With the right autumn decorations for flower boxes, every seasonal plant ensemble comes into its own. The next ideas with decorative pumpkins, branches and cones are guaranteed to spice up the balcony!
Make your own fall decorations for your flower box
You have planted the flower box for autumn, but something is still missing. Maybe it's the right decoration? You can give the arrangement an autumnal look with ornamental pumpkins, wooden decorative figures and dried ornamental grasses. Perfect for flower boxes in which evergreen plants and ground cover plants such as ivy grow.
At the end of September you can also add a Halloween touch. For example, by painting a wooden cat silhouette black or buying cat figurines from a craft shop.
Beautify the flower box with decorative mushroom plugs
Evergreen climbing plants, yellow-blooming autumn flowers and ornamental pumpkins form a stylish ensemble. You can also decorate the flower box with dried grasses, driftwood and decorative brass mushroom plugs. Combinations of green, yellow and orange nuances look particularly attractive. Autumn is a beautiful season that fascinates with wonderful bright colors.
Autumn decoration with a cute scarecrow made from household items
Make a scarecrow and display it in the middle of the window box. For the scarecrow you need scraps of fabric, a Styrofoam ball and autumn leaves. Cut the pants and shirt out of the fabric, glue them together with hot glue and fill them with straw or Styrofoam. Attach the head and paint on the face with permanent markers. Glue three wooden shish kebab skewers together and attach them to the scarecrow's back. Fold a fabric hat and glue the ends together. Decorate the figure with autumn leaves.
Pumpkin decoration for the balcony box
You can also find a mix of different ornamental pumpkins in garden centers. They are patterned annual plants used for decoration only. To ensure that the pumpkins last a long time in the flower box, you can rub them with wax or spray them with hairspray. You should still turn the pumpkins regularly and always check for signs of rotting moisture. At some point they will rot and should then be disposed of.
Autumn decorations for flower boxes: Make pumpkins from grape vine branches
Bend and tie vine branches together to make a durable pumpkin. So that it keeps its shape, you can fix the branches with wood varnish or glaze at the end. Place a cloth bag in each pumpkin and fill it with sand. This means that the decorative figures will not tip over even in the wind.
Beautify the flower box with autumn flowers and foliage plants
Wonderfully colorfully planted flower boxes are a gem for the balcony itself. September and October are the right time to plant perennials. The temperatures are still mild and it rains frequently - two important prerequisites for rapid growth and root formation. This gives the young plants enough time until the first frost to adapt to the new location. You can also find out what is allowed on the balcony in autumn in our article “Hardy balcony flowers" find. Of course, you can also decorate the autumn box with natural treasures.
NB:A beautifully decorated flower box attracts attention. To ensure that the decorative pieces please the eye for a long time, they should be fixed well. Pay particular attention to safety, as heavy objects that slip from the balcony box or tip over and fall in the wind could injure passers-by or cause damage to cars.
