8 of 10 Ways to Get Through Winter

By Lorraine • Mar 13th, 2009 • Category: Dig in, Spring

8. Take the wreath off the door! Okay, so I should have taken down the Christmas wreath well before now, but somehow it takes the first warm spring day to propel me into action. Into the recycling bin it goes! The first of the forced potted bulbs are now appearing at green grocers and I couldn’t resist picking up a pot of Muscari over the weekend, which promptly received a dusting of snow this morning. Ah, well, from years past, I’ve realized that muscari is much tougher than most spring bulbs and will bounce back with plenty of blooms.

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to be asked to join a press trip in Holland and visited Appeltern, a huge display garden full of great ideas, including designs for outdoor spring floral arrangements and wreaths. These caught my eye.