Rustic Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece | DIY

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What did you think of Joanna’s holiday tablescape yesterday? Personally, I love the festive simplicity of it. The holidays always come with so much bling and sparkle, sometimes it’s nice to embrace a palette cleanser and tone things down, ya know? I think there’s so much beauty in that. Today, I am sharing a foraged evergreen centerpiece tutorial that’s so simple and easy to recreate. With Joanna’s Scandinavian woodland Christmas theme in mind, I knew the primary goal was to have our centerpiece be a little reflection of the forest. After all, here in the PNW, that isn’t hard to achieve! In fact, all of the greenery we used was foraged, except for the juniper.

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Working with evergreen greenery is similar to working with flowers, but with a few adaptations of my usual techniques. If you’ve seen our other DIY centerpieces, you’ll probably notice that I didn’t use floral tape to create a grid, nor did I use any other tools to hold my ingredients in place this time. I was concerned that anything I might use would take away valuable space because evergreen branches are pretty thick. Additionally, all these branches are so sturdy, I really didn’t think we’d need anything to hold them in place and it worked out!

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How to Make a Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece for Your Winter Tablescape

Materials

  • Evergreen foliage — I used noble fir, blue ice cypress, juniper, and ponderosa pine
  • Tallow berries
  • Foraged branches — I clipped a few branches from the maple tree in Joanna’s yard again for this project. They’re just so pretty!
  • Preserved Reindeer Moss

Tools

How to Make a Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece for Your Winter Tablescape! DIY tutorial for  a flower arrangement for a Festive Forest Christmas Tablescape, inspired by Nordic and Scandinavian decor and hygge holiday decorations. #christmastable #tablescape #holidaytable #christmasdecor #holidaydecor #greendiningtable #diningtable #christmasvillage #hygge #greenery #pine #greencenterpiece #centerpiece

Directions

Start the arrangement with solid noble fir branches as a structural base. These branches are sturdy and have a really nice shape, so they can hold the remaining foliage in place really well.

Next, begin adding fuller floral elements like the blue ice cypress (which smells amazing, btw, and is a great addition to your home for the holidays), juniper (also smells great), and ponderosa pine. Feel free to add a few smaller sprigs of ponderosa pine, as needed.

The goal while adding all these evergreen elements is to maintain the negative space so that it doesn’t become a giant blob of green! I made sure there was a good variety of long and short pieces that I distributed throughout the arrangement so you can really distinguish all the different stems.

How to Make a Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece for Your Winter Tablescape! DIY tutorial for  a flower arrangement for a Festive Forest Christmas Tablescape, inspired by Nordic and Scandinavian decor and hygge holiday decorations. #christmastable #tablescape #holidaytable #christmasdecor #holidaydecor #greendiningtable #diningtable #christmasvillage #hygge #greenery #pine #greencenterpiece #centerpiece

Once you’re happy with the array of greenery, begin adding the tallow berry and a few of the maple branches. The tallow berry provides an extra little holiday touch, while also providing some contrast to the green. I love that tiny pop of white and texture! And the foraged maple branches really enhance the woodland vibe and add a little bit of drama.

How to Make a Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece for Your Winter Tablescape! DIY tutorial for  a flower arrangement for a Festive Forest Christmas Tablescape, inspired by Nordic and Scandinavian decor and hygge holiday decorations. #christmastable #tablescape #holidaytable #christmasdecor #holidaydecor #greendiningtable #diningtable #christmasvillage #hygge #greenery #pine #greencenterpiece #centerpiece
How to Make a Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece for Your Winter Tablescape! DIY tutorial for  a flower arrangement for a Festive Forest Christmas Tablescape, inspired by Nordic and Scandinavian decor and hygge holiday decorations. #christmastable #tablescape #holidaytable #christmasdecor #holidaydecor #greendiningtable #diningtable #christmasvillage #hygge #greenery #pine #greencenterpiece #centerpiece

The final step to this centerpiece came after Joanna set the table. I spread preserved reindeer moss (that’s really what it’s called!) around the table, tucking it around the glowing houses, the base of the arrangement, and trailing it between place settings. The trick with the moss is to make it look unintentional, so don’t try to achieve the same pattern or placement around each place setting. Break the clumps into different sizes, gathering more in some areas and less in others. Also, make sure you leave room for people to set their glasses down!

How to Make a Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece for Your Winter Tablescape! DIY tutorial for  a flower arrangement for a Festive Forest Christmas Tablescape, inspired by Nordic and Scandinavian decor and hygge holiday decorations. #christmastable #tablescape #holidaytable #christmasdecor #holidaydecor #greendiningtable #diningtable #christmasvillage #hygge #greenery #pine #greencenterpiece #centerpiece

What do you think of our Scandinavian inspired tablescape and evergreen centerpiece combo? I love how cozy and casual it feels, perfect for a simple holiday spent at home.

How to Make a Foraged Evergreen Centerpiece for Your Winter Tablescape! DIY tutorial for a flower arrangement for a Festive Forest Christmas Tablescape, inspired by Nordic and Scandinavian decor and hygge holiday decorations. #christmastable #tablescape #holidaytable #christmasdecor #holidaydecor #greendiningtable #diningtable #christmasvillage #hygge #greenery #pine #greencenterpiece #centerpiece

As always, be sure to tag @jojotastic and @thestemmery on Instagram so we can see how our DIYs turn out for you! Joanna will be sharing them in her Instagram Stories, too. It’s always so fun to see how our tutorials are translated.

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Art direction by Jojotastic. Photography by Meghan Klein. DIY by The Stemmery for Jojotastic.

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Joanna Hawley-McBride is a Pacific Northwest-based social media strategist, content creator, and former textile designer. Joanna is the founder and editor-in-chief of Jojotastic, a lifestyle blog focused on Joanna’s work-in-progress cabin, finding the best pair of underwear through #UnderwearThesis, and empowering women to explore nature — all in her signature unfiltered style. Her work has been featured in Domino, CNBC, and Eating Well.

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