Holiday decorations don't have to be expensive, or time-consuming to create. Chances are you already have the makings of some naturally beautiful arrangements right outside your door. Conifers such as Leyland cypress, pine, arborvitae and juniper, and broadleaf evergreen holly and nandina are common landscaping plants that work quite well. Accents of berries, pine cones, [...]

Hand blown glass Christmas ornaments come in all shapes and sizes, but have you ever wondered where the tradition came from? Glass blowing as an art has been around since 1500 BC. Excavations show that the Egyptians made use of glass, though it was not till much later that glass became a huge trade commodity. [...]

Having worked in a retail nursery’s tree lot for several years, I learned a few things about cut Christmas trees that might help you out:Freshness: Buying your tree later does not mean it’s fresher. Most trees are cut down before Thanksgiving, some weeks before (but thank goodness not where I worked). So, in many cases [...]