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    LET’S GET Creative WITH CHRISTMAS

    Nov 12, 2020 4 minutes

    EASY STEPS TO YOUR LIVING WREATH

    Gather your supplies

    • Foliage and flowers

    • Wooden embroidery hoop

    • Wet floral foam block with plastic tray

    • Florist twine

    You’ll also need

    Secateurs; scissors; green tie wire

    Give your front door lots of festive love with a living wreath. With a simple embroidery hoop, and foliage and flower cuttings, you can create a beautiful decoration. The secret to making it last is to use wet floral foam for your greenery. And, if you use natives, it will add lovely Australian flavour to your Christmas season.

    For you to note

    Popular natives for wreaths include gumnuts, flowering gums and eucalyptus foliage. You can also use bottlebrush and Christmas bush.

    Here’s how

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