Holiday Yard Decor

Consider what you have readily available versus buying. I collected juniper branches from around our lake cabin , pine tree boughs from our local home depot(free at the Christmas tree stand), and holly branches cut from my yard. A few months back we did some yard clean up and had saved some of the larger branches for fire wood, which I thought would be good for additional texture in the large boxes.  

Start by building your base. In the larger raised beds, I started with the large cut pieces of wood. In my window box, which is much smaller, I started with pine boughs. Once you get your logs and greenery arranged, add the lights. I started with regular string lights but moved to the shrub grid type lights because it gave the branches a little more stability and structure.

The regular string lights were used in the window box above, but if you look closely you can see some very delicate staw stick like material was used for additional detail.

Here is the smallest of the raised garden beds on the drive way. It looks good day or night.

Next add your color, for me this was the holly branches I trimmed from my holly shrubs. They needed trimming and this provided a lot more filler for the beds/boxes.  If you don’t have access to anything red, consider adding red ribbon. If you want to keep with the all natural approach, you could add apples or pomegranates for additional color. I opted for the holly branches because the fruit would rot quickly in Texas with temps in the 70’s.

Next add your color, for me this was the holly branches I trimmed from my holly shrubs. They needed trimming and this provided a lot more filler for the beds/boxes.  If you don’t have access to anything red, consider adding red ribbon. If you want to keep with the all natural approach, you could add apples or pomegranates for additional color. I opted for the holly branches because the fruit would rot quickly in Texas with temps in the 70’s. Then I added pinecones and smaller sticks for additional texture. 

To tye in the yard decor I used more juniper boughs, pine cones and pomegranates (faux) to decorate my front door wreath. Then I have a wall planter that I filled with the same items as the window box and then added a potted live cypress tree with lights.

Night time views of driveway

Night time view of window box