DIY Fall Planter

Hello Friends! Today I’m sharing a super easy way to create a fall planter. I never really did anything with my planters for fall up until a few years ago. Thinking the season was over, and they would just die, I didn’t see the point. Now I love coming up with ideas to add some color to the outside of our home until a fresh blanket of white snow shows up. This year I focused on things that I could replant in the spring, for an added win!

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Earlier this week I shared this side of our patio area in front of our barn. It stays shaded for most of the day, making it a perfect spot to sit and watch the kids play in the yard.

I have two of these urn planters on either side of our barn door. I love the way they frame both sides of the door, and every summer they get a nice big fern plopped in them! But come fall I’m craving something that feels a bit more fall to me.

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Last year, I filled them with cabbage and pumpkins, shown HERE, but this year I was craving something with a bit more height. So I turned my sites on ornamental grasses.

First I grabbed an ornamental fountain grass. In New England, not all grasses come back, because of how harsh our winters are. There are only a few varieties that can handle our harsh winters, but typically speaking grasses will come back in climates a little bit more south of us.

Next I added Coral Bells. This will come back in our climate next year, and I have a whole shade garden I plan on transplanting everything over to in the spring.

Then to finish things off I added a flowering kale. All of these I found at my local Home Depot within the last couple of weeks.

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It felt finished to me, or so I thought. Keeping in mind the rule of working in groups of 3, but it just felt like something was missing. I still had some of this Vinca Vine thriving from my summer planters, so I grabbed that and added it to the side, so it could cascade down my urn.

TIP: Depending on your gardening zone, it is recommended to leave plants in their planters, because they won’t have enough time to take root before a frost. Once spring comes you can transplant them in the ground and they will have plenty of time to become established.

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This arrangement was so easy to make, and only required my getting 3 plants! I got doubles of everything, so that I could duplicate this exact arrangement for the urn on the other side of the barn as well. I love that each plant has a different height and texture, making my urns filled for fall full of interest!

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I love how these fall urns complete the look of our outdoor patio area. You can see the entire space HERE, in case you missed it.

Yesterday, I shared more about all the plants, and varieties I used for fall this year. As well as a round up of 20+ of my favorite planters. You can see the post HERE, for even more Gardening Ideas & Tips.