Picking Apples for Seasonal Treats and Tablescapes

Picking Apples for Treats and Tablescapes

Whether you’re picking apples from the orchard or selecting varieties from the grocery store, apples lend seasonal flair with ease. Incorporate this crisp, colorful fruit into desserts, floral arrangements, and tabletop décor to warm the hearts of those gathered round all autumn long.


Glowing Treasures

Picking Apples tablescape with sunflowers

Gleaming china infuses each place setting with the rich hues of changing leaves, while Granny Smith apples top bread-and-butter plates for an endearing harvest tribute. Sunflowers, gerbera daisies, and hydrangeas mingle in harmony at center stage.


Caramel Apple Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Icing

Caramel apple pound cake on a standNotes of cinnamon and caramel complement this satisfying cake brimming with fresh apples and finished with chopped walnuts.

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Perfect Pick

Apple place card

Take advantage of this abundant fall fruit with a simple place card idea. Cut craft paper into leaf shapes, and use a paint pen or marker in a contrasting color to inscribe the name of each guest. With gold twine, attach the name tags to apple stems, then place the edible displays at every setting for a sweet welcome.


Apple Spice Cake with Browned Butter Frosting

Apple Spice Cake with Browned Butter Frosting

A luscious browned butter icing cloaks a cake infused with all of autumn’s best spices—an old-fashioned treat that pairs beautifully with a hot beverage.

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Flourishing Resplendence

Splendid Supper with the Flavors of FranceA lavish display of burgundy and white dahlias, chocolate cosmos, purple Matsumoto asters, Gunni eucalyptus, and ornamental cabbage is framed by plums and plenty of apples. Greenery spills forth amid various potted herbs in a nod to lush orchards. See more of this spread and a menu inspired by the French countryside here.


Caramel Apple Pie with Oatmeal-Almond Crumble and Calvados Crème Anglaise

Caramel Apple Pie with Oatmeal-Almond Crumble

This gussied-up apple pie recipe features a spiced crumble topping and a creamy glaze laced with vanilla bean and apple brandy.

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Simply Natural

Apples table runner

Try this idea on your dinner table, mantel, or sideboard to extend a warm greeting as temperatures cool. Start with a neutral foundation in a rustic material like frayed linen or burlap, then layer it with seeded eucalyptus and apples. Mix in white pillar candles in varied heights for a soft glow.


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