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Dried Materials Needed for Wreath Festival

We are looking for donations of the materials listed below.

Donations can be left outside on the steps to the office located in the brown house at the end of the driveway.

Important!

All items must be dry upon donation.

Please lay out to dry before boxing or bagging, or collect while dry.

Use cardboard boxes or brown paper bags.

Wet items will grow mold and be unusable.

No plastic bags, they retain moisture and cause mold.

Acorns

Stored in cardboard boxes.

Pine Cones

All shapes and sizes. Carboard boxes or brown bags only.

Staghorn Sumac Berries

Clipped from branches.

Milkweed Pods

Fluffy seeds must be shaken out to spread new plants for next year.

Lichen

On branches or bark pieces.

Cinnamon Sticks.

All sizes.

Hydrangea

Best when cut and dried before color has faded or turned brown.

Moss

On branches or bark pieces.

Sweet Gum Pods

Stored in carboard boxes.

Hickory Nuts

Inner nut only. No outer green shells.

Sea Shells

Smaller sizes, nothing larger than a tennis ball.

Sedum Heads

Just the tops of the plant laid to dry before donating.