I am a HUGE fan of preserved plants. They don’t look waxy like fake plants do because they are actually real. I read online that you can preserve your own plants, but it sounds like a messy project with glycerine involved.
Restoration Hardware actually carries my favorite (and most reasonably priced) preserved boxwood globes. They come in all different sizes and all in these simple and classic concrete-looking planters.
I have the smallest globe (5″ tall- in the first photo) sitting on our entry console. I usually have fresh flowers here too and they look so pretty sitting next to each other. Like most New Yorkers, we don’t get a lot of light at the back of our apartment, so my boxwood gives me a little punch of everlasting green life.
I use them in a lot of my client projects too. They are just so easy to care for! No watering is needed at all. And if they start looking a little dusty you can just mist them with a water bottle.
YAY – didnt know RH had them! Thanks for the source!
Bethany
http://powellbrower.blogspot.com/2012/01/jetsetting-in-style.html
PERFECT! My entry is so dark and I keep killnig everything I put there, I'm going to get one this weekend!
Great find!
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I'm always looking to add pops of greenery to different spaces too-it makes such a great impact. Thanks for sharing-you're blog is a "go to" for me!
I'd love a preserved plant, thanks for the information! Do you know anything about preserving branches (with blooms)- been thinking about it a lot lately, I'll have to do some research.
I'd like to add some life to our living room and these might do the trick! I'm all about low maintenance.
P.S. I love the patterned box in the first photo.
Is that a horn tray from RH? What size?
Nice! I need to grab some of those. I am the worst with plants. Thanks!
oooh those would be perfect on our shelves between the dining and living room. I've got moss covered balls there now but I love the look of the boxwoods!
love these little boxwood spheres! great touch in any room.
These are so cute! I wonder if Home Depot has them (I have a credit there!) I need some green in my home.
I love these! And I am seriously picky about my indoor plants/flowers. Fake ones look so fake I just can't get over it but these are perfection! Thanks for sharing!
That's so cool, I've never heard of preserved plants!
THank you for this post! I have 2 boxwood globes that need a home and this gets me thinking about different containers I can use for them.
No way! I saw this exact little green number (planter and all) today at one of my favorite reataurants and was dying to know the origin of it! Not a day goes by that you don't post something relevant and exttemely helpful.
Thanks so much for everything you share, Jenny! And happy weekend!
Live Inspired,
Heidi
athousandlaughingstarfish.blogspot.com
Sooo pretty! I'm adding them to my bday wish list – thanks for the tip!
Wherever did you find that light blue credenza/buffet cabinet in the background of that last pic??? F.A.B.!!
Great tip! I tend to kill all plant life. These are perfect, thank you!
I love the artwork in the first photo. Who is the watercolor of Westminster by?
Oh dahhling I am a huge fan of the preserved boxwood myself. I have a great many of all the sizes all over the house. They just add that beautiful shade of green that is impossible to keep all year round indoors.
LOVE preserved boxwood! I have a wreath and 2 balls in our house. They always smell like fish to me when I first buy them, but that usually goes away pretty quickly. *I think we have the same horn tray. Is it from RH???
So pretty! Thanks for sharing, I love the look…and no watering, perfect.
Love the plants added in – adds so much life! Looks lovley!
Yes, great find!
I love all your vignettes!
You mean the boxwood is not real:)
I picked up some at Meijer for around $12.99 each. They are 11" in height with almost the exact container. A little better deal than the RH price.
so cute. i needed something new for my entry table and they may just do the trick! i think i opened your account at cowtan & tout… u look familiar :) ! have a great day!
harika
http://www.fullcanlitvizle.blogspot.com
HI
Preserved Boxwoods
Great post! and incredible blog ! Very helpful post! I must say. Simple & interesting. Wonderful work!
thank you!
Hi Jenny,
I came across your blog… love it. I have a web site with a large selection of preserved boxwood: http://www.bella-marie.com/preservedboxwood.aspx
Hope you check it out sometime,
Amy