Those cool evenings and sunny days signal the onset of colorful fall. Why not bring more color indoors with fresh cut flowers? The emphasis this fall is on warm tones - reds, yellows, and oranges. Pumpkins and gourds abound and show the harvest of plenty. Bright yellow mums accent the orange of pumpkins and bronze of gourds nicely. Simply cut a top out - even laying the gourd on its side for a different perspective - and remove the seeds. Use a piece of floral foam wetted in warm water with a measured amount of preservative. You can scale your design to tiny 2"-4" individual place settings with just three yellow mums to a grand and large centerpiece with several pumpkins of increasingly larger sizes. Use an odd number of gourds. Golden yellow and red bronze mums are striking and add a bold flavor to the table. Have some stems left over? Lay them on the table between the gourds!

- Bridget

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