A gift looks so much more charming and personal when it’s attractively wrapped and embellished with simple cuttings from the garden. Unless you’re wrapping and giving the present almost immediately, choose cuttings that will last for a while without wilting, such as evergreen sprigs of bay leaves and rosemary, fir cones, or small sprays of berries.
A wintery selection of bay leaves, berries, eucalyptus, fir cones, fir sprigs, holly, ivy, mistletoe, rosemary, and dried orange and apple slices
Fine florist’s wire
Pruning shears
Ribbon, garden twine, and/or
raffia
This is hardly a “method,” more an inspiration. Sprigs or sprays of foliage and herbs can simply be tucked under the ribbon on your package, but to make them more secure, you can tie them in with wire that will then be…
