Outdoor Project


Create a pumpkin topiary that will last throughout fall. Play with different sizes and shapes of pumpkins to create a topiary to fit your space and décor style.

Step 1: Choose 3 pumpkins in varying sizes that are somewhat flat on the top and 1 'pumpkin pie' pumpkin.

Step 2: Get a pot that is slightly smaller in diameter than your largest pumpkin.

Step 3: Remove the stems of the 2 smaller pumpkins

Step 4: Rest the largest pumpkin on the rim of the pot and stack the next smallest on top.

Step 5: To add stability to the pumpkin topiary, drive a short wooden dowel that is sharpened on both ends through the stack of heirloom pumpkins by hammering it with a mallet. Leave a bit of the top of the sharpened dowel exposed. ( If they are stable enough, stack them without the dowel and they will last longer).

Step 6: Place the pie pumpkin on top of the stack pushing it down onto the dowel.

Step 7: Add Spanish moss in any gaps between the pumpkins.

Step 8: And, for a finishing touch wrap vines and berries from your garden around the pumpkins loosely.