00:00If I was setting my table for Thanksgiving, I would always make this over a traditional vase of flowers.
00:05For the base of it, I'm going to use this, which is paper-covered wire.
00:09It's really, really strong, but it's also very flexible, so it's perfect.
00:13I'm looking at about three foot.
00:16My dining table's about six foot, so you want about half of that.
00:20So this is your base wire, and now you need to cut a second piece, which we will use to
00:25attach our foliage.
00:26So this needs to be a little bit longer than your first piece.
00:30I've just knotted those two pieces together like that, just to secure them.
00:33I'm going to use a mixture of the foliage that I've cut from my garden.
00:38Some are herbs, some are berries, and I'm going to start with a piece of this conifer, which is quite
00:44flat.
00:44And then we're going to build up a bundle of different kinds of foliage, different textures in the hand.
00:50This is bay. I've got some rosemary.
00:53I really like adding herbs into this kind of garland.
00:56And then this one is lemon cypress, which is quite zesty in colour.
00:59So that is our first bundle.
01:02Now, we don't want the stems to be quite that long, so I'm going to cut these so you've got
01:07about an inch of stem there.
01:09So I'm pinching it quite tightly between your thumb and forefinger.
01:12Place it on top of the base wire, and take your binding wire around the stem and the base wire.
01:23So go round about three times, and then we'll make another one.
01:26Again, I'm going to start with a lovely flat base of conifer, and we'll add in our bay.
01:32This is dogwood.
01:33Then I've got some smoke bush here.
01:35And then when you come to attach it, you want to overlap the stems.
01:39But the first one we're going to put on will overlap slightly on the diagonal.
01:44And then the next one, which I'll show you, will go like this.
01:47You want to catch the first and the second stem with your binding wire.
01:53So we'll make another bundle, and then this is really going to start coming to life.
01:58A base of rosemary for this one.
01:59And we'll put some bay in.
02:01This is a variety of cotoneaster.
02:03So I'm going to angle this one to my right.
02:06We're going to catch the last lot of stems, these stems, and the base wire.
02:13So just keep adding your bunches until you get to something like this.
02:18We're going to add one going this way.
02:20So I've added that one on like this.
02:22But then what tends to happen is you end up with a little flat bit sort of here,
02:27which doesn't look quite as full.
02:29So we want to fill that and make it look really finished.
02:32And the easiest way to do that is just by taking little pieces
02:37and poking them into the twigs that you've already added onto your garland.
02:41And if you take the slightly more structural foliage like the bay,
02:44that will stand up really beautifully.
02:46And it's as simple as that.
02:48I just really love that this feels like you've brought a little bit of your autumnal garden
02:52straight onto your Thanksgiving table.
