We have a cute little shed on our property that has two window boxes on the front, and when the seasons change, I like to create complementary decorations to add to the window boxes.

For the holiday season this year, I decided to forage around our yard for some things to put into this project. Sometimes I use faux materials but this year I thought I could find enough variety around the yard to repurpose into something beautiful and natural.

I started with some left over greens that I had purchased for the large arrangements I keep on my front porch, like cedar and pine. I buy these from a local farm shop called Price’s Country Market. Then, with my snippers in hand, I began to look around our yard for items to add.

I was pleasantly surprised to realize I actually had a lot of possibilities. I snipped and clipped and before I knew it I had a nice pile of items to choose from, such as dried hydrangea blooms and some stems from my boxwoods.

The next step was to start placing them into the window boxes, making sure I was giving my arrangements height as well as a variety of colours. I was lucky to have found many different shades of green as well as dark red sprigs and even some red berries from a very prickly bush (if you are thinking about doing this at your home I recommend wearing gloves).

I was very pleased with the end result. The cost was very little and I was able to repurpose some things that might’ve otherwise gone into the compost!