To follow is a visual collection of light rings which we have placed in winter containers over the past 15 years or so. This first picture is a detail of the last. The last picture features our current display of them at the shop. I am very pleased that adding strings of twig garland lights proved to be transformative. We will go on making them – in one form or another.
lighted ring lined with fir
five foot ring with red twig dogwood
galvanized snowflakes and snowball picks
Jackie Classic style steel box and light ring both fabricated at The Branch Studio
curly willow on either side of a ring
2′ and 3′ diameter light rings featuring cherry light strings and galvanized steel holly and berry garlands. The 5′ ring in the foreground is lighted with a Lumineo compact light set.
light ring in a thicket
2011
dried plants from the garden. The bright light in the foreground is a string of C7 incandescent lights piled up.
five foot ring lined with a boxwood garland
crisp and contemporary
alder branches
holiday
beaming in the rose arbor
cornus “Midwinter Fire” branches, magnolia branches and fir
alder branches and faux berry picks
white tipped green pinecone garlands and fir added to the rings
a client’s breathaking winter container featuring a five foot light ring
light ring wreathed in fir garland with a trio of steel pine cones
This three foot ring is additionally lighted with 2 strands of twig garland lights
Detroit Garden Works winter 2025
