Creating enchanting home displays for the holidays can be a costly, time-consuming undertaking. If you’re running behind on sprucing up the home, consider turning to Mother Nature for inspiration.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac offers plenty of tips for decking the halls with natural materials in the garden or backyard.

Start by searching your backyard or garden space for fascinating foliage, berries, dried flower heads and seedpods. Gather some evergreen cuttings to enhance your wreath, swag, garland or arrangement. Greens like holly, mountain laurel and boxwood mix beautifully with evergreens such as cedar, fir, yew clippings, spruce or balsam.

Look for color and freshness in natural materials, and avoid using brittle, limp or faded materials. Gently bend the needles or leaves on the fresh greens, and cut them only if they’re pliable.

Now is a good time to trim overgrown yews—their needles can be repurposed as a wreath background or arrangement filler.

Dried plants also make charming natural accents, including hydrangea flowers; herbs such as santolina, lavender and sage; and sprays of ornamental grasses.

Add a rustic touch to arrangements with mosses, lichens and strips of birch bark. For bold pops of color, search for red sumac heads, rose hips, winterberry or viburnum berries. Add intrigue with interesting seed pods from milkweed, iris, daylily, peony, rue, nigella and poppy plants.

You also can collect cones from evergreen trees like hemlock, spruce and pine to add to wreaths, baskets bowls and even fireplaces. Grapevine, red twig dogwood and stems of aromatic herbs can be repurposed for wreath bases.

Sprinkle nature’s gifts throughout the home with simpler arrangements. Fill a vase with lush evergreen branches and add some festive ornaments; surround tea lights in natural evergreens and pinecones; fill clear jars with bright red cranberries, greenery and pinecones; or grab some oranges from the kitchen to make clove-studded pomander balls.

For more tips on creating enchanting holiday décor with natural materials, visit the Old Farmer’s Almanac website.

Many Virginia Christmas tree farms sell wreaths and other festive garlands during the holidays. To find a Christmas tree farm near you, visit the Virginia Grown website.