THE TINY TREE FARM
Forgo traditional container gardens, and extend your tree-trimming skills to the entryway. “This fun and easy collection of evergreens in baskets could dress up a porch or foyer all winter but still feels holiday-esque,” says Mark Thompson, co-owner of Shoppe, a Birmingham home-and-garden store. You can use a variety of trees, cut or rooted in pots. He selected a Charlie Brown-style blue Atlas cedar (top left) as well as (in ascending order from bottom left) two Arizona cypresses, a ‘Red Star’ white cedar, two Italian cypresses, a ‘Blue Point’ Chinese juniper, and a silver tip fir. He placed each potted evergreen in a basket, nestled moss around the plants to hide the vessels, and tucked in pinecones for a decorative flourish, attaching larger ones with florist…
