These last few weeks the Adorn elves have been busy spreading holiday cheer to front porches and store fronts all over KC and OKC. We are in the holiday spirit and wanted to share some of our favorite decorating ideas with you to get your outdoor planters ready for the season.

In the picture above we started with a 2 gallon Dwarf Alberta spruce and then added natural holiday décor (pinecones in two different sizes, birch poles, magnolia leaves and red berries) to create our finished product. For a more glitzy look, try adding gold & silver ornaments or red ornaments in various sizes and textures. What is so fun about decorating your holiday planters is there are absolutely no rules and you can use any or all of these baubles for a magical combination! If you have a wreath or other door decoration, you can use coordinating decor as filler in your pots to tie it all together for a cohesive holiday look.

We love fresh evergreen garland! It smells SO good and is SO lush! One of our favorite things is to encircle the top of a planter with it. Word of warning though - fresh greenery dries out over time. We recommend initially spraying the greens with an anti-desiccant product like Wilt-Pruf, so the needles will stay on longer, and misting the greenery with water three times a week so it stays fresh. Fresh evergreens are so beautiful and festive, it is worth the extra effort to keep it pretty. Trust us!