It’s that time of year again! Here’s a roundup of pumpkin ideas for your front door to help ready your porch for fall from Southern Living.
Photo: Helen Norman
Stack ‘Em Up
The Pumpkins: ‘Rouge Vif d’Etampes,’ ‘Red Eye,’ ‘Long Island Cheese,’ ‘One Too Many’
The Plants: Kale, cabbages, bay leaves
The Big Idea: Vertical displays make a big statement at the front door. Tucking in cool-weather edibles such as ornamental flowering cabbages, kale, and bay leaves adds a distinctive twist. If you plan to eat the veggies or herbs later, buy plants from the edible aisle at your garden center to make sure they have not been treated with growth hormones to regulate their size. To create topiaries, sandwich bay wreaths between pumpkins stacked in concrete urns, and top with a small pumpkin. Finish your door with a (nonedible) bittersweet wreath. Be careful to dispose of seedheads in the garbage rather than the compost bin, as bittersweet is invasive in the garden. For a similar look, use rose hips, which are more eco-friendly.
Photo: Hector Sanchez
Carve Out a Mumkin
What do you get when you combine the fun of a pumpkin with the beauty of a mum? A “mumkin,” of course! Fill smaller gourds with containers of pansies to create a trio of trusty sidekicks. See the step-by-step guide.
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn
Incorporate White Pumpkins
Start with a store-bought grapevine wreath. Pick an odd number of white mini pumpkins. Attach pumpkins to florist picks, and then work the picks into the wreath, making sure to space them evenly. Secure pumpkins to the wreath with wire. Using additional florist picks, attach seasonal greenery (we used smilax) and bittersweet (available at your local garden center), filling in the spaces between pumpkins. Add an assortment of fall leaves to wreath with picks and wire for a colorful finish.
Photo: Helen Norman
Scattered Pumpkins
A variety of pumpkins in varying sizes and shapes are placed around this expansive porch. Hay Bales stand in for standard topiaries—giving height to the arrangement.
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn
Keep it Simple
If you love the look of hurricanes lining a front path, put an autumn spin on them by using oversize heirloom pumpkins in various shades of orange and green as bases—perfect for welcoming guests to a fall-themed party. Learn how.
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