Article: Three fresh looks for the mantel.

Professional designers show how to use material from the garden and nursery for the holidays

ON COLD WINTER NIGHTS WHEN relatives and friends gather for the holidays, festivities often center around the hearth. As the focal point of many living and family rooms, the fireplace becomes the perfect setting for adding some drama to holiday decorating, using a variety of materials collected from the garden and purchased at a nursery or flower market.

For inspiration, we asked floral designers in Oakland, San Diego, and Menlo Park, California, to design mantel decorations that would be both spectacular and surprising, yet quick to put together. What you see here ...

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