Tansy Wreath
I’m always scouring ditches for treasures (flowers, moss, wood, you name it), and one of my favourite flowers is the wild Tansy. It’s abundant, beautiful, free, and it makes for a lovely wreath, or bouquet.
I know that in some parts, it’s considered invasive…
but I say, invade… (perhaps farmers do not)…
Tansy Wreath
To make the wreath, I simply clipped off the flower heads and pushed the stems into a willow wreath that I purchased at Michaels.
Start at the bottom and push the flower heads up the left side of the base, then up the right side of the base until they meet at the top.
At the bottom, I created a little spray by pushing the flowers in from the left, and in from the right, and then secured them with some twine. Easy Peasy!
Definitely a country bouquet.
Gorgeous!
Love, love, love that wreath! :)
I’ve never seen this flower before. I think it’s beautiful. Great job on the wreath and simply putting them in the silver pail makes for a gorgeous display.
really beautiful! it brings back memories of the smell when, as a kid in wis, i used to squish the heads between my fingers.
The wreath is beautiful and should add so much color where ever you decide to place it…..
Great job…
Powerfu, autum color and certainly has the WOW factor. so lovely Barb.l
What a wonderful idea. Plenty of tansy around these parts but most of mine finds it’s way into the dye pot. The wreath is gorgeous though :)
Beautiful!
I think it’s so nice that you’ve kindly included the word ‘simply’ in your instructions – if you were instructing me you’d have to be blatantly ‘telling’ me, if not completely directing me! What a lovely result though – and I really enjoyed looking at your last two photos in the post.
This is just beautiful! I”m sure it will look lovely as it dries too! I’m visiting from the Sunday Best link party.
Christy @ Creating a Beautiful Life
Your wreath is gorgeous!
This is one gorgeous wreath, Barb! How do the tansy flowers dry? Do they wilt much or stay pretty intact?
This page really has all the information I needed about this
subject and didn’t know who to ask.
Beautiful, I do not think it grows around me wild. I was wondering if it dries well? I do a lot of dried work lately and I am always looking for flowers that dry and hold there vibrant colors.