How Do You Make An Evergreen Garland?
Garlands are traditional decorations for doorways or banisters during the holiday season. You can easily make one yourself from evergreen trimmings collected from your own garden. Step 1 Gather a wheelbarrow full of evergreen trimmings. Some suggestions are cedar, pine, fir, juniper, redwood, oak, bay laurel and asparagus fern. Step 2 Cut the trimmings to a length of 6 inches. Step 3 Lay a 10-foot length of string or twine on a large, flat surface. Tie a loop in one end of the string. Step 4 Attach #24 floral wire – also called paddle wire – to the loop end of the string. Keep the wire attached to the spool and unravel it as needed. Step 5 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep5 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/ehows/steps/garland1L.jpg’); }); Select several foliage pieces and place them together in a bunch, with the stems at one end. You can mix different kinds in one bundle. Step 6 Place the bundle of foliage at the loop end of the string
