I made my own wreath this year from the shrubs and trees in our yard. The only additional supplies I used included: green floral wire, 18 inch metal frame, clippers and ribbon. The wreath took me less than two hours to make. I gathered about 10 to 20 stems from different varieties of shrubs and trees in our yard. The varieties are shown in photo below (clockwise): Arborvite, Holly, Laurel, Boxwood, Leland Cyprus, Thyme, Yew and Pieris (not in picture). I gathered about 5 to 6 stems into a bunch with the lighter foliage like boxwood, cyprus, thyme and pieris at top layer. I wrapped each bunch together with green floral wire at the stem.

I made 12 bunches (see photo below).

I secured each bunch onto the metal frame by wrapping the floral wire around stem of bunch and frame twice. I layered the full end of bunch over the previous stem until the metal frame was covered. I am happy with the result.

A free wreath from our yard. Next, I plan to make a smaller wreath for indoors with 12 inch metal frame. I plan to add pinecones and berries.