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37 Best Fall Container Garden Ideas
37 fall container gardens to rekindle your love for the season of harvest and festivities.
1. All-Ceramics
With gentle texture and a timeless aesthetic, an all-ceramics fall container garden campaigns for a slower pace of living.
2. “Come On In!”
A small fall container garden at the entrance of a hallway makes a welcome sight for guests.
3. Iron Ore
Get in touch with your inner geologist: create an earthy-metallic look with a set of iron planters outdoors.
4. Cozy Corner
When the elements outside start to turn, bring your garden indoors for a cozy fall setup.
5. Base Camp
These grey planters contrast with their black, geometric bases for a modern fall container garden.
6. Grey Days
Autumn’s grey skies and mellow mists need nothing more than a grey container garden counterpart.
7. Shrubs
A shrub garden maintained in a fall container garden introduces diverse textures to a backyard. For the later months, try muehlenbeckia or podocarpus.
8. Autumn Tropics
These veiny leaves inspire a coastal vacation. For the most vibrant design, go with nerve plant (a.k.a. Fittonia albivenis).
9. Palms
Tip for growing palm plants in container gardens for fall: keep the air humid, and when the leaves start to brown, hold back on the fertilizer.
10. Set in Stone
These stone-hued planters bring year-round style, so that all you have to do is switch out the contents with seasonal greens.
11. Fallin' Off the Hedge
Create a green wall look with hedge plants in statement black containers as backdrop for a fall garden aesthetic.
12. Golden Looks
These gold-tint containers add a hint of spice to a fall-decorated living room.
13. Hybrid Plants
Styling a fall container garden? Go hybrid by planting a mixture of greens in the same container to save space and water needs.
14. Silver Iron
A silver iron texture in an aged finish vibrates with farmhouse coziness – the perfect decoration for a fall container garden.
15. Fall Up
Containers that rise up on high legs make fall feel elevated. To get the look above, try elephant's ear, Chinese evergreen and dumb cane.
16. Three for the Win
Three completes the look, so style one fall container with another . . . and another.
17. Wilder
An uncut look offers an English garden vibe. In a fall container, a grass variety for outdoors adds life and movement.
18. Autumn's Glow
Glow indoors with a fall container in holiday-ready gold.
19. Black-Tie Optional
For timeless elegance, go with ABC (all-black containers).
20. Brighter
As every "hostess with the mostess" knows: there's no such thing as too sparkly or too bright.
21. Ivy Greens
This fall, try something new in ivy. Choose from English ivy, Russian ivy, Algerian ivy, Japanese ivy and more. (Each offers a unique shape, color and pattern.)
22. Hip to Be Mod
Plump round containers in a charismatic shade of grey will make all other seasons jealous of fall.
23. Easy Rider
Recycle a cycler! This fall-loving planter uses a seat, handlebars and spokes for a rustic aesthetic.
24. Succulent Varieties
Grab an agave, dudleya, sedum or haworthia from your local nursery, then give it a loving home in an outdoor fall container garden.
25. Console Garden
Atop a console table, containers of more succulents add a breath of fresh air to this fall desert home.
26. Faux Mixtures
Combine faux and real flowers or go all-faux on a fall bedside table.
27. Hidden Figures
Fall containers in small places – look above, below and straight ahead for glimpses of greens.
28. Art In-Between
This fall, contain plants and art in the same space, like this clean, modern vignette that's ready to rise up to any occassion.
29. Hanging Tight
The best kind of fall container is the one a little higher. Wall planters oozing with hanging foliage forecast a season of refreshment.
30. Baskets and Dishes
Whether you contain them in a basket (as seen in the background of this photo) or dish, succulents in the fall don't need constant watering. If you're not sure, play it safe – it's better to underwater than overwater.
31. Message Sent
It's not a question of if walls could talk but how. Here, it's through statment wall planters and the "gather" sign, pulled together by the beautifall centerpiece!
32. Floating Container Garden
Fall-ready means harvesting greens wherever there is space: on the ground, on the counters and overhead!
33. Air Plants
If you lack the green thumb, don't despair: look for plants that grow in air! We're 100% serious: air plants are a real thing, and they don't require soil (or skill).
34. Fall Layers
Contain the bounty of autumn in droves – and on as many surfaces as you dare to seek out.
35. Back-to-School
Nothing says fall like a coatrack inspired by the cubbies of our schooldays. Place in entry for students' coats and top off with a container garden or two for said students' viewing pleasure.
36. Freshly Cut
Looking to contain cut flowers? Opt for peonies, ranunculus, calla lilies and gladiolus, which last the longest in a vase.
37. Front to Back
The vase with fronds is the obvious focal point. Not so obvious? The smaller but just as fresh group of container gardens chilling on the shelves in the background.
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