Here I made a pair of urns with natural items.
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These urns span about 2 and 1/2 feet apart. A little more than 3 feet tall from the pot rim. |
I used:
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Have a look at some other designs here |
- 3 birch stems
- 7 stems of dogwood
- white pine
- douglas fir
- western red cedar
- boxwood
- magnolia stems
- sumac seed pods
- seeded eucalyptus
- strobus (white pine) cones
- dried belani seed pods
- bronze vine balls
- dried bell cups
- 13" fibre liner
- sand to fill pot
Another pair:
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These accents may look all natural, but the pomegranates are artificial. Pretty good for artificial though. No squirrels will try to take these
away! |
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One of the funnest aspects of my job. |
In the above, I used:
- pomergranates
- strobus cones (with snow flakes)
- magnolia
- birch stems
- dogwood stems
- white pine boughs
- western red cedar boughs
- Ontario hemlock boughs
- burgundy seed pods
- oregonia
Materials all from
Plant World Ltd. These urns are also available there.
nice containers! feeling inspired :o)
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