Homemade Herb Wreath
Use fresh herbs from your own garden to create a beautiful herb wreath for your kitchen!
Yield: 1 wreath
Equipment
- a natural wreath frame
- basket for gathering fresh herbs
- pruning shears
- fresh herbs
- cotton cooking twine
- optional: large needle for threading embellishments
Instructions
- Gather up a basket and pruning shears before heading out to the gardens.
- Cut handfuls of fresh herbs, taking at least 8 inches of stem with each bunch.
- Lay bunches in your basket, until you have 6-8 full cuttings.
- Bring your herbs indoors.
- Use your scissors to cut about a dozen, 10 inch long piece of cooking twine.
- Being tying herbs onto your natural wreath frame.
- Fill the entire frame or do a directional change partway to leave some of the frame exposed.
- Gather any embellishments you choose to use, and don't be afraid to use the needle and cooking twine to string them together!
- Tie embellishments to the wreath frame.
- Slip a piece of cotton cooking twine through the natural wreath frame and knot it closely for hanging loop.
- Display your herb wreath in a dry place where it will hold it's form and shape for a long, long time.
