Tiered Tomato Cage Christmas Trees

This tutorial shows how to make a tomato Christmas tree. Three different trees using the same sized cage.

A couple years ago I shared how I made my tomato cage Christmas tree. Well this year I decided to take it a step further and make tiered tomato cage Christmas trees using three tomato cages of the same size.

I also wanted to make them easier to anchor into the ground, so I adapted my original version. Think of it as perfecting the art of crafting a tomato cage Christmas tree.

Before I go into the tutorial, let me say that these are ridiculously easy to make and can last years if properly taken care of. Plus, they cost a fraction of what you’d pay to buy them pre-made.

Tomato Cage Christmas Tree Supplies

3 tomato cages of the same size … you can buy a set of 4 heavy-duty cages here
6 strands of 9 foot WIRED, unlit garland (I used 9 ft Holiday Living garland from Lowe’s)
5 strands of 100 lights … found here
3 bows
zip ties … found here

Note: I used 54 inch tall tomato cages.

Trim the Cages

I use unlit garland because should the lights go out, it’s much more of a pain to get the lights to turn back on. If I used unlit garland and use strands of lights on top of the garland, I can easily remove the lights and add new ones.

* The photo above doesn’t show the correct amounts, but I wanted to show the exact products I used for my tomato cage Christmas trees.

Snip the tomato cages to make them into three different sizes. You need to cut all three. Here’s Brad making the middle size tree with heavy-duty pliers.

When you’re done you should have tomato cages like the following:
1- 3 ring, 1- 2 ring, 1- 1 ring

This results in tomato cage Christmas trees that are approximately 50 inches, 36 inches, and 30 inches tall.

Because I’m an awesome blogger, I changed things up and forgot to take a photo so I used my clearly professionally-trained Photoshop skills to create the smallest tree on the right side.

I purposely left the stakes at the bottom of the trees so they can easily be pushed into the ground.

When you’re done creating the tiered trees, use a zip tie to make a point at the top of the trees.

Add Garland to the Cages

Then, it’s time to fluff your garland. Going from this:

To this:

I’m going to show you have to attach the garland to the largest tomato cage Christmas tree. You do the same thing for the other trees, you’ll just use less garland. I’ll tell you how much garland and lights I used on both trees later on.

The garland I purchased came with this great wire on both ends so I just wrapped it onto the cage.

Now, wrap the garland around the cage and secure it with the wire on the opposite end.

I didn’t feel the need to secure the garland more than that, but if you want, you could use some zip ties to attach it to the cage between the two ends.

This tutorial shows how to make a tomato Christmas tree. Three different trees using the same sized cage.

Tomato Cage Christmas Tree Supplies

Trim the Cages

Add Garland to the Cages

Add the Lights

Top with Bows

Here’s the breakdown for each tomato cage Christmas tree:

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