Current Obsessions: Hygge Holiday

Amidst the hustle and bustle, here are 9 things to know.

Above: A winter visit to Stone Barns in upstate New York; see Ask the Expert: Winter Garden Tips from Stone Barns Center.

• To be filed under “most creative use of lichen”: A DIY old man’s beard light catcher for the holidays.
• Are gardeners more likely to live to a hundred?
• Attention, LA readers: a workshop to make Christmas ornaments with succulents.
• Another New York story: He designed NYC’s Central Park. Now his home on Staten Island is abandoned. Can it be saved?
• Will you be in Philadelphia December 20? If so, plant swap!
• Quebec, are you going to this plant swap party today?
• 14 gifts for the zero-waster on your list.
• And: the DIY, no-waste way to wrap gifts this year.
• To make this weekend: a DIY leather storage tray.

Previously in Obsessions:

• Current Obsessions: Houseplant Holiday
• Current Obsessions: ‘Round the Tree
• Current Obsessions: After the Feast