10 Unique Christmas Wreaths - The Garden Diaries

Christmas wreaths are one of my favorite decorations because there are endless variations that you can use to make them unique. I have tons of dried flowers that I have harvested from my meadows and like to use them to decorate for Christmas as a reminder of my overflowing flower beds of summer. Bringing them in and using them makes all that hard work growing them worth it.

Dried flowers for sale at Colonial Williamsburg

My stash of dried flowers from my garden

Foraging

Even if you don’t have access to a garden, you can easily pick up drieds at local farmers markets, local floral supplies, and online. For my base, I usually use either grape vine, or a faux Christmas wreath. Drying sliced oranges and chili peppers adds a lot to the wreaths and using foraged materials like dried moss, lichened branches, and fungi can elevate any wreath.

I forage for lichened branches in the woods

I collect red chili peppers from my plants and air dry them

Dried statice is one of the prettiest flowers that you can use

Drying oranges for arrangements in a dehydrator

And if you don’t have space on a wall or door for a wreath, how about decorating a small everlasting tree?

Dried flower tree using a faux green base

Here are 10 ideas for a Christmas wreath:

1

Dried oranges, strawflowers, salvia, hydrangea, statice, baby’s breath, and cockscomb on a faux green base

2

Hydrangea, dried oranges, poppy heads, scallop shells, cockscomb, yarrow, and painted lotus pods on a grape vine wreath base

3

Using a faux evergreen base, I layered some fresh banksia and proteas which will dry in place — Large banksia flowers and proteas will dry in place, along with the salal leaves, and purple statice

4

Moss base, with fresh succulent cuttings, driftwood, dried mushrooms, hydrangea, and pomegranates

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Feathers, dried grevilla, dried orange slices, money plant, chili peppers, hydrangea, and salvia

7

Dried oranges, dusty miller, cinnamon sticks, strawflowers, lotus pods, and dried bunny tails on a faux evergreen base

8

Antlers, faux berries, chili peppers, and pine cones on a grapevine base

9

Succulents, air plants. and rose hips on a faux evergreen base

10

Dried chili peppers, hydrangea, and eucalyptus, and oranges on a swag base

5 Replies to “10 Unique Christmas Wreaths”

Wow – wow – wow!!!!!
Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!

Claire – What a fantastic collection of innovative arrangements!!!! I wish I had the energy to save up/dry/process summer’s bounty and put it to use, just like you do!