, 2015 by Beckie Fox

Designing a beautiful winter container is more about artfully arranging cut branches than growing colourful plants in your outdoor planter.

December 1, 2018December 18, 2014 by Jodi DeLong

If you still have some bulbs to plant, try growing them in containers indoors. Forcing bulbs provides mid-winter blooms.

November 12, 2020December 5, 2013 by Beckie Fox

Winter containers use branches from shrubs and trees to add colour and texture for winter arrangements that will last until spring.

November 12, 2020December 17, 2012 by Kat Fox

Tips on decorating with greenery from Hilary Bellis. Bring fresh greenery and branches into your home to use in vases, garlands and wreaths.