Add some festive fall vibes to your autumn décor or tablescape by displaying fresh flowers in a pumpkin! Try this trick for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or any time you need a little more pumpkin spice in your life.

What you’ll need:

• Pumpkin carving knife
• Flower clippers
• Small to medium pumpkin
• Narrow vase or drinking glass to fit inside pumpkin
• Medium bouquet
• Rubber band

How to make the arrangement:

1. Carve a hole in the top of the pumpkin wide enough for the glass or vase to fit inside.
2. Place the glass or vase in the pumpkin and fill it with several inches of water and a sprinkling of floral food.
3. Take bouquet apart and separate greens from flowers.
4. Arrange flowers in your hand to make a nicely shaped, domed arrangement.
5. Remove lower leaves from flower stems.
6. Hold flowers upside down to measure height against pumpkin, then trim stems to desired length (it’s best to err on the longer side).
7. Place rubber band around cut stems to hold them together.
8. Place bouquet in the glass or vase in the pumpkin. If arrangement is too tall, trim it shorter.
9. Trim greens into smaller pieces, but still long enough to reach the water, then use them to fill any gaps in your arrangement.
10. For extra fun, stick the pumpkin top on a skewer and add it to the arrangement.

Pro Tip: Place pumpkin on a plate in case it begins to degrade, and check water level daily to increase the life of the flowers.

Voila! A picture-perfect pumpkin floral arrangement! To get started on your own, visit our Floral Department for all sorts of festive flowers and bouquets, and drop by our Produce Department for fresh pumpkins while they’re still in season.

Article originally published in October of 2020 and updated in September of 2025.