Easy & Elegant Foraged Christmas Porch

[@therealsoutherngarden]

Beautiful Tessa, love that arch!!💚💚

[@gardenpartystudio]

Thank you!! It’s one of my favorite features of the house!

[@28tv.]

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[@gardenpartystudio]

Thank you for watching!

[@keoweedesigner5995]

Well done Tessa! I am a huge advocate for foraged Christmas decor. Your in situ rose covered arch absolutely makes a perfect armature for your garland. BTW... your architecture is beyond charming as it looks to be an English inspired 50's cottage with great proportions and wonderfully scaled windows. No doubt you will enjoy years of excitement developing your home and garden to your vision. 💚

[@gardenpartystudio]

You’re exactly right on dating the house! 1951, and I agree, I think there’s a little bit of English cottage influence on what is essentially a ranch meets cape-cod structure. The charm is what drew us to the house immediately. In my book, generally the older, the better.

[@utilityjane]

Absolutely beautiful Tessa! I love that you can reuse next year or compost the lot. Can I ask What hydrangea that is?

[@gardenpartystudio]

Thank you, and certainly! The hydrangea is Limelight! Other cultivars that would work are Little lime, Phantom, Strawberry Vanilla, or Tardiva. All the paniculatas.

[@utilityjane]

Thank you I thought they were the paniculatas.

[@eileenchang2173]

Tessa, do the spray painted hydrangeas drop their petals or does the paint help hold them?

[@gardenpartystudio]

I don’t think the paint has much effect on holding them together. The hydrangea blooms are already quite sturdy since they were first allowed to dry on the plant. A bloom cut when already brown and papery is much more durable than a one that is cut when in the soft white stage.