Holiday decorating with nature: arrange with berries and boughs, branches and big blooms

INSTEAD OF glamming up with shine and sparkles for the holidays, why not look out the window for decorating inspiration?
Natural materials like greens and branches, berries and flowers are a breath of fresh air amid all the overdecorating that goes on this time of year. And they’re mostly free.
Nicole Cordier, front-desk manager at the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market in Georgetown, practices admirable restraint for a woman surrounded by temptations. I stopped into the market a few weeks ago to see what greenery and blooms might be available through the holidays to supplement what you grow yourself, or to provide new and different materials to play around with. Cordier wandered the market, pulling ‘Café au Lait’ dahlias and branches of blue-berried juniper for holiday arrangements.

Holiday decorating with nature: arrange with berries and boughs, branches and big blooms