10/09/2026
Here’s my empowering post to you—there’s a secret florist in you all. 💗 No really—I actually believe it!
If you want to make an outdoor fall floral piece with mechanics—guess what—you absolutely can. 🙌🏻
Here’s what you need :
•Somewhere that naturally might lend itself to support. A pillar, a banister, a porch railing, you could buy a trellis at a garden store—in my case this gutter that I’m training a clematis up—and side note— I’m not condoning planting things to climb up your gutter—but my house my rules. 😅
You could buy a planter or two planters and fill those. Whatever you’d like to use. It can be really high or just really full. You decide!
•Chicken wire for some extra support. Buy some on Amazon—there’s a lot of options! I like the thinner options because it’s easier to manipulate.
•Zip ties—again Amazon or your local hardware! There are all sizes! You can use this to connect to your structure and to connect the chicken wire to the structure.
•A yard full of trees and bushes and dried florals. EVERYTHING (except a few eucalyptus branches leftover from homecoming arrangements) is from my yard! Don’t have any of these? Go to a family members, a neighbors, or a friends house. See if you can have some of theirs! I used my trees, a smokebush, hydrangeas, weeds. Whatever you can forage you can use!
Start with your greens and build a base—mine was easier because I already have a clematis there. Don’t be a perfectionist—just put enough for a nice shape! Then pop in your hydrangeas, weeds, pods, grasses—and enjoy!!!
Trust yourself—you can do this!!!
