There are many ways to create beautiful autumn flower arrangements for seasonal weddings, celebrations, gifts, and home decor. Changing up the colors, flowers, and other elements in your arrangements will help you seamlessly transition from bright summer blooms to earthy autumn designs. Follow these tips to create beautiful floral arrangements that fit the season!
Use Flowers that Are in Season
Seasonal flowers will look freshest in autumn flower arrangements.
Everyone looks forward to the first blooms of spring, but many flowers bloom later in the year or continue blooming for many months. Flowers that bloom in autumn are a natural choice for seasonal floral arrangements. They’ll look fresh and beautiful, which you always want in an arrangement. A few flowers that bloom in fall include
- Chrysanthemums
- Asters
- Sunflowers
- Japanese anemone
- Coneflowers
- Cock’s combs
- Dahlias
- Hydrangeas
- Sweet alyssum
- Black-eyed Susans
Choose a Seasonal Color Palette
Your customers will be eager for new colors after the bright bouquets of spring and summer. Color palettes for autumn flower arrangements can go in two directions. Use flaming colors reminiscent of changing leaves or move to more muted, earthy tones. Choose from these appealing options:
- Reds
- Burgundy
- Oranges
- Yellows
- Golds
- Browns
- Dusty purples
- Dark greens
- Muted colors
- Creams and off-whites
Use Plenty of Leaves
You can't skip stems of gorgeous leaves when making an autumn bouquet!
You might typically use leafy greenery as filler, but autumn is all about leaves! Incorporate interesting leaves in place of some flowers for autumn flower arrangements. Leaves and leafy branches effortlessly add dimension to floral displays. They can stand straight up for more height, stick out at the sides for greater width, or droop down to create interesting arrangement shapes.
Leaves also add texture. Experiment with adding leaves of different sizes and textures to create arrangements that look straight out of nature. Mixing different leaves is especially appropriate for autumn. Try different combinations of
- Broad, smooth leaves
- Soft, velvety leaves
- Long, slender leaves
- Branches of small leaves
- Light, feathery greenery
- Upright branches of stiff leaves
Stay away from tropical leaves, which feel more appropriate for hot summer days. If green leaves of any type feel too summery, mix in leaves with brown, red, yellow, or purple tones. Variegated leaves can look stunning in an autumn flower arrangement!
Go Beyond Flowers and Greenery
Of course, you know flower arrangements don’t need to rely strictly on flowers. Other natural elements have their place in floral designs as well. Autumn is a time when plants are drying out and going to seed. It’s also harvest time. You can bring these influences into your seasonal arrangements by adding interesting
- Ornamental berries
- Seed pods
- Ornamental peppers
- Decorative grasses
- Branches
- Feathers
Experiment with Colored Vases and Other Containers
Use a colored vase in autumn arrangements to celebrate the season's colors.
Autumn is full of warm, rich hues. You can incorporate more of these colors into your autumn flower arrangements by using vases other than typical clear glass ones. Colored glass vases in autumn colors will complement your arrangements. So will creamy white ceramic vases and copper- or rose gold-colored pieces.
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