Have you started thinking about your summer décor? You’ll love being able to customize your wreath for summer with this guide. With only a few tools, you’ll be able to create a gorgeous wreath to welcome guests during the warm months.



Materials Needed

• Wreath base (here’s a great video on how to make a wreath base with oak branches and moss)
• Pruning shears
• Wirecutter
• Floral wire, several feet
• Rosemary, 10 branches or so
• Flowering thyme with stems, a handful
• Billy balls, 15 or so
• Sunflowers with stems, flowering, 5 or so
• Lavender with stems, handful
• Tree moss, a small handful

How to Make a Summer Wreath

1. Decide where you want the top of your summer wreath to be.
2. Combine a few branches of rosemary and thyme into a bundle. Add a few billy balls, where you’d like a pop of colour.
3. Add some lavender. So fragrant!
4. Wrap wire around the stems until secure; it should look like a small bouquet.
5. Clip and tuck wire. Repeat the process to create a second bundle.
6. Combine sunflowers and trim stems to 3-4 inches in length. Add lavender to the sunflower bundle.
7. Wrap the wire around the stems until secure. Clip and tuck wire.
8. Trim the stem of one giant sunflower, leaving 3-4 inches, and set aside.
9. Place one of the herb bundles on the wreath. Wrap wire around the wreath and stems until secure. Clip and tuck wire.
10. Place sunflower bundle on the wreath. Wrap the wire around the wreath and stems until secure; do not clip wire.
11. Combine other sunflowers and add to the wreath. Wrap wire around the wreath and stems until secure.
12. Combine small sunflower and a billy ball, then add to the wreath. Wrap wire around the wreath and stems until secure.
13. Trim stem of second herb bundle to make sure they are even. Gently tuck the stems of the herb bundle under the sunflower and billy ball bundle. Wrap wire around the wreath and stems until secure. Cut and tuck wire.
14. Hide any visible wire with tree moss.
15. Hang at whatever angle works best.
16. Stand back and marvel at what you’ve created.

There you have it! Feel free to customize any colours or textures that suit your home or style. You can also easily change it up every season or holiday by adding seasonal foliage, branches, flowers, or other natural accents.

Wine Country Table inspired this blog post. Check out their moss wreath tutorial or spring tulip wreath design for more seasonal inspiration.