FINAL WORD
W ith the endless piles of tree branches and boughs lining every street, public properties, parks, and back roads around town it suddenly occurred to me that maybe some of this unwanted debris could be repurposed and put to good use. With Christmas decorating season fast approaching this is a terrific DIY idea to reuse the leftover remnants that nobody wants directly caused by Hurricane Fiona.
foraging fiona for festive decor Words and photos: Susan Snow, Home & Cottage Editor
You can easily and quickly fill all your outdoor planters or adorn a door wreath with seasonal greenery for 100%nfree this year.
It’s yours for the simple effort of stopping, taking and making. All you need is a pair of clippers, tree pruners, and a box or bag to collect them. I gathered all the supplies needed from the ends of a driveways in my surrounding neighbourhood and I wasn’t one bit embarrassed to do it. I foraged everything I needed to for Christmas planters, and you can too. Consider using pine, spruce and cedar pine boughs mixed with broken birch branches and red dogwood twigs to fill up your containers. To add an additional burst of colour tuck in some store bought coloured accents with painted pinecones, red berries and a colourful ribbon. **It is worth noting that on private property you should ask for permission first but in my opinion, anything left by the side of the road is fair game.
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