Mingione's Country Cottage Home is a family owned and operated  company, located in Lexington, Indiana. 

The Mingione family has been in the business of finely handcrafted gifts for nearly 20 years.

Mingione's Country Cottage Home began  18 years ago as MINGIONE'S GARDENS  making  fine Herbal Wreaths, Swags, and Spice Garlands.  Our award winning gingerbread line started totally by accident in the early 90's , when we were trying to fill our handmade wooden bowls with something to help retail sales at our Mingione's Gardens retail store on Main Street in Madison, Indiana.  We did not sell many bowls, however we did sell a lot of our handmade primitive bowl fillers, and we still do.  Each individual piece of gingerbread is handmade and there are approx. 7-8 pieces per bag in our primtive bowl filler line,therfore we make hundreds ~ thousands of pieces per week.   Our primitive candle line was developed about four years ago out of frustration of not finding heavily scented candles with a super grubby texture to match our bowl fillers.  Little did we know at the time what a huge hit these candles, combined with our handmade gingerbread would be.

Every product offered by Mingione's Country Cottage Home is handmade by us on our farm in Lexington, Indiana.  Since every product is handmade with our own hands we can almost promise you that no two are ever alike. 

We ship all orders primarily through Fed Ex Ground.  We have found Fed Ex Ground drivers to be kinder to our products.  Having said that we can also say we have an outstanding claims record. (only a handful of claims last year.) So as a customer you can rest assured your products will arrive as beautiful as they were when they were made.

As you browse through our extensive line of primitive wreaths, and cottage herbal wreaths, you will notice that some products contain the words "naturally dried" in the description.  Most all of those products were indeed grown here by us as well.  We also preserve and seal all dried products so that they will last for years.

NOW FOR OUR FRESH BERRY WREATHS

Mingione's  Gardens Country Cottage Home also carries a large line of Fresh Bittersweet Wreaths and swags, as well as a large line of Fresh Rosehip Wreaths.  These products are our signiture lines.  We have been producing them for many, many years.  We can no longer accept orders on our rosehip wreaths due to overwhelming orders.  Fresh Berry wreaths are reserved by most customers up to a year in advance.  Some of these customers have had standing orders for the past 10 years to ship a certain number on a certain date, every year.  (We told you we made finely handcrafted products!)

Bittersweet Wreaths are available on a first come first serve basis~ HOWEVER, these are a product of nature therfore we can make no promises as to the date they will arrive or availabilty.  The best we can do is put your name down and call, fax or email you before we ship.  (NOTE...a credit card number must be provided in order to reserve bittersweet wreaths and swags.) We can tell you we will do everything in our power to get them to you.  Please contact  one of our floral representatives at  our Mingione's Gardens  floral barn at  812 866 4660   today for additional information.

Bittersweet wreaths are available August 15-November 15, (remember first come, first serve; so the customers with standing orders get the early shipments, any  orders taken after Feb. will usually ship in September or October. It is also important for our customers to know a little about our BITTERSWEET.  We use two types of bittersweet in our wreaths,  (Tame bittersweet which we grow here, small berry, very pliable,  and very durable). We also use Wild bittersweet which  is also grown here. ( Larger berries that hand like clusters of grapes, not as durable, but more colorful). All Fresh Berry Wreaths are built on a combination wreath base of grapevine and twigs.  This will help give the berry some protection and a better base for the berry as it dries and shrinks.  All  products are very full!

Medium 12" wreaths  are $15.00 each (minimum 6 of a size)

Large 18" wreaths are $19.00 each ( minimum 6 of a size)

X Large 25" wreaths are  $26.00 each ( minimum 6 of a size)

16" Bittersweet /Twigs/Pumpkin Sign Swags  $8.00  (minimum 12 )  BEST SELLER!

To get on the list you will need to contact us via Email         mingiones@yahoo.com