These Wreaths make a perfect festive decoration to keep & treasure & maybe use all year round as a beautiful ornamental piece. These sculptures are intended to rust & will do easily subjected to our British weather however you can speed up the process by spraying some water on the surface every few days or alternatively add a mixture of 1 part household vinegar to 20 parts water spray or brush onto the surface a couple of times to quicken up the transformation. The steel composition at molecular level rusts only on the surface & does not penetrate deeper. It is an expensive steel that lasts a lifetime.