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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. 

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Milkweed Pods

Priority item needed 2025! 

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

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Foxtail Grasses

Just the tops, stored in cardboard boxes or brown bags.

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Moss

On branches or bark pieces.

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Sweet Gum Pods

Stored in carboard boxes. 

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White Pine Cones

Priority item needed 2025! 

Cones from White Pine Trees are the most popular. Store in cardboard boxes or brown bags only.

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Hickory Nuts

Inner nut only. No outer green shells. 

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Sea Shells

Smaller sizes, nothing larger than a tennis ball.

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Sedum Heads

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

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Pine Cones

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

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Acorns

Stored in cardboard boxes. 

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Cinnamon Sticks.

All sizes. 

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Honey Locust Pods

Stored in cardboard boxes

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Hydrangea

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

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Lichen

On branches or bark pieces.

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Staghorn Sumac Berries

Clipped from branches.

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Craft Birds

Decorative craft birds.

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