5 Tips For a Christmas Garden

from Inside Chester Magazine December 2021 Issue

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Five tips to get your garden ready for Christmas

ake your festive garden from boring to blissful this festive season with some simple yet effective DIY projects for the garden! Short days and poor light mean that even the brightest of shrubs and perennials look dreary and lifeless, especially in the lead-up to Christmas. However, with a sprinkling of festive inspiration and some determination, you can transform your garden into a winter wonderland.

Merry Planters and Hanging Baskets

Put those leftover planters and hanging baskets to good use by creating some cheery holiday displays (right). Simply fill with garland (or use real life spruce sprigs if you have access to a tree) and dress it up with colourful baubles, artificial poinsettia flowers, cones or holly sprigs for that warm fuzzy yuletide feeling. The great thing about these is that you can add as much or as little as you like!

Hanging Chandeliers

Here’s another great idea for those out-of-commission hanging baskets! Fix two together to form a ball using cable ties or gardening wire. Jazz it up with some silver or gold spray paint and wrap a string of outdoor fairy lights around it in different directions. Hang from your porch or hanging hooks. Festive Fountains

Add some Christmas cheer to your fountain with some trailing garland, artificial mistletoe, baubles and cones (bottom left). Or float some artificial poinsettia flowers in the water. If you have an fountain or water feature that’s no longer in use, go a step further and add some outdoor fairy lights for an extra magical touch.

Rustic Reindeer

Build your very own handmade reindeer family (left) with some birch logs and branches. All you need is a large log for the body, a smaller one for the head and some branches for the neck and legs. Finish off with some coal for eyes, twigs for antlers and a pine cone for the tail!

Trees, Trees, Trees

Jolly up any tree in your garden with a string of fairy lights or, if you prefer, oversized baubles designed for hanging on outdoor trees. If you don’t have trees in your garden, why not improvise with a driftwood tree made from different lengths of branches or pallet wood?