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Tips for Elevating Your Autumnal Home Decor with Fresh Blooms

Protea and fall flowers

As the crisp air of autumn sets in, it’s time to cozy up your home with warm, inviting decor that reflect the beauty of the season. While pumpkins, gourds, and rich color palettes naturally spring to mind, fresh flowers can also play a major role in transforming your space into an autumnal oasis. Whether you’re decorating your front porch or setting a seasonal tablescape, blooms bring vibrancy, texture, and freshness to the typical fall décor lineup. At Cascade Floral Wholesale in Everett, Washington, we’ll show you how you can elevate your autumn home decor with fresh flowers in creative and inviting ways.

Adorn Exteriors with Floral Garlands

One of the best ways to make a welcoming statement is by dressing up your exterior spaces with floral garlands. Think railings, porch posts, and around doorways — these are the perfect spots to string together bursts of color that embrace autumn’s best hues. The key is to mix deep reds, oranges, and yellows with a variety of textures that mimic the season’s natural beauty.

Zinnias and gerbera daisies are great flower choices for this purpose, as they come in bold, rich shades and have sturdy stems that hold up well outdoors. Pair these blooms with leafy accents in warm tones, like burgundy and amber, to give your garland depth and an organic feel. The look will give your home an instant boost of curb appeal that’ll make your space look like it’s been pulled from the pages of a fall décor magazine.

Outdoor porch decorated with flower garlands and pumpkins

Create Fall Wreaths for Indoor and Outdoor Spaces

Whether hung on your front door or displayed inside, fall wreaths made with fresh flowers are an easy yet elegant way to bring seasonal style to any space. For fall-inspired wreaths, dahlias and sunflowers are two standout choices that come in a range of warm hues, like yellows and peaches — perfect for celebrating the changing leaves and cooler temps.

Start with a simple grapevine or wire wreath base, and weave in flowers, focusing on the largest blooms (like sunflowers) to create focal points. Fill in the gaps with red berries and add subtle greenery to balance out the boldness of the blossoms. These wreaths bring color and life to your home and can be customized to your liking, whether you prefer more rustic tones or want to go for something modern with peachy hues.

Hands holding fall wreath with flowers and berries

Enhance Tables with Seasonal Centerpieces

Nothing pulls a table together like a stunning seasonal centerpiece. This fall, consider stepping away from traditional arrangements and lean into something a bit more unique. Incorporating proteas into your centerpiece instantly adds texture and intrigue — they’re bold, long-lasting, and pair beautifully with autumn’s rich color palette.

For added greenery, eucalyptus is a fantastic choice. Its silvery-green tone is the perfect complement to the warm oranges, yellows, and deep reds we associate with autumn. You can even scatter acorns or gourds around the arrangement to complete the look. This kind of centerpiece feels both luxurious and cozy, perfect for family gatherings or a laid-back autumn dinner party.

Centerpiece from above with protea and pumpkins

Arrange Halloween Floral Bouquets

Fall isn’t just about Thanksgiving and pumpkins — it’s also Halloween season! And what better way to celebrate than by incorporating a spooky touch to your florals? Halloween bouquets can be fun and festive, with a bit of dark drama thrown in.

To lean into the holiday without going too over the top, combine red roses and sunflowers for a mix of gothic elegance and autumn warmth. Use a vessel that features Halloween imagery — like a vase decorated with bats, witches, or pumpkins — to tie in the spooky theme. These bouquets are perfect for displaying on entryway tables, mantelpieces, or even as centerpieces for a Halloween party.

Halloween themed floral bouquet

Don’t Be Afraid to Embrace Pastels and Jewel Tones

While autumn is typically associated with deep reds, oranges, and yellows, there’s no reason you can’t embrace pastels and jewel tones this season, too. These refreshing arrangements offer a welcome twist on the usual fall décor, bringing a softer, more romantic vibe to your space.

Use pink and purple roses or ranunculus for these arrangements. Their soft, rounded petals add a delicate feel, while still having enough visual interest to hold their own among more traditional fall decor. To play up the season, place these flowers in vessels shaped like pumpkins — whether they’re ceramic or shimmery — for a playful yet sophisticated nod to the season.

Pink and purple roses in pumpkin vase

Fall decor is about warmth, texture, and celebrating the beauty of nature as it transitions into its more muted, cozy phase. By incorporating fresh flowers into your autumnal decor, you can elevate the atmosphere with delicious color, unexpected textures, and a little bit of whimsy. At Cascade Floral Wholesale, we have the blooms you need to welcome the season of gratitude.

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DIY Pumpkin Flower Arrangement for Thanksgiving

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Bring the beauty of fall into your home with a charming and easy-to-make pumpkin floral arrangement. It’s a simple and festive way to decorate your home with fall’s beauty. A warm and welcoming floral bouquet of the season’s gorgeous rich color palette is a great way to celebrate autumn, spruce up your home, and add simple elegance to your Thanksgiving table. 

autumn floral bouquet in a pumpkin vase for Halloween. Table setting for wedding

How to Make a Pretty Pumpkin Floral Arrangement

How to make a Thanksgiving centerpiece - step by step: flowers and accessories.

Tools you’ll need: 

  • Small to medium-sized pumpkin (select one with a level bottom, so the pumpkin doesn’t lean to the side)
  • Pumpkin carving knife or a regular sharp knife
  • Flower clippers or sharp scissors
  • Narrow vessel (tall shot glass or skinny vase) to place inside the pumpkin
  • Gorgeous fresh seasonal blooms of different sizes, colors, and textures 

How to make a Thanksgiving centerpiece: bouquet of flowers in pumpkin.

How to make the flower bouquet

  1. Carve a hole in the top of the pumpkin large enough for the glass vase (or vessel holding the flowers) to fit inside. 
  2. Scoop out all the seeds and save them for later (to roast for a snack, add to salads or smoothies, or dry them and let the squirrels, deer, and birds enjoy them).
  3. Fill the vase with ½ to ¾ of water and place it inside the pumpkin. You do not want water to sit directly within the pumpkin itself – it will get messy quickly. You can also place a water-saturated piece of floral foam into the bottom of the vase instead of water.
  4. Once the vessel is in, you can begin designing your bouquet. Start with filling in the greenery first. Seeded eucalyptus or silver eucalyptus are great options for starting with. Fall leaves and branches are also excellent design choices.

Beautiful bouquet of flowers: white, pink and burgundy peonies

           You can also create the flower arrangement in the vessel before you put it into the pumpkin if you prefer.

          5. Add sturdy flowers, followed by berries or other filler florals to fill in the spaces and complete the look. Since this is a centerpiece, you’ll want the arrangement to be viewable from all sides. Turn the pumpkin as you work to ensure it’s balanced and full all around. 

 

Tips for success: 

  • Use a flower frog to secure stems and assist in creating a rounded and balanced arrangement. A flower frog is an object made of metal, wood, ceramic, or plastic with evenly spaced holes for placing flowers into. 

Vintage metal flower cage used for arrangements

  • Place the vessel you’ve selected to go inside the pumpkin on top and trace around it with a sharp knife. Then using the tracing as a guide, cut deeper and carve out the pumpkin meat to create a hollow center so that that vessel will fit in snugly.
  • Use a spoon to scoop out the pulp – it works great at hollowing out pumpkins.
  • If using floral foam, leave it in water until it stops releasing bubbles. This is how you know it’s completely saturated. Don’t force or push the foam under the water; let it sink naturally. 
  • If you don’t have a flower frog, no need to go out and buy one – just use floral tape (or any thin tape) to create a grid over the opening of the vessel.
  • Make sure to cut the stems of your flowers at a 45-degree angle before placing them in water or floral foam. Place the longest stems in the center at different angles to create a domed look.
  • Make a trio of pumpkin bouquets with different-sized pumpkins for a more festive fall-inspired look. 
  • Use white pumpkins to elevate the design and give contrast to the richly-colored fall florals.
  • Paint the pumpkin a fun color or add succulents instead of flowers for a fun, chick look. 
  • Don’t fuss too much about the design. Looking carefree and fuss-free is the goal of the arrangement and what makes it charming. 

Decorated pink pumpkin with succulents, flowers and leaves at the greek garden shop in October. Vertical.

Non-carving method: 

Choose a level pumpkin of any color and place a block of water-saturated floral foam on top, pushing down onto the stem until it’s secure. Start building your arrangement laying a base of greenery to cover the foam. Build arrangement and fill in any areas showing the foam, so it’s fairly well concealed. 

Beautiful autumn bouquet in pumpkin on table