How to Create a Dried Herbal Wreath

Once you've finished covering the wire with dried herbs and flowers, you can form the wreath into any shape you'd like - a circle, a heart or a horseshoe, for example. Or you can wrap your pretty creation around a banister or pole.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Florist Wires
• Wreath Frames
• Dried Flowers
• Dried Foliage
• Dried Herbs
• Heavy-gauge Wires
• Wire Cutters
• Wire Cutters
• Wire cutters

1. Use wire cutters to cut a long strip - about 2 1/2 to 3 feet in length - of heavy-gauge wire.

2. Bend each end into a hook.

3. Gather dried foliage and dried flowers that are 3 inches long. For simplicity, work with three or fewer different colors of flowers.

4. Arrange flowers and foliage into a pattern.

5. Use florist wire to bind stems of flowers and foliage to the heavy-gauge wire.

6. Cover the entire length of heavy-gauge wire with flowers and foliage, making sure to keep flowers and foliage close together to prevent gaps.

7. Bend the covered heavy-gauge wire into any shape you want.

Tips & Warnings

• Another way to make a dried herb wreath is to buy a wreath frame of straw or Spanish moss at a garden center. Insert bouquets of dried flowers throughout the wreath base.