How To Guide Create Your Spring Wreath

Seasonal wreaths are becoming popular all year round as we decorate our home in the light of the season, and spring sees budding flowers, an abundance of colour as well as vibrant greenery. Wreaths create beautiful door displays as well as giving you that ‘welcome home’ feeling. We’ve teamed up with the lovely Donna Willingham from The Country Garden Florist to create this step by step guide for making a spring wreath of your own at home.

STEP 1. GATHER YOUR SUPPLIES

You may have some supplies at home already, you can even head out to the garden and cut flowers of your own, or you may want to purchase a kit that has everything you need to create a DIY wreath. What you need:

  • Wreath frame
  • Wire reel
  • Selection of foliage and twigs: we’ve used fern, pistache, myrtle, saliam and twisted willow twigs
  • Flowers: we’ve used tulips, narcissi, wax flower, solidago, statice
  • Moss
  • Water tubes
  • Bowl of water
  • Ribbon
  • Extra decorations – we’ve used eggs for an Easter feel

STEP 2. ATTACH YOUR WIRE REEL TO YOUR FRAME

You want to begin by adding moss to the frame to create the structure of the wreath. To keep the moss in place, use the wire reel to wrap around the moss. First, you want to attach the reel wire to one of the posts on your frame, wrap it around the top until it’s secure, as you can see below.

STEP 3. ADD MOSS TO YOUR FRAME

Once your wire reel is attached, you can then begin to add your moss. Take handfuls of moss at a time and lay it over the frame. You don’t want these to be too thick or thin, as you’ll need to be able to wrap the wire around the moss as you go to keep it in place. Do this all the way around until the entire frame is complete and covered in moss. Don’t cut your wire off just yet, as we will use this to attach spring flowers and foliage too.

STEP 4. WIRE YOUR BULBS ONTO YOUR SPRING WREATH

Now wire your bulbs at regular intervals into your spring wreath. Try and get the bulbs into the moss. This will keep the roots moist and allow the bulb to flower.

STEP 5. START ADDING FOLIAGE, TWIGS AND DRIED FLOWERS

Now your base is ready, you can begin to add your foliage and dried flowers to your wreath. Take a small bunch of foliage and if you wish, some flowers and layer it onto the wreath, then wrap your wire reel tightly around the base of the bunch a few times to hold it in place and secure it to the frame.

Continuing doing this all the way around at regular intervals, overlaping each bunch slightly to ensure there are no gaps.

STEP 6. TUCK IN YOUR FINAL BUNCH OF FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS

With your last bunch, you should layer it under the first one to avoid any gaps in the wreath. This will create a seamless circle. 

STEP 7. CUT YOUR WIRE AND TIE ON YOUR RIBBON

You can now cut your wire and poke it into the wreath. You can now take your pre-cut ribbon and tie it around the wreath for hanging.

STEP 9. HANG YOUR WREATH ON YOUR FRONT DOOR

Now that your wreath is complete, you can proudly hang it on your front door for a hoppy home!