The Family Fall Fun Fest is open every weekend in October from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and features pony rides, a petting zoo, a moon bounce, a corn maze, a cowboy challenge course, mums and pumpkins ...

Lunacy Marigolds have unique outer petals that give them a real mum-like look. Gosh, I love this time of the year: when everyone decorates with pumpkins, old flowers get ripped out and mums go in ...

For him, the mums were a sign that not only was summer ending, but winter was right around the corner. I know other people who have the same feelings about pumpkin spice coffee and beer.

For him, the mums were a sign that not only was summer ending, but winter was right around the corner. I know other people who have the same feelings about pumpkin spice coffee and beer.

The family farm offers pumpkins, mums, corn stalks, gourds and straw bales. Hayrides and a corn maze are also available at the farm. Admission to Pickin' Patch Farm is $6 per person, 3 and up.

Extra textures and colors are expected and celebrated in the fall. “I like to add varying sizes of pumpkins and gourds into beautiful tablescapes and table centerpieces,” says Meade.

In the fall, she took her son to the annual Autumn at the Arboretum festival. Each year, the garden bedecks its lawns and pathways with 100,000 gourds in a Pumpkin Village.

A few days after the faux-fall temperatures hit, I decided it was time to buy pumpkins. Perhaps as a stress reliever, I headed out to hunt pretty pumpkins and mums for my front porch, with a ...