Be sure to wear non-porous gloves when working with the sphagnum moss as its natural bacteria can irritate your
skin.
Rip some sphagnum moss into large strips and let them soak in a tub of water for a few minutes.
Place the wreath form on your working surface, flat side up.
Remove the strips of moss from the water, wring them out and pack them into the wreath. form. Let the strips overlap and
be sure to let plenty of moss hang over the outside edge of the form. You will use this moss later to cover the potting soil
and help secure your plants.
Continue packing in moss until the entire form is covered, but leave enough room to pack the potting soil on top of it.
Pack lightly moistened potting soil (a spray bottle works well for moistening) into your moss covered wreath form, and be
sure to create a generous mound of dirt for your plants to flourish in.
Next, wrap the sphagnum moss around the soil mound and use your floral wire to secure it at the top, bottom and two
sides. To do this, begin at the top of the wreath form and attach the end of the floral wire to the outer rim of the form.
Stretch the moss up and over the mound of dirt and loop the floral wire through the center of the form.
Continue this technique until the wreath form is divided into quarters with loose moss still hanging over the sides in
each of the four sections.Tip: Some garden supply stores offer prepared wreath forms that come already stuffed with
moss and soil. These can be a great time-saving shortcut, just be sure you choose plants that will thrive in the soil that
comes with the form.
Next position you plants around the form and decide on their placement.
Larger plants should be placed in the soil first, pull the moss still hanging over the sides of your wreath form up and
over the base of the new plantings, and secure them with floral wire.
Use your long tweezers or chopsticks to poke a hole in the soil. Place smaller plants or cuttings into the hole and pack
the soil around it. Use the moss and floral pins or a length of floral wire to secure the small plants.