MOSS AND BERRY HANGING

Two tiers of moss rings are the ideal base for twining and tucking in berries and fresh flowers. Black bryony ( Tamus communis) grows in hedgerows. (Please be aware that its berries are poisonous)

MATERIALS

Wire frames: one x 25.5cm and one x 33cm diameter Garden string and ribbon: four lengths, each 100cm long Moss, berries and fresh flower heads – these are Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ but use any attractive small fresh flowers that you can find

TO MAKE

Wrap the wire frames in thin soft wire. Tie four x 1m lengths of brown string onto the outer edge of the bottom ring

Leaving a gap of 16cm, tie the strings onto the top ring. Knot and loop the remaining string 16cm above the top ring

Press damp moss over both rings and wrap thin soft wire around the moss to secure it

Tie ribbon and berries onto the string and thread the flowers into the moss rings