Jo Ann Hunt (foreground) a member of the Garden Study Club of Hinsdale, sorts and trims evergreen boughs as the club makes a giant wreath to hang on the south wall of the Graue Mill in Oak Brook. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Dollie Krzyzewski (left) and Pamela Coan, both of Hinsdale, attach bundles of boughs to form a 10-foot wreath to hang outside the Graue Mill, an annual project for the Garden Study Club of Hinsdale. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Mary Ann Parks adds an evergreen sprig to her bundle of boughs. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Kathy Adamec of Hinsdale checks on her handful of boughs before attaching them in a bundle. | Jon Langham~for Sun-Times Media

Workers from the Cook County Forest Preserve District survey how the Christmas wreath they just hung on the Graue Mill looks Monday morning. | Kimberly Fornek—Sun-Times Media

This wreath hanging on the south wall of the Graue Mill is the handiwork of the Garden Study Club of Hinsdale, which made it from assorted evergreen boughs in less than two hours. | Kimberly Fornek—Sun-Times Media