If you’ve been with me for a while, you might remember the DIY hanging garden sphere that I shared this past spring. I made it by clipping together two wire hanging basket cages.
The baby juncos are long gone and, now that the holidays are upon us, these two hanging basket cages have a new job – this time as a lighted sphere for my front porch.
You can pretty much see how I made it just by looking at the photo – except for that spiky white thing inside.
It’s a huge allium seed head! It bloomed purple over the summer and then dried to a soft straw color.
I photographed it in a child’s car seat to give you an idea of just how huge it is.
There are so many varieties of larger alliums, and I don’t remember exactly which one I planted. But my educated guess is that it’s an Allium schubertii.
In early fall, when the blossom had gone to seed, I cut it and let it dry in my greenhouse.
Then I put the painted seed head inside the two hanging baskets and clipped the baskets together using the fastening clips from one of the hanging basket chains.
The allium seed head is now captive inside these two hanging basket cages, one of which is turned upside-down and set on top of the other. Then they are clipped together with, and suspended by, the hanging chain from one of the hanging baskets.
Getting the allium inside the sphere without damaging it was a bit of a challenge, but I just did my best.
I just secured the strand of lights with as many twist ties as was necessary, wrapping the strand around the outer circumference of the sphere several times and spacing the lights as evenly as I could.
I hung the sphere from a hook on the porch and voila – we now have a fun and budget-friendly addition to our outdoor Christmas lights.
And it’s large enough to lend a chandelier-like elegance to the front porch.
Of course, this sphere would look good even without the allium in the middle. But since I had it, I thought it was a fun addition.
I have made some of these spheres too and they are so lovely. Thank you for sharing with To Grandma’s House We Go, I’ll be featuring you at the next one.
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I have made some of these spheres too and they are so lovely. Thank you for sharing with To Grandma’s House We Go, I’ll be featuring you at the next one.
Thank you Chas, what an honor!!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing on Farm Fresh Tuesdays!
You’re welcome, thank for stopping by Lisa!