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- A topiary form purchased from a craft store.
- Cranberries purchased from the grocery store.
- 4 inch snips of boxwood from a bush in your garden (or a friends’.) \’a0It always seems to take more than you need. \’a0Snip generously. \’a0Any left over can be discarded into a wildlife brush pile.
- An ice pick is helpful tool to “pre-drill” holes for the boxwood topiary.
- Terracotta pot.
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Topiary form
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Filling in the form with boxwood
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"Pre-drill" holes with an ice pick helps allow box to enter form easily
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Almost complete
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Because of the generous size, the box ball makes, \’a0the base become out of scale. \’a0As such, slipping this base into a larger pot balances the design.\
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Box dries nicely so nothing is needed to keep your topiary looking good.\
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Top with cranberries and voila!\
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Enjoy.\
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It’s gorgeous, Helen, as are the decorations in the previous post! There is nothing like the real thing when dolling up the home and gardens for the holidays. Then they can be composted, or put into the brushpiles for critter habitat when they dry out. All good.
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Frances
All good is right Frances. Better yet, no bow tieing. Thanks for stopping by.
this is a real keeper! love it….in my book anything with cranberries to eat or not eat is a very, very good thing.
Oooh – now I have a new project to do – topiaries! I just finished making wreathes and I have the urge to do some more projects. Thanks!
Me too Meghan. They make great top dressing to your containers in the winter as well. H.