Live centerpieces have a short but eventful career: admired on Friday, watered on Saturday, quietly drooping by the following Thursday. This one has opted out of the whole cycle.
Assorted leafy greens fill a 22-inch wooden planter box, and clusters of frosted white berries give the arrangement a wintry edge. A simulated soil surface completes the impression of a freshly planted box, and the long rectangular shape runs neatly down the center of a table.
Set it on the dining table, a sideboard or the console in the hall; a covered porch suits it too. It’s built from non-allergenic materials that also resist fire, a comfort in a household with allergy sufferers. It will never need watering, and it will never hold that against you.
