Garden-Themed Christmas Decorations in Our Home

This year’s garden-themed Christmas decorations use natural elements from our property to bring the beauty of the winter garden to life indoors.

The idea for this year’s garden-themed Christmas decorations has been brewing in my mind for quite a few years. I always love using natural elements like dried blooms, twigs, and seed pods to decorate my home and they feel cozy, familiar, and yet fresh and unexpected for Christmas time. I’ve always been amazed by the beauty of everything that’s left behind in a winter garden after flowers and foliage have faded, and it felt like a bit of a scavenger hunt for me when I went out to see what I could forage from our property to trim our Christmas tree this year. While last year’s luxurious red Christmas tree was very traditional, this year’s is the exact opposite with its unconventional use of gathered greenery, sticks, and stems. I hope you enjoy this little tour of our winter garden Christmas decor this year.

Natural Christmas Decorations Foraged From the Garden

Pictured above: Living Room Rug | Coffee Table | Bookshelf Lights | Stockings | Stocking Hangers | White Vase | Christmas Tree Candles | Gold Satin Ribbon | Floral Pillow

This year’s living room Christmas decor is all about my favorite vintage finds accented with garden-inspired elements for a whimsical, old-fashioned look.

A tray of mismatched brass candlesticks that I collected at thrift shops and antique markets this spring instantly becomes holiday decor with a few sprigs of fresh cedar tucked in.

The coffee table decorations are centered around this vase with a mix of high-quality faux juniper, fir, spruce, and white pine with real dried hydrangeas tucked in. This is a carefree arrangement that will last all season long.

A touch of gold satin ribbon here and there throughout the room balances out the more rustic elements and makes the Christmas decorations feel a bit more festive and merry.

More bows and stockings hung on the mantel.

Please note the antique bookends with the collection of heirloom Charles Dickens books. I’m very proud of that little reference. 🙂 It’s often said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas as we know it so it seemed appropriate to deck the halls with his work.

Plenty of vintage wicker completes the nod to the type of English country-style Christmas decorating that I’ve been so inspired by this year, even if I haven’t quite fully embraced all the mismatched, cheerful colors and patterns that are typical of that look.

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A Nature-Inspired Christmas Tree

Pictured above: Living Room Rug | Coffee Table | Bookshelf Lights | Stockings | Stocking Hangers | White Vase | Christmas Tree Candles | Gold Satin Ribbon | Floral Pillow

This year’s Christmas tree is filled almost completely with natural elements gathered from the garden and different areas around our property. As I’ve gone out to gather different twigs and dried blooms over the last few years, I’ve come to realize just how many things there are to work with right here in our own yard. I took advantage of a few favorites, like dried hydrangea blooms, dried alliums, and dwarf lilac branches, to decorate the tree.

I filled in with a few store-bought items to make the look come together, like these white and blueberry stems, and my favorite giant pinecones. Who says Christmas tree ornaments have to be shiny, sparkly Christmas balls?

Pictured above: Living Room Rug | Coffee Table | Bookshelf Lights | Stockings | Stocking Hangers | White Vase | Christmas Tree Candles | Gold Satin Ribbon | Floral Pillow

The clip-on battery-operated candles were a new purchase this year, and I think they give the tree such a nostalgic Victorian-era look, which is perfect for our old farmhouse. They also add additional tree lights to the tree and brighten it quite a bit for the wintry holiday season.

This tree was actually inspired by a tree that I did a few years ago using an artificial Christmas tree outside on our porch. I loved the idea so much that I decided to try it again with a real tree in our living room. I love all styles of Christmas trees, but this style has such a simple elegance and I think it might be my very favorite way to decorate a tree for the Christmas season.

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More Garden-Themed Christmas Decoration Ideas

I concentrated most of my holiday decorating in the living room since that’s where we spend most of our time together as a family over the holidays, but I added a few garden-themed Christmas greenery touches in a few other areas of our home as well.

The mudroom got a simple garland draped over the mirror, some battery-operated twinkle lights, and an assorted mix of faux and fresh evergreens in a vase next to a vintage brass bell.

In the kitchen, these willow Christmas tree cones found a place on top of the sideboard with more fresh greens and this amazing little cast iron squirrel I found at Cobbletog Antique Market earlier this year. I started seeing squirrels in our trees for the first time this year and I was thrilled, so this was a perfect find.

I added some greenery garlands up our front stairs for the first time this year, along with more antique finds, and I loved how that space came together. If you missed seeing how that turned out, you can see all the photos here: My New Christmas Garlands in the Front Hall.

Thanks for coming along with me on this little Christmas home tour! I hope you found an interesting idea or two that might help inspire your own Christmas decorating this year.