Fall Flower Arrangement Tips
- A fall tablescape or floral arrangement makes the perfect centerpiece for your dining table. Be sure to keep your floral design low so that people aren’t blocked by it; this is one of the most common mistakes people make when designing floral arrangements for the dining table.
- Fall bouquets are great for decorating a table in your entry or foyer, end tables and coffee tables in your family and living room spaces, giving your guest bedroom and bathrooms a fresh look for the autumn season or adding a focal point on display shelves in any room in your home.
- A fall wreath will give your home’s front door entrance a nice touch of autumn, greeting guests with color and warmth.
- Pumpkins are a fall favorite and make a great base for flower arrangements; you can cut the top to create a vessel inside which you can place floral foam to support your flowers, using sunflowers, orange or red roses, berry branches and dried grasses to design your arrangement.
- Fall fruits such as grapes, apples and mini pumpkins can also make great fall tablescapes and floral arrangements. Use candles or votives to give your fall tablescape an added touch of color and warmth.
- Wicker baskets are great for fall floral designs; try using chrysanthemums, sunflowers, tiny pumpkins, white gourds, gerberas, acorns, dry ferns and other natural fall plants to create a decorative fall basket.
- Remember to decorate outdoors also. Find a corner on the porch, a bench, pedestal or table in the garden that can display some pumpkins and fall foliage.
- You can place a pumpkin on any pedestal, urn or container in your garden. Put some rocks or bark underneath to keep if from rotting too quickly from heavy morning dew and fall rain storms.
Published 10/24/08
