The best autumn wedding flowers in Vogue

Need inspiration for fall wedding flowers? The time of year, after all, has become increasingly popular for nuptials: The Knot found that three of 2024’s top five wedding weekends were in September and October. One of the main reasons for the choice, they report, is because couples love the romantic backdrop fall foliage so naturally provides.

So for all the brides and grooms currently dreaming about a fall wedding, Vogue decided to compile the best seasonal blooms, bouquets, and arrangements from the real weddings we’ve published. Take a wedding in Kyoto which included an abundance of pampas grass, or a New York City affair at the Rainbow Room where the couple said their vows under an arch of moody Japanese maple leaves. One wedding in Connecticut used fall foliage as an aesthetic accent throughout, while another in the same state adorned their table with classic red roses to create a dramatic, romantic effect. Then there's a September bride in Switzerland who, on the morning of her wedding, strolled to the farmer's market to buy blooms for her own bouquet.

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Below, the best fall wedding flowers in Vogue—from bouquets, to table arrangements, to decorative accents. (And, if you're looking for even more seasonal inspiration, here are our best fall weddings, too.)

Mary Macgill and Terrence Breschi incorporated fall branches and anemones for their Hudson Valley wedding.

The Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and Chloe Mendel incorporated moody florals at their Highland Park, Illinois wedding.

“I am obsessed with flowers,” Jess Wolfe said of her wedding in Silverlake, which embraced unruly September blooms.

For their October wedding in Colorado, Eve Levin and Matthew Bowman got married under a floral-covered chuppah that overlooked the Rocky Mountains.

Bel Powley married at Petersham Nurseries—which was full of in-season red blooms.

Kelsey Randall and Perry Fuchs wed under an arch decorated with persimmon branches and dahlias.

“I gasped when I saw this staircase for the first time. I still can’t believe how amazing the flowers looked entwined throughout the bannister and up across the ceiling,” Harley Viera Newton said of the florals at her West Village wedding.

Sarah Levine and William Jess Laird’s October wedding in Marfa, Texas, featured a hanging centerpiece a 20-foot-long dried Yucca tree hung as well as foraged wildflowers.

With the help of their florist Molly Ford, AnnaSophia Robb embraced an autumnal palette for her Hudson Valley wedding under a harvest moon.

“Emily Thompson created the most spectacular backdrop for our ceremony inside Bar SixtyFive. She brought nature up 65 floors and created a fall dreamscape out of Japanese maple. It didn’t overpower, and it framed the view in the most mesmerising way,” Brooke Bobb said of her New York City wedding.

“I love dried flowers, and it was a keepsake each of the bridesmaids and groomsmen got to keep,” Alessandra Knight said of the floral bouquets used at her Santa Barbara wedding.

This micro-wedding in the Scottish Highlands included arrangements with fresh autumnal flowers, thistles, and dried maple leaves. Many of the materials were foraged nearby.

Sarah Michler and Henry-Alex Rubin's tables for their October wedding were covered in bouquets of white ranunculus, foxglove, and forget-me-nots, while bamboo branches swayed overhead.

Chryseis Tan and Faliq Nasimuddin's Kyoto wedding included pale pink flowers and plenty of pampas grass.

“We incorporated pinks and greens, in fall hues, in the cocktail hour floral arrangements. They looked beautiful against the library’s incredible grey archways,” Samatha Tritsch said of her October wedding at the New York Public Library.

For her Connecticut countryside wedding, Julia Arnhold used a variety of blooms in a fall colour palette.

Jamie Singer Soros chose the classic red rose for her arrangements at her Connecticut wedding, held at Philip Johnson's minimal Glass House.

Ito Aghayere and Leon Hendrix wed in late October under a jewel-toned floral arch using reds, pinks, and oranges. Meanwhile, arrangements were made of dahlias, calla lilies, gladiolus, and snapdragons.

“For the flowers and overall aesthetic, she wanted something that was very different and unique," wedding planner Preston Bailey said of Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian's New Orleans wedding. Here, a floral arrangement made of yellow and gold blooms, including roses.

CJ McCollum and Elise Esposito's late October wedding in Oregon wine country featured a grand fall floral display with red, yellow, and burnt orange blooms pouring out of vintage car.

Floral designer Amy Merrick created her own wedding day bouquet for her September elopement in Switzerland. Morning of, she headed to the farmers market to buy Swiss garden roses and apricot croissants for breakfast. She tied it all together with ruby throats, nude carnations, and dahlias.