It’s time to decorate for the Christmas season ? if you need help, designers at Bordine Nursery stand ready to assist.
At the greenhouse and show room on Dixie Highway and I-75, more than 25 theme trees, created by in-store designers, are displayed. This year, one of them is decorated with stuffed, toy cats, another in a peacock theme.
‘The kids love to come see them,? said Cathy Briton, Bordine general manager. ‘Families make two or three trips per season.?
At the beginning of the season, buckets of ribbon, plants, toys, and other materials are placed around the trees, and the designers make their own creations.
‘We look at what materials we have to work with, then choose a theme,? said Sharon Tinker, a designer with Bordine’s for the past six years.
‘Choose a couple of things for your theme, then buy a lot of it,? she suggested.
Ribbon is a good material for Christmas tree decoration. It can be cut into bows and used as ornaments, or wrapped around the tree, although that can be overdone.
‘Don’t take a whole bolt and loop it around the tree,? Tinker said.
The store offers conventionally decorated Christmas trees, as well as the more exotic ones.
‘We have the traditional, elegent trees, and trees that are different, more whimsical and fun,? Briton said.
New this year are custom, seasonal, potted arrangements that people can display all winter. Customers can bring their own urns or pots, and Bordine designers will fill them with their choice of evergreen, dogwood, bamboo, birch, corkscrew willow, salt cedar, and other live branches.
‘They all have different colors and textures,? Briton said. ‘This is something you can leave out all winter and not worry about it.?
Bordine’s also helps community groups and school children with fund raisers, and assists the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce with its annual downtown Christmas decoration project.
‘We like to give back to the community,? Briton said.