Do you make your own Christmas wreaths and garlands? I went out to cut branches for my Christmas swags for either side of the door, and came back with the following –

• red cedar (you can tell by the colour of the stems and bark)
• balsam fir, with the delightful light green tips to the branches
• fir, with fuzzier needle formation
• salal, which gives great berries but stays green all year
• hawthorne, for the beautiful red berries
• broom, which is a weed, but adds a lovely straight sweeping component

This is what I came up with for my front door. What do you do for your Christmas greenery? Merry Christmas everyone!