Handmade Holidays: Fresh Boxwood Topiary Tutorial

I made a very easy boxwood topiary over the weekend.  Here's what you need to make your own:



- Fresh boxwood branches

- Container of your choice { I ended up using one of my hypertufa pots }

- Floral foam

- Garden clippers or scissors

- Knife

1.  Use a knife to cut floral foam to fit into your container.  I wanted a cone shaped topiary so I stared with a long rectangle and then after putting it into the pot I shaped the top into a narrow cone.

2.  After you have the foam cut to shape, soak it in water for a few minutes.  Them place back in pot.  You don't want your fresh boxwood to be thirsty!

3.  Use garden clippers to cut boxwood into small pieces.  Remove leaves close to the ends of stem so that the stem will stick into the foam.

4.  Stating at the top, insert boxwood stems into foam.  This takes a while, but just keep at it.  Maybe put on Christmas music and sip a little red wine or hot chocolate while you are working?

Getting closer...

All done...

Every couple of days or so, run your topiary under running water so the floral foam won't dry out.