How to Easily Create a Beautiful Autumn Flower Arrangement
Create a beautiful autumn flower arrangement with ease.
After all the floral beauty in spring and summer, you may think autumn is not a very exciting time of the year for flower arranging; but that’s not the case! Autumn’s bounty provides plenty for you to work with to create a beautiful floral arrangement with ease. And the bonus of creating an arrangement at this time of year is it tends to last longer than in the warmer months of summer.
There are three main components when making a beautiful autumn flower arrangement: the flowers, the vessel, and the add-ins. With each component, focus on colour and texture.
Flowers: Choose the natural colours that appear at this time of year - deep reds, burnt orange, and golden yellows. Add your own personal touch with saturated purples and pinks in shades of rose gold. While there are some flowers that are appropriate to use throughout the year - roses, carnations, alstroemeria - also use the flowers more specific to this time of year. Asters, chrysanthemums, marigolds, and zinnias will all give your arrangement that autumnal feeling. Combine your flowers with dark-hued foliage.
Vessel: This is not the time for white, silver, or clear glass. Choose baskets, pottery, vases in bronze or copper, and anything a bit rustic looking. If you do use a glass vase, consider wrapping it in burlap.
Add-ins: This part is lots of fun! Go on a treasure hunt in your neighbourhood to collect seasonal add-ins for your arrangement. Focus on the textures of autumn. Some of my favourite things to use are wheat (great for adding height to an arrangement), dried flowers, berry branches, nuts, gourds and colourful leaves.
Three top tips:
If you’re making a centerpiece for the table, keep the height of your arrangement below eye level. You want your guests to be able to look at each other over the flowers, not have to look through them..
For a natural look group together flowers of the same variety, and vary the heights;
Flowers perish at different rates. When you see one has wilted or turned brown, remove it. The arrangement as a whole will stay looking fresher this way.
Have fun with collecting your materials and creating a beautiful autumn floral display. If you have any questions or have any tips to share, please do so in the comment section below.
