Inspired by a picture I pinned to my Pinterest festive board, I thought I’d expand on this lovely idea and create a wired-together rosemary wreath that can be rinsed off after Christmas and hung up to dry on a kitchen wall.
– about 32 twelve-cm end-sprigs of fresh rosemary
– a long length of bendy vine, stripped of leaves
– green florists’ wire
– pliers
I used a length of grape vine, stripped of leaves, but you could use any flexible branch from a non-toxic climbing plant. A bent-into-a-circle wire coat-hanger covered in green florists’ tape would work too.
First bend the vine into a circle, using your biggest, most beautiful platter as a size guide. Twist the vine ends around the circle, and secure with florists wire. Coax the circle into a neat shape if it looks a little wonky. Now, starting at the top, wire the rosemary sprigs onto the circle, their tips pointing slightly outwards, and overlapping one another by about two-thirds of their length (see picture below).