Last semester, in Mrs. Ehrhart’s sixth-period Greenhouse Production class, students learned about floral design and applied their knowledge of design elements to the application of creating a wreath for Christmas. Avery Barnard said, “I liked having the creative freedom of making something that I thought would look good.” 

Before students started their wreaths, they picked which kinds of filler they wanted to use to create the base of their wreath. With the help of Mrs. Ehrhart, students chose a selection of fillers such as Douglas Fur, Spruce, and Pine.  When their supplies came in, students were busy at work attaching their selected filler onto their metal wreath frame. The frame, which resembles a circle with four smaller circles inside of it, is connected by 5 sections of wire across the circles to hold the frame together. Slowly, students wove their pine, spruce, and fur into the frame, attaching it to their frame using a heavy-duty floral wire. In a clockwise fashion, the students steadily layered their fillers until they had covered their entire wire base. Once all mechanical parts of their wreath were covered, there was a selection of Christmas accents available to them to use for their wreath. Among their accents, were pine cones both flocked and unflocked, holly, greenery covered in sparkles to represent snow, and bright red berries. Students were able to add their accents a they pleased. Once they were finished with adding some Christmas cheer to their wreaths, they used a bow maker with several different options of ribbon to make a bow of their choosing for the centerpiece. Alayna White said, “ I never expected that making a wreath would take so long and be such meticulous work. I am glad I had the creative capability to design what I liked in a wreath. I never expected that making a wreath would take so long and be such meticulous work.”