Countdown to Christmas - Dec 1 - Weird and Wonderful Christmas Trees

As a gardener, I am interested in the natural Christmas tree.  My own Christmas tree is decorated with Poinsettias, birds, leaves, holly berries and similar plant-like material.  I realize it is artificial and not real, and yet it seems like a vertical garden when I look at it.  I have two sides to the tree - the sun-filled side with red as the major colour theme, and then the moon-lit side, with silver and white as the colour theme.

Well, today's 2 trees come from Longwood Gardens a few years ago.  These Christmas trees are alive and living plants.  They are wonderfully creative and imaginative.

Can you see what this first one is made of?  It is parsley!  Beautifully done.

And how about this second tree with its distinctive shape and beautiful branches - all made out of tropical succulent hens and chicks, set in Spanish moss.

Longwood's Christmas has started, so there's time to plan, schedule and get there for a visit of a Christmas lifetime.