A group of women have been busy adding pops of colour and rainbow joys to one garden in Moss Vale, in what has become an annual tradition.
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That's right - the Moss Vale Evening (MVE) CWA is back in Leighton Gardens getting the trees rugged up for the chilly season with their Winter Warmers.
Twenty-four trees are wrapped in woolly scarves and patchworked wraps adorned with felted and knitted embellishments.
"We get the joy in the smiles and photos and reactions," MVE CWA President Jennifer Bowe OAM said.
The tradition started in 2020 to bring joy to residents in lockdown, and was a hit in 2021.
As the ladies have wrapped the trees in scarves when the weather has permitted, people have tooted their horns in appreciation, waved from their cars and given them thumbs up.
"I feel now the community feels like they own the Winter Warmers, not us, the President said.
"It has become a community asset."
When you look closer, you will see flowers, creatures such as a koala and kangaroo, and two redback spiders, which have been a crowd favourite.
The original spider was stolen in 2021 but was returned to the branch, and the other arachnid was crafted by a resident from Moss Vale.
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Crocheted love hearts and butterflies from two residents outside the Highlands can also be found.
Decorations are not just limited to the trunks - if you look up, of pom-poms made by students from Moss Vale Public School and St Paul's Catholic Primary School are hang among the leaves.
"You regularly see them wandering around the gardens asking 'where's mine?'" Mrs Bowe OAM said.
The branch plans to add some last minute touches such as extra pom-poms once the weather is more forgiving.
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