Fall Planter Ideas!

Just because fall is coming that does not mean that it is time to throw in the shovel on your outdoor planters. Fall is an amazing time to transform your front porch into a brightly colored, pumpkin filled,   festive display. I personally think fall displays are the best of the year. You have pumpkins, gourds, hay bales, colorful annuals, scarecrows, grasses, & and mums. When you get to October add your Halloween decorations within the planters. Use lights and carved pumpkins to illuminate your design. There are just so many opportunities to be creative and unique. Here are some of my favorite ideas:

The Succulent Pumpkin:

Carve out a real pumpkin or use a pumpkin planter and put succulents inside of it. It is a twist on the usual fall plants and is the perfect centerpiece for a party or a great gift for a friend.

The pumpkin lined garden bed:

Use small pumpkins as the first layer in your garden bed. Add mums or another colorful annual behind it and finish the layers with some annual grasses. It is a beautiful way to line a sidewalk or do a smaller scale version around your mailbox. 

Illuminate:

Add solar light or battery operated lights to your fall planters. Our garden center has ceramic globes in 3 different sizes in beautiful fall colors. These would be perfect to arrange in the front of your planter with mums, zinnias, grasses, and kale. They look amazing in the daylight as well as the nighttime. It is also fun to have pumpkin or seasonal themed lights as well. Work them within your design so the entire planter flows. I like when there is a subtle glow that illuminates the planter. With it getting darker earlier it is always nice to have little glow.

Vertical mums:
Vertical gardening has really taken off this year. Keep it going with a wall of mums. Hang planters on a fence,  from your deck or even your trees. Mums are great because they are relatively cheap, are full, and add fast bright color.

There are so many ways to create a fall paradise. The best part about fall plants is that they are cheap. The season isn't as long as summer but you get beautiful full planters for a fraction of the cost of your summer planters. And really if you start them now, because we all know our summer planters are starting to look a little under the weather, you will have over 2 months to enjoy them before you transition them into your spruce tip pots:)