Ring Around the Wreath

Living wreaths are so beautiful, but look tricky to make and even more expensive to buy.  Because my sister Cortney is visiting, I decided two crafty heads and four crafty hands might be able to handle the project!

We started by gathering supplies from Michael's, a local Amish greenhouse and Lowe's.  We came home with: one bag of moss, two wreath frames, two packs of coated floral wire, two pots of hens and chicks, two wooly thymes, two ogon sedums, two angel tear plants and two packs of different sedums.  The total cost was thirty dollars.  Which is already a deal considering a real wreath frame is about twenty five dollars.

The first step was to create a base with the moss.  I wet the moss so it was easier to place in the frame.  Cortney placed the wire pieces around the base to eventually attach the second frame at the end.  Then I layered on some moist soil in the center of the moss and place the second frame over the base materials.  I started placing the plants with extra moss around the wreath, working the roots into the soil and moss.  Finally, Cortney tie wrapped the moss-soil-moss-plant sandwich all together.  And the final result is beautiful!

Thanks for the help, Cort!  And Emberlie was so happy to get to spend time with her auntie.