How to Design a Fresh Flower Pumpkin Arrangement

Pick out a pumpkin that is round and regular shaped with a flat bottom.

Cut the pumpkin straight around at the top with a sharp paring knife, below the stem but far enough down so you have a relatively wide opening. Cut all the way around and remove the top.

Clean out all the seeds and guts of the pumpkin. Dig into the soft part of the interior of the shell of the pumpkin with a large spoon to remove anything that is soft so the pumpkin will last longer. Discard into a sheet of newspaper or two and throw away.

Cut your floral foam piece with a serrated knife to fit snugly inside the pumpkin so it won't move. Take it out, and soak it for a few minutes in water until it is fully saturated.

Select fresh flowers that go nicely in your pumpkin arrangement. Choose a tall flower to be the focal point in your arrangement. Insert it into the center of the floral foam. Add a center flower to be placed in front of the focal flower, which is lower then the focal-point flower. From this point, I choose flowers in twos or threes. They are matched by the same color or same shape on each side to build the shape of the arrangement. Cut stems to height, so they don't tower above the pumpkin shell.

Fill in your larger flowers in various matching locations on each side, fill in the gaps with smaller flowers. Use your imagination. Step back and look at your progress and rearrange it if you like. Once you have filled in all the gaps, you can accent the arrangement with fall leaves. This adds some color and makes the arrangement more eye catching. Last of all, add some Boston fern leaves on the back left and right corners of the pumpkin arrangement.