DIY Autumn Flower Arrangements: Vermont Foraged Flower Arranging Ideas

Creating DIY autumn flower arrangements with locally foraged blooms is one of the best (and easiest!) ways to invite fall’s vibrant palette into your home. Bursting with cozy hues like burnt oranges, golden yellows, rich browns, and deep reds, these foraged flower arrangements effortlessly capture the heart of the season.

Best of all, crafting these natural bouquets with fresh foliage you’ve gathered yourself adds a charming, sustainable twist to your seasonal decor, plus, Vermont’s colorful countryside makes the adventure even sweeter!

Foraging for Flowers: DIY Autumn Flower Arrangements

Foraging fresh fall flowers and foliage from your local landscape is an easy, sustainable, and rewarding way to create stunning DIY autumn flower arrangements. Gather colorful leaves, wildflowers, branches, and berries to design vibrant seasonal bouquets that truly capture Vermont’s autumn charm.

What is Foraging for Flowers?

Foraging for flowers is the delightful practice of exploring nature to collect wild blooms, plants, foliage, berries, and other natural elements directly from their surroundings. While historically foraging provided food and essentials, today it’s cherished as an enjoyable way to find unique seasonal items for crafting, cooking, and especially home decorating, particularly when designing fall flower arrangements and centerpieces.

Think radiant reds, brilliant oranges, and earthy textures, each foraged find brings a touch of autumn’s magic indoors. Done responsibly, foraging allows you to sustainably harvest the beauty of the outdoors, enhancing your decor and celebrating the season’s natural abundance.

Foraging for Fall Flower Arrangements in Vermont

Join me on a relaxing hike through Vermont’s scenic mountains as we forage for nature’s best autumn treasures to create our DIY fall flower arrangements. We’ll wander around Stratton Mountain’s charming snow-making pond, a cherished local spot perfect for gathering seasonal blooms (and walking our Bernese Mountain Dog, Ella, of course!).

Together, we’ll select vibrant wildflowers, leaves, and branches bursting with fall colors to craft unique bouquets. With each step, you’ll feel inspired to transform your own autumn flower arrangement into something truly special, celebrating Vermont’s spectacular seasonal beauty.

I gathered branches bursting with autumn leaves in fiery reds, vibrant oranges, lush greens, and sunny yellows, carefully arranging each colorful find in my trusty foraging basket.

To complete my DIY autumn flower arrangements, I added a few fragrant evergreen branches for texture, along with freshly cut pink Limelight hydrangeas straight from our backyard garden.

I absolutely adore how the soft pink hues blend beautifully with classic fall colors, truly capturing Vermont’s seasonal charm. And don’t skip those evergreen branches! They introduce a delightful hint of winter, pairing perfectly with colorful fall foliage and delicate hydrangea blooms.

Come along and forage with me at Stratton Mountain, Vermont! In this quick video, you’ll join me on a scenic hike around Stratton’s picturesque snow-making pond, where we’ll gather vibrant fall foliage and seasonal blooms. Enjoy the beauty of Vermont’s autumn landscape and get inspired to create your own DIY autumn flower arrangements from nature’s finest treasures. Let’s explore together!

13+ DIY Autumn Flower Arrangements with Foraged Finds

Now that we’ve gathered our foraged fall foliage, it’s time to turn those seasonal treasures into stunning DIY autumn flower arrangements. From vibrant leaves and evergreen branches to pink hydrangeas and wildflowers, these natural elements come to life in a variety of vintage-inspired vessels.

In the over thirteen arrangements below, I’ve styled everything from wired baskets and antique tins to a vintage McCoy witch’s boot and old glass bottles, each one celebrating fall’s rich colors and Vermont’s beautiful foraging landscape. Whether you’re decorating a mantel, tabletop, or cozy porch, these ideas are simple, sustainable, and full of charm. Let’s get arranging!

1. Pink Hydrangea Fall Flower Arrangement in a Wire Basket

This DIY autumn flower arrangement is one of my absolute favorites, a charming mix of foraged evergreens, dried fall leaves, and freshly clipped pink fall Limelight hydrangeas, all styled in a vintage wire basket with chippy turquoise-blue paint and rustic cottage charm.

I created this fall bouquet without water, allowing everything to dry out naturally for a soft, faded look that will last all season long. The evergreen branches form a supportive base inside the open wire basket, giving the hydrangeas and leaves a cozy nest to settle into.

This sweet little arrangement now sits on a warm wooden dresser in our wallpapered Vermont bedroom, perfectly complementing the view of colorful fallen leaves outside and the embroidered thrift store artwork I found while out Thrifting with the Gals. It’s a beautiful, low-maintenance way to bring the outdoors in, and a perfect example of how foraged flower arranging can highlight fall’s soft pinks, browns, and greens in the most unexpected ways.

2. Vintage Tin Fall Flower Arrangement with Hydrangeas

For this DIY fall flower arrangement, I styled a bundle of gently fading pink Limelight hydrangeas in one of my favorite vintage tins, an old floral container I found at Vintage Market Days Vermont this past spring. The soft blues and warm pinks in the arrangement beautifully echo the cozy tones of this wallpapered bedroom.

Just like the previous bouquet, this one is water-free. I’m letting the hydrangeas dry naturally in place, creating a long-lasting foraged flower display that brings vintage charm to the space.

You may remember this same tin filled with tulips in my Best Breakfast Nook Ideas for Morning Brunch post last spring, but I love how it transitions so effortlessly into fall with this dried floral look.

Tucked beside the arrangement is a framed illustration, two red and white coffee mugs gifted to me by a dear friend, now dressed up with a velvet ribbon for an extra cozy touch. Together, this scene captures the sweet simplicity of autumn flower styling with thrifted and foraged finds.

Love hydrangeas as much as I do? Explore even more ways to style these timeless blooms with my favorite hydrangea arrangements for every season, spring to winter, fresh or dried, and always with vintage charm.

3. Thrifted Basket Fall Flower Arrangement with Pink Hydrangeas

This round, vintage-style thrifted basket quickly became one of my favorite vessels for a cozy DIY fall flower arrangement. I found it, along with several soft pink hydrangea stems, at a big old antique barn during a Sunday foliage drive through Vermont (you can peek inside in my post, Best Barn Finds in a Big Red Barn on a Sunday Foliage Drive).

At first, I styled this hydrangea arrangement on our breakfast nook table for a bright and cheerful morning vignette. But on one particularly rainy fall day, I moved it to the dining room table, and just like that, it added the perfect cozy touch to our gathering space.

The soft blush tones of the hydrangeas paired with the rustic texture of the basket give this fall floral centerpiece a warm, collected feel. It’s one of those easy, foraged-inspired bouquets that fits just about anywhere, and reminds me why I love decorating with dried hydrangea arrangements in every season.

4. Vintage McCoy Boot Vase Fall Flower Arrangement

Every so often, you stumble across a piece that’s just too fun to pass up, and that’s exactly how I felt when I found this vintage McCoy witch’s boot vase at Vintage Market Days Vermont this fall. With its quirky shape and nostalgic charm, it was the perfect vessel for one of my most playful DIY autumn flower arrangements yet.

I filled the vase with a cheerful mix of foraged fall finds: soft pink hydrangeas, fiery orange leaf branches, and a couple of pussywillow stems for texture and whimsy. Styled on our dining room hutch, this dried flower arrangement brings a touch of Halloween magic with a vintage twist.

No water required, just let it dry in place and enjoy the beauty for weeks to come. It’s the kind of flexible, foraged fall floral display that works just as well in an entryway, bedroom, or cozy corner of your home. A little bit charming, a little bit unexpected, and completely delightful.

Vintage Market Days Vermont

Many of the vintage vessels I used in these fall flower arrangements, like the wire basket, the old tin, and that charming McCoy witch’s boot, were treasures I discovered at Vintage Market Days Vermont. If you love the thrill of vintage hunting and seasonal styling, don’t miss my posts from the market for more inspiration, unique finds, and decorating ideas straight from the Green Mountain State.

5. Blue Bottle Fall Flower Arrangements on the Breakfast Nook Mantel

For a simple and elegant DIY fall flower arrangement, I styled the last of my foraged branches in two large vintage blue glass bottles on our breakfast nook mantel. The colorful autumn leaves, rich in reds, golds, and greens, look especially striking against the translucent cobalt blue, creating an effortless seasonal vignette.

This arrangement brings just the right touch of Vermont’s fall foliage indoors, with no need for water or fuss. It’s a reminder that even the smallest clippings can make a big visual impact when styled in the right vessel. I love how these foraged fall floral displays brighten up the space and frame the cozy breakfast nook for the season.

6. Foraged Pink Hydrangea Bundles for Vintage Booths or Flower Stands

One of my favorite ways to share the beauty of fall flower arranging is by creating simple foraged hydrangea bundles to sell in my vintage booth. This season, I wrapped soft pink Limelight hydrangeas in tissue paper and offered them at just a few dollars per bundle, and they flew out the door!

Foraged bouquets like these are not only beautiful and budget-friendly, they’re one-of-a-kind. Each bundle captures the color and character of the season, and they make wonderful gifts, table toppers, or small decorative touches.

Whether you’re setting up a flower stand, styling your own vintage booth, or just looking for a creative way to use your garden or foraged blooms, these DIY autumn flower bundles are festive, inviting, and full of charm. You can read more about my experience having a vintage booth and how I styled and sold these hydrangeas in these posts linked below.

7. Vintage White McCoy Vase with a Colorful Foraged Fall Bouquet

This DIY autumn flower arrangement came together in the coziest way, with a mix of freshly foraged fall leaves, golden sunflowers, winter berries, pussy willows, and branches, all styled in a classic white vintage McCoy vase I found at a barn sale in Maine.

I displayed this bright and cheerful bouquet in our sunroom, where it caught the light just beautifully against the backdrop of changing foliage outside. And of course, our sweet Bernese Mountain Dog, Ella, had to make an appearance, with her natural pose just beside the arrangement, enjoying the autumn sunshine like only she can.

8. Mackenzie-Childs Enamel Pitcher Fall Arrangement with Sunflowers and Amaranthus

For this vibrant DIY Autumn Flower Arrangement, I styled a bold mix of freshly gathered sunflowers, purple wildflowers, and trailing pink Amaranthus in a striking black-and-white Courtly Check enamel pitcher by MacKenzie-Childs. It’s one of those pieces that turns every bouquet into a statement, and this one’s no exception.

The flowers were foraged and gathered from a neighbor’s field and garden, then styled first on our outdoor porch table with the mountains glowing in the background. Later, I moved the arrangement indoors, where it sat beautifully on a blush pink tray in the sunroom, next to a flickering candle. The mix of warm fall colors and bold enamelware pattern created a moment that felt both rustic and elegant, perfect for autumn.

Adding enamelware to your foraged floral styling brings an extra layer of personality and vintage flair. The contrast between the classic black-and-white check and the vibrant natural blooms makes this one a true standout. Are you feeling inspired yet? Find more inspiration in my Vintage Pitcher Decor Guide: 17+ Creative Ways to Style Antique and Vintage Pitchers.

9. Mason Jar Fall Flower Arrangements with Foraged Blooms

If you’re looking for a quick and easy way to style your DIY autumn flower arrangements, you can’t go wrong with classic mason jars. I love filling them with colorful foraged leaves and wildflowers, then scattering them around our fire pit or lining them up along the porch rail for an instant pop of seasonal color.

There’s something so charming about the simplicity of mason jars, they work in any space, from a cozy outdoor table to a kitchen counter or entryway. Just gather your favorite fall blooms, plop them into the jar, and let nature do the decorating for you. Bonus: no fancy arranging skills required, just jars, leaves, and a little creativity.

Looking for cozy and creative ways to style your home this season? These fall home decorating ideas are full of vintage charm, layered textures, and warm, welcoming touches.

10. Foraged Fall Flower Arrangement in a Vintage Green Sugar Tin

This DIY autumn flower arrangement came together beautifully in an old green sugar tin, one of my favorite vintage finds that just feels like fall. I filled it with foraged branches, colorful leaves, and seasonal blooms for a relaxed, rustic look.

No water needed here, though you can easily tuck a small vase inside if you’re using fresh flowers. If you don’t have a sugar tin, try any large vintage tin to get the same collected, cozy effect. See more of this DIY autumn flower arrangement in this Styling Tip: How to Style Flowers in a Tin for a Vintage Inspired Look.

11. DIY Foraged Fall Flower Arrangement in a Painted Fruit Basket

For this DIY foraged fall flower arrangement, I used a classic slatted fruit and vegetable gathering basket, the kind you can find at garden centers or craft stores like Michaels. I gave it a fresh coat of blue paint and filled it with colorful foraged leaves, branches, and blooms from the yard.

It made the perfect rustic centerpiece for a fall table, lightweight, easy to carry, and full of charm. Whether you find one vintage or new, these crate-style baskets are a great way to showcase autumn’s natural beauty with your own creative twist.

12. Green McCoy Vase with Golden Fall Branches

This DIY autumn flower arrangement is about as simple and striking as it gets. I used a green vintage McCoy vase as the base, then added large foraged branches with golden-green fall leaves straight from the backyard. See more in this The Fall Porch Table That Captures the Colors of the Mountains post.

No water, no fuss, just a few snips and a quick styling session on the porch. It’s a perfect last-minute fall centerpiece to welcome guests or add a pop of seasonal color outside. Sometimes the best foraged fall arrangements are the ones you throw together in five minutes with what nature offers right outside your door.

Love setting a cozy table for the season? Explore these vintage fall table ideas filled with collected charm, layered textures, and timeless dishware for your autumn gatherings.

13. Vintage Crate Fall Flower Arrangement on a Blue and White Breakfast Table

This DIY fall flower arrangement might be a little wild, but that’s part of its charm! I repurposed a small vintage mailbox, almost like a little crate, as a flower container, filling it with a colorful mix of foraged reds, purples, and golden yellow blooms.

It found the perfect home on our blue and white breakfast table, adding just the right amount of cheerful, seasonal chaos. A little messy, a lot of fun, and totally effortless, this is one of those foraged fall floral ideas that proves beautiful arrangements don’t have to be polished to make an impact. Just gather, plop, and enjoy.

From vintage tins and wire baskets to enamel pitchers and painted fruit crates, these DIY autumn flower arrangements show just how easy and rewarding it is to style your home with foraged fall flowers. Whether you’re gathering blooms from your backyard, a favorite hiking trail, or a neighbor’s garden, each bouquet tells its own seasonal story.

I hope these ideas inspired you to create a few foraged fall arrangements of your own! Which one is your favorite?
Let me know in the comments, tag me on Instagram, or join our Vintage Styling Challenge for even more creative seasonal prompts.

🍂 Happy foraging, friends!

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