Naked Greenery

>Hello my friends,

last night I was in my car driving to a wedding reception when the radio announcer mentioned that this years trend was that of

'Naked Greenery'.

She said that the Pinterest search was up more than 400%

What is naked greenery?  Garlands, wreaths, and trees with no ornaments.  Nothing to distract from the beauties that they are in their natural state.

Who knew that this old gal was right on trend when she had a vision late one night as to what she wanted to do on her porch?  (tee-hee)

Yup, I imagined a tree farm with lots of (you guessed it), naked greenery.  :)

I added it to my chandelier.  I may have cheated just a little by hanging the shiny bulbs.  However, that greenery is entirely naked.

Hubby and I, and our youngest daughter got permits and cut 4 trees to make my 'tree farm' vision come to life.  It was from an area where they allow cutting a small amount of trees each year in order to clear the area.

Two trees were placed on the right end of the porch.

I placed them in buckets to keep them fresh.  Our daughter had a

Tree Farm sign created using a lazer machine and hubby

 added an arrow point. 

 I asked myself, "if you had a real tree farm what would you want it to consist of?"  I knew I would want a cocoa station to keep myself and my customers warm and toasty.

Two kinds of cocoa, candy canes for dipping, and cups and spoons for sippin.

I draped my drop leaf table with a plaid tablecloth and topped it with a small sled.  I sat my red toolbox on top hoping it would hold the cocoa bar supplies, but it just didn't work.  So instead I filled it with more 'naked greenery'.

Then I tucked in a star and some vintage red bells.

I filled a jar with marshmallows and a red Coleman cooler is on hand for holding hot water.

We have a tree stand ready to hold a tree picked from our tree farm.

Tree number three is a Juniper.  I tied my wooden star to the top and tucked the saw I painted a few years ago in amongst the branches

The live wreath on the door is plain and simple. . .more naked greenery.

And did you notice the beautiful new door color?  We had it restained a couple weeks ago.

I hung more greenery from the ladder on the left side of the porch.

I also tucked them into my two urns and added a couple of old lanterns.

The fourth tree is tied to a ladder to help keep it from falling over.  My chippy red step stool holds an old green heater to keep us warm if winter ever comes to Utah.  Seriously, it has felt like spring for quite some time now.  I am loving it, but we really need the snow!

I cut logs from my sons home and placed them here and there around the porch.

More naked greenery in my creamer and almost naked branches.

I am loving all of the 'naked greenery' at my tree farm!

Here's a couple of pictures of it lit up at night.

Oh, and I decided to search 'naked greenery' on Pinterest to see what came up.  I mainly got naked cakes, so I'm not sure what the radio announcer was talking about.  lol!

hugs,

Jann

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