The Best Garland

Pest Strategies

Garlands are an easy and accessible way to decorate your home according to the season. Pest Strategies researched several products on Amazon to help you find the best garland for your space. Learn more about our top recommendations below.

1 Best ivy garland
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GZ8HQZD

CQURE

What We Like: These ivy garlands make the perfect decoration for multiple areas around your home. A versatile accent for events such as weddings and baby or bridal showers, the 12 seven-foot strands can be trimmed to fit in smaller areas or connected to fully cover tables and entryways. Their realistic appearance will breathe life into your home or event space.

2 Most realistic
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TYWCFRK

DearHouse

What We Like: Versatile and beautiful, invite the changing of the seasons into your home or outdoor living space with the help of these decorative garland strands. They’re made using quality plastic and silk cloth leaves, and the garland stems are made of flexible wire, allowing you to effortlessly wrap them around a stair banister, doorframe, fireplace, and other highly trafficked areas of your home.

3 Best floral garland
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076RDSMD8

Miracliy

What We Like: Boasting a real flower garland in your home or event space invokes pleasant aromas and a true sense of beauty, but the upkeep of these plants makes a real floral garland a poor investment. For a long-lasting and worry-free solution that mimics the same beauty associated with real roses, this garland set is ideal. Offered in a pack containing five individual garland strands, these faux floral arrangements total 41 feet in length to decorate multiple items.

4 Best pre-lit garland
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EJ2DFZ2

National Tree Company

What We Like: For a go-to festive garland that lights up by simply plugging it in, this nine-foot artificial garland strand shines brilliantly. Since it’s fake, you don’t have to worry about the upkeep of real tree materials, but it’s also durable and lifelike, boasting 180 individually-crafted branch tips. The 10-inch width makes it the perfect size to fit evenly over your door frames, entryways, and other areas both inside and outside of your home.

5 Longest strand
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VB2MW4M

CCINEE

What We Like: This decorative garland strand checks all of the boxes: it’s durable, lightweight, flexible, low-maintenance, hypo-allergenic, and can easily be layered with other decorations, such as a strand of lights, to add more charm to your space. The vivid dark green color and wide, dense pieces of tinsel are designed to hide the flexible piece of wire in the center of the strand, resembling a realistic look that will last you many years.

Buying Guide

There are a variety of garland types and styles designed to match your desired decor. Here are a few primary considerations.

Real vs. fake: Decorative garlands are made using fake or real materials. While genuine ivy or real plant-based garlands require plenty of water, sunshine, and care to be kept alive, fake garlands made from silk, plastic, and other materials won’t require any maintenance. We recommend a “fake” garland if you’d like to use the same strands for multiple years or seasons.

Length: Some garlands come in one long, uniform strand, while others are available in multiple strands that total their advertised length. Measure the area where you’d like to situate your garland ahead of time before you make a purchase.

Design: Many garlands are seasonal — some feature bright green ivy leaves, while others use darker shades of red and yellow. Garlands also utilize a range of flexibility; some garland hangers aren’t designed to bend or take shape to objects, while others can easily wrap around banisters, chairs, or other furniture items.

Pre-lit: Many decorative garland strands have lights built into them. Some of these lights twinkle, dim, or feature varying brightness settings.

Battery-operated: As the name suggests, battery-operated lights use AA, AAA, or CR batteries to power the garland lights. You’ll have to replace the batteries over time, but you can place these garlands just about anywhere without needing to be near a power outlet.

Plug-in: Conversely, plug-in garland lights must be plugged into an outlet to operate. Though this may limit where you can place your garland, plug-ins can offer brighter lumen output than their battery-operated counterparts, and you won’t need to worry about replacing batteries.

FAQs

How do I store my garland?

To get the most repeated use out of your garland, gently coil it or wrap it around a holder and place it in between soft or cushioned items in a box or tub. You can also simply hang it around a holder in your storage area to prevent tangling.

What type of garland lasts the longest?

Though any fake or “faux” garland will last just about as long as you own it, cedar and pine materials are understood to stay freshest the longest if you want a garland or wreath made from real trees.

How do I secure my garland onto a surface or object?

Making sure your garland stays put depends on the type of garland and where you intend to place or hang it. Threading your garland through a banister may hold on its own, but clear tape will help hold it in place. Many hanging garlands come with a hook or sticky materials to hang them.

Pest Strategies provides reviews of select products that are top-selling on Amazon and/or popular in consumer searches. Our team evaluates the products based on industry research, consumer reviews, pricing data, and other objective criteria. Unless otherwise noted, these product reviews are intended to help inform buying decisions for non-professionals. Because pest control products can be dangerous to your family if mishandled, we always recommend consulting with an exterminator, even if just to ask for advice on how to apply pest control products yourself.