Winter & Holiday Container Ideas

Birch poles, Fraser fir, incense cedar, magnolia, red huckleberry, variegated boxwood, sugar pine cones, and faux red winterberry make up this container by The Outside Design Studio.
Catie Trudeau, ASLA, The Outside Design Studio; Chicago, IL
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"All the pinecones and greens are from cuttings near the church where this is displayed, and the white branches are from Trader Joe's."
Katie Brindley; Philadelphia, PA

"Skip laurel, boxwood, and cedar clippings are accented with dried alliums and Korean feather grass—which I grew from seed—all from the garden."
Crystal; Charlottesville, VA

"Gray urn with mix of live plants to overwinter (hellebore, heuchera, black mondo grass, and pansies) and some evergreen cuttings, bronze-painted foraged pine cone branches and bleached curly branches for holiday embellishment."
Crystal; Charlottesville, VA

"Cedar garland over the door, window wreaths, twinkle lights and greenery foraged from my yard. Add some porch rockers for a quintessential Christmas 'vibe'."
Skye Hamilton; Eagle, ID
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"Cardinal dogwood, red eucalyptus, boxwood tips, assorted painted sticks, lots of different red & pink natural dried plant materials."
Lynne Russell; Toronto, Canada
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"This year’s window boxes incorporate eucalyptus, juniper, cypress, winterberry, and cedar. Two young sky pencil hollies are holdovers from the fall window boxes and the vinca minor is a longtime resident. The red ornaments are shatterproof."
Rich D'Angelo; Philadelphia, PA
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"Winter urn with curly willow, magnolia, columnar English yew, berry spray, and white pine."
Rich D'Angelo; Philadelphia, PA

"Our five sidewalk containers include columnar English yew, cypress, magnolia, winterberry, white pine, and pine cones. Tulips, daffodils, and muscari are planted underneath for spring."
Rich D'Angelo; Philadelphia, PA

"Raised planter decked out for the holidays. It includes curly willow and birch logs that I saved from last year, plus cypress, fir, and winterberry. The willow cloche is protecting a little patch of tulip bulbs. Shatterproof ornaments are tucked in to complete the scene."
Rich D'Angelo; Philadelphia, PA

"I created this festive wreath for my front door. I wanted to keep it quite simple because the red door has enough color to allow me to do so. I create these wreaths for other family members and family friends during the holidays. The wreath is made of arborvitae, cherry laurel, and an unknown type of fir tree, I source all of the materials from my property."
Josh Murphy, County Limerick, Ireland

"Magnolia leaves, dried hydrangeas, blue spruce, pine, Japanese skimmia, white pine, rosemary, cypress, spruce, cedar, Japanese yew, and hemlock."
Lucy Walker; Corryton, TN

"The intention for this custom wreath was to celebrate the beauty of natural elements. We combined fresh cut magnolia, berried juniper, red huckleberry, podded eucalyptus, noble fir and dried pomegranate for a gorgeous tribute to the winter season."
Catie Trudeau, ASLA, The Outside Design Studio; Chicago, IL
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“This large blue ceramic pot I use for summer annuals. This fall I put all new soil in it and planted tulips and hyacinth bulbs in the bottom. Then, I added a styrofoam ‘covering’ at the top and stuck the greens and decorations into the top. You may notice I spray painted gray glitter on the dried allium heads!”
Mary Funsch; Princeton, NJ