How-To Use Garden Orbs in Your Garden – Especially for Christmas!

Happy Christmas time, dear friends!! Today I want to share how easy it is to decorate your front doorway area and with a couple of garden urns and a pair of garden orbs.

A couple of weeks ago, I ordered a pair of large garden orbs from Red Barn White House through Etsy. The owner Patrick was very nice to work with and had provided detailed instructions on how to measure a pot or urn to determine what size orb would be needed.

I calculated that I needed the large orbs based upon the width of my urns’ tops. However, what I didn’t take into account was the height of my urns ~ an important fact if you have short urns like mine. 🙂

The photograph above shows the large urn in place. It was definitely too big, so I contacted Patrick and he was happy to make things right. A return label was sent via email by Etsy and I repackaged the original orbs into their box, taped it up, and sent the package back via Federal Express.

The new medium sized orbs were ordered and arrived shortly thereafter, as soon as the large orbs were credited back to my account.

Here is one of the orbs situated into one of our urns. The fit and size of the medium orbs were perfect! (See below.)

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So how do you decorate with these garden orbs??

Here’s how I put mine together this season:

How to decorate for Christmas using a garden orb

• First, situate the feet of each rib into each urn packing dirt around them for stability.
• Add in faux or live plants to decorate for the season to each urn.
• Add in several types of real or faux greenery and picks of red berries for the holiday season.
• If you have curly willow or other twisting sticks to add vertical interest, add those too if you’d like. (I didn’t have any for mine.)

This arrangement will last through the holidays with pops of color with each red poinsettia. Later, the flowers can be removed and the remaining greenery will look good throughout the winter until spring.

The rest of our doorway area is dressed simply with a softly flocked wreath hung on our front door. Two more poinsettia picks were tucked into a small cement planter set into the wire plant stand to the right in the doorway.

A wooden gingerbread man I painted years ago adds his cheery presence to the scene.

Here’s how the garden orbs look all dressed up for the Christmas season at night, and…

Here is how one orb looks during the day. Three ornamental kale are planted in each planter and will really fill-in as the winter season progresses.

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How to take the garden orbs into the next season

As we head towards spring, simply remove the greenery stems and add Johnny jump-ups, violas, pansies and/or colorful spring snapdragons to change up the look for the upcoming season.

So easy to decorate with in your garden pots and urns! These Elysian medium size orbs are linked here. (not sponsored)

I am super pleased with the quality of each garden orbs’ hoops, the ease of putting them together and Red Barn White House’s customer service! They are having a sale through Etsy, if you are interested in ordering, and I wholeheartedly recommend them!

Let me know if you order them and what you think of these garden orbs. If you have something similar, let me know about those, too. I know that one of the Big Box store has some, but I don’t know the quality, nor if they are just raw steel, iron, or what.

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Enjoy your Christmas season,