A good friend of mine who works at Colonial Williamsburg makes his own holiday wreaths & garland every year. He’s won the blue ribbon for 2 years in a row. (Congrats!) I never would’ve thought there would be so much color from dried natural ingredients.  To put it all together, he uses hot glue for everything but the gum ball garlands, which are drilled and strung on wire. Here’s what he uses:

• Saw tooth oak leaves
• dried lemon slices
• peach pits
• catalpa pods (Monkey/indian cigars)
• Sweet gum seed pods (Gum balls)
• Yarrow
• white and blue globe ameranth

Cool that natural decor is again modern, green-wise. Even if in a traditional setting.