AUTUMN FLOWERS
Autumn Flowers 2025 🍂
WELCOME TO MY SEASONAL JOURNAL
Thank you so much for dropping by for my very first blog post on my new seasonal journal here at Wildwood Floral Design & Styling. l’m looking forward to sharing more about seasonal flowers, how-to projects, garden trips and tips, and floral adventures. For my first post, I would like to share a glimpse into the autumn flowers and ingredients found in and around my garden as I am preparing for wreath season and wrapping up wedding flower season.
A selection of autumn flowers and berries from my garden including blackberry, rosehip, currant, apple, and sedum.
AUTUMN BEGINS
The mornings feel quieter now. When l step outside, the air carries a chill that whispers change. The garden, once bursting with summer brightness is softer, its colours deeper, its petals a little heavier with dew. Autumn has arrived, not with a shout, but with a sigh. I savor these mornings in the garden.
Despite the chill in the air, it’s my favourite season in the garden because there is so much warm beauty.
The dahlias are holding their ground, tall and confident, their petals painted in burgundy and flame. The chrysanthemums glow like small suns against the fading greens. Even the zinnias past their peak seem to hold a quiet dignity as they bow to the coming frost.
Burgundy and coral dahlias in a bucket.
l find myself lingering in the garden longer these days. There’s something grounding about watching the garden slow down. It’s a reminder that everything beautiful has its rythmn, its bloom, its rest, its renewal. Autumn flowers don’t try to compete with summer’s abundance. They simply show up, full of warmth and wisdom, knowing beauty can live in the letting go. I start to notice textures I want to add to my designs and get inspired with the more subtle ingredients nature holds.
Bracken fern in an Irish forest.
SEASONAL AUTUMN INSPIRATION:
I would like to share with you some ideas to make the most of your own autumnal days. Take advantage of the season by engaging in these autumnal activities or creating (or commissioning from me) one of these floral designs. Bring cosiness into your space and life with grounding nature-based activities and floral designs inspired from and gathered from the garden and forest. When we take the time to engage with nature’s cues, we root ourselves further into the natural world.
Autumn leaves and berries.
• Autumn Centrepiece
Create a centrepiece with gathered foliages from the garden or foraged forest finds, include berries, ferns, and leaves.
Create a dried wreath using dried elements like bracken, seed pods, grasses, foliages, dried flowers or commission a custom creation from me.
• Botanical flower & leaf pressing
Gather your favourite autumn flowers and leafs, using a book or flower press, place gently between the pages, spacing evenly. Check in them in about 4 weeks. If dry and pressed, you can remove them and place in a frame or use for another art piece. If they are not completely dry, leave for a few more weeks.
•Seed saving-
Now is the time to collect seed pods once dry and crisp, store in envelopes or paper bag in a cool dry place for next year.
•Forage
Forage for dried elements for winter projects, forage for seasonal ingredients that call to you. For me, bracken season is my favourite. I love adding these ferns to wreaths and centrepieces. You can also add foraged bits to your Christmas wreaths and arrangements for winter.
Walking through autumn leaves on a foraging stroll.
AUTUMN FLORAL DESIGN
Autumn is the perfect time to rethink floral designs with warm hues and textured foliage. Arrangements can mirror the beauty of the changing seasons from velvety dahlias to cheerful chrysanthemums to seed pods and ornamental grasses, essential elements that reflect the seasons depth and warmth. Autumn gives us fiery reds, glowing oranges, rust, golds, ochre, velvety purples and burgundy.
Coral dahlias.
These are some of my favorite focal florals and accent ingredients to use for wedding flowers, events, photo shoots, floral stylings, and floral designs. Consider asking me about these for your next floral project or notice them around your own garden or region.
AUTUMN FLOWERS:
•Dahlias
striking and dramatic, they bring elegance to arrangements and to late season gardens
•Chrysanthemums
a classic, autumn bold, with a long vase life, perfect for arrangements and pots
•Amaranthus
Cascading strands of burgundy or green, bringing movement and an earthy feel
•Celosia
with its velvety, flame shaped blooms, it adds vibrant texture in oranges, reds and yellow
•Sunflowers
Iconic and cheerful for a rustic, harvest vibe
•Ornamental grasses
Soft plumes and wispy textures balance bold blooms and make arrangements feel airy
•Seed pods & Berries
Elements like rose hips, lotus pods or crabapple branches introduce natural shapes and autumn colour
• Marigolds
Vibrant and hardy, adding a golden glow to arrangements and borders
Each of these flowers carries a sense of warmth snd transition, reminding us to embrace change with beauty.They encourage us to find joy in the fleeting and to treasure the richness of the present moment.
My favourite flower right now are Dahlias. Bold and dramatic and showstoppers in any arrangement. I’m always drawn to autumns earthy colours and muted palettes which you will notice in my portfolio of floral design work.
What about you? Do you have a favourite flower that reminds you of autumn? l’d love to hear in the comments.
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UPCOMING WREATH MAKING SEASON
Next time on the journal, l’ll be sharing how to create an autumnal wreath thats lasts well into the season. Until then, may your days be cosy, colourful and filled with blooms. And watch out for my email about my wreath offerings for Holiday 2025!
With love
Jenny x