18 Front Porches With Fall Flowers

Plenty of Pumpkins

Pumpkins are to fall what evergreens are to winter. This pin-worthy porch combines the seasonal fruit with ornamental cabbage and orange garden mums. So what's the decorative strategy for arranging? Don't overthink your layout. When decorating this entrance, blogger Liz Marie just unloaded her autumn harvest onto the porch and then made a few tweaks.

Rustic Fall Farmhouse Steps via Liz Marie Blog

Decorative Hay Bales

A bail of hay leftover from a hoedown-themed party becomes the perfect centerpiece for a fall-inspired front porch. To dress it up, grab a wet floral foam, several old leather belts, and your favorite blooms. This porch includes purple Russian sage, which produces precious, tiny flowers.

Fall Outdoor Porch Decor via Katie Brown Workshop

Modern Farmhouse Decor

The modern farmhouse aesthetic combines clean, modern design with cozy, rustic elements to create a fresh and uncluttered twist on traditional country style. This fall porch combines budding white mums, Russian sage, and lovely greenery with upcycled planters to create a modern farmhouse porch blooming with style.

Farmhouse Front Porch via Little White House Blog

Fall Potted Plants

A festive front porch doesn't have to be complicated, nor does the decor need to be expensive. This chic, fall-themed porch is simple but sophisticated in how it pairs yellow garden mums with multi-hued croton plants. A pumpkin-lined walkway adds seasonal flavor.

Potted Plants Front Porch via Sara Platt Design

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DIY Fall Wreath

Prettify your front door with this autumnal fall wreath. To make it, attach freshly picked flowers, whether from your garden or a local nursery, as well as found leaves to a grapevine wreath form.

DIY Fall Flower Wreath via Craftberry Bush

Potted Plants for Fall

These potted lovelies add gorgeous pops of color to this autumn porch. The fall season means back to school and back to business as usual, too, so you may want to consider adding a meditating Buddha statue for a calming vibe.

Buddha Fall Porch via KDHamptons

Jumbo-Sized Front Porch Planters

For many folks, September feels like the start of a brand-new year, so it makes sense to celebrate the autumnal solstice with an explosion of color. This spectacular oversized porch planter combines colorful flowers, including red globe amaranthus and golden yellow bidens, with hardy perennial greenery.

Fall Planters via Proven Winners

Related: Beyond Mums, Great Plants for Fall Container Gardens

Bohemian Chic Front Porch

This eclectic fall porch features a bohemian-style sitting area punctuated by white, red, and yellow garden mums. The frilly foliage plants are ornamental kale. On the door is decorative corn framed with lovely goldenrod.

Boho Electric Front Porch via Alice Wingerden

Tiny Autumn Porch

Skimpy square footage shouldn't dampen your fall spirit—just look at this example. For what the porch lacks in size, it makes up for in autumnal gusto, particularly when it comes to the large planter filled with red Gerber daisies, golden craspedia, yellow garden mums, and, for texture, ornamental cabbage.

Fall Front Porch via Stacy Risenmay

Cozy Front Porch

This cozy porch, complete with pillows and a throw blanket, just calls for relaxing and enjoying a hot drink on a chilly night. The jewel-tone garden mums liven up the otherwise monochromatic décor.

Simple Fall Porch via Cherished Bliss

Hanging Planter

Flaunt your fall flowers in a hanging basket with a fall-focused saying or word association. Some of the top blossoms for hanging baskets include begonias, pelargonium, and petunias.

Fall Front Porch via Clean & Scentsible

Halloween Porch Ideas

What's the successful formula for creating a festive Halloween-inspired porch? You'll need four essential ingredients: mums, pumpkins, ornamental grasses, and—last but not least—something both cute and ghastly like a pair of witch legs. 

Fall Porch Decorating Ideas via Zoe with Love

Fall Colors

When it comes to decorating your porch for fall, don't be afraid of bold color. Here, blooming mums and assorted greenery dress up this doorstep, featuring the classic fall colors of orange and purple.

Color Fall Front Porch via Two Twenty One

Bucket of Flowers

A galvanized tub full of fall posies adds pleasing color to this laid-back front porch. Don't forget that gourds other than pumpkins are just as eye-catching as the orange favorite.

Fall Porch Decor via Shewitt Home

Autumn Container Plantings

These autumn container planters feature glorious sunflowers and adorable mums. Plus, ornamental cabbage adds a bit of rugged character with its interesting texture.

Fall Container Gardens via Flores Del Sol

Front Yard Drama

For those looking to make a dramatic entrance, consider an urn planter. The extra-large urns lend a bit of a spooky vibe, particularly apropos for the Halloween season.

Fall Urns via Serendipity Refined

Nontraditional Colors

Not a fan of traditional fall colors? This blue and cream porch scape celebrates the season using unexpected hues that still scream autumn. The dried hydrangeas coordinate beautifully with the white and blue heirloom pumpkins.

Blue and Cream Fall Porch via Home Stories

Rustic and Modern

These delicate flowering plants—coreopsis verticillata 'zagreb'—add a sunshiny touch to a rustic yet thoroughly modern autumn porch. Pumpkins made out of branches—as well as actual pumpkins—round out the look.

Rustic Fall Porch via Thistlewood Farms