We put our first bottle tree in the yard more than 30 years ago – a “trunk” and “branches” made of iron rods, with wine bottles slipped over the “branches” to mimic foliage. Today there are bottle trees, bushes, and planters made of iron or copper rods and bottles of different sizes and colors. Latest improvements: painted flowers and leaves on the bottles. We first saw it in the Wind and Weather catalog. The metal “tree” costs about $69 and the set of 14 painted bottles about $90. Why not personalize the decoration by having family paint the bottles? Many restaurants and bars are happy to give away empty bottles.