Make your own Pumpkin Flower Arrangement

Get in the Halloween spirit with this Spook-tacular Pumpkin Flower Arrangement! Perfect as table centre piece for your Halloween Dinner party that will get your guests talking or displaying on your doorstep ready for Trick &Treaters on October 31st.

Thanks for the fang-tastic photo from Hubbards Florist, a local family-run flower shop in central Coventry who create gorgeous flowers and arrangements all year round.

You will need:

  • A Pumpkin – try to find one that has a flatter base, so that it sits steady
  • Floral foam
  • Secateurs or sharp scissors
  • Pumpkin carving tools
  • Flowers & foliage

Buy your floristry supplies direct online

After some floristry tools and materials to make your floral arrangements? Check out The Floristry Supplier online shop full of all the essentials and nationwide delivery option! We have a huge range of Oasis floral foam to order online that helps make your life so much easier; popular floral foam shapes available such as brick, sphere and cylinder so you can pick what works best for your floristry style.

How to make a Pumpkin Flower Arrangement

Step 1: Carefully slice the top of the pumpkin off and pop safely to one side. Scoop out the fleshy pumpkin and carve the inside so it leave it clean and firm.

Not a fan of pumpkin carving? Why not use a stylish round Hat Box instead - our Lined Hessian Hat Box is a great option for this floral arrangement, and will still look fab filled with Autumnal coloured blooms.

Step 2: Cut your floral foam to size, so that it snugly sits inside the pumpkin with the top poking out the top. Soak your foam in water for 60-90 seconds, before popping back in the pumpkin.

Step 3: Start creating a base layer of colour by adding your greenery to the floral foam. Ensure that the trailing leaves cover the edging of the pumpkin hole/floral foam.

Step 4: Once you have built up your green base, next you can add you flowers. Trim the stems short and at a 45 degree angle. Start with your larger focal flowers chrysanthemums and roses, and filling in the gaps with smaller blooms.

Boo-tiful Flowers & Foliage for Halloween Arrangements

Autumnal blooms in rich colours are perfect for Halloween floral arrangements – think burgundy reds, forest greens, blood orange and vibrant yellows. Some of our favourite Halloween flowers;

  • Chrysanthemums
  • Carnations
  • Dahlias
  • Sunflowers
  • Orange roses
  • Red hypericum berries
  • Craspedia
  • Carthamus
  • Fern
  • Pistache
  • Eucalyptus
  • Grasses

Get your Pumpkins!

Want to pick- your-own pumpkin? Then grab your broomsticks and fly on down to your local farm who often have pumpkin pick-your-own running during October. There are so many great pumpkin growers & farm shops throughout the UK for you to checkout - here are just a couple in the West Midlands area, near our HQ.

Manor Farm Fruits at Tamworth have their very own Pumpkin Festival every year, Malt Kiln Farm Shop is ideally located just off the M6 at Coventry, or Pumpkins R Us at Kenilworth have a large selection of pick- your- own pumpkins or ready to go pumpkins and open their doors in early October.

Make your own Pumpkin Flower Arrangement

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