People pay thousands of dollars or go on waiting lists to get their hands on some viralpumpkindecorations forHalloween.Heather Torres, from Texas,USA, has seen her festive adornment business quadruple in just four years. “Porch Pumpkins” has since become aninternet sensation.
Porch Pumpkins is Heather’s flourishing porch-scaping business in which she designs and sets up elaboratepumpkin displaysoutside of people’s homes.
HighlightsHeather Torres' porch-scaping business quadruples in four years.Porch Pumpkins' priciest package costs $1,350 with elaborate decor.Porch Pumpkins is now an internet sensation with sold-out designs.
Appearing onThe Koerner Officepodcast with Chris Koerner on Wednesday (October 2), Heather reportedly explained how it all started when she saw her friends paying thousands of dollars to haveChristmasdecorations installed at their homes.
Since she already had experience decorating her own home with pumpkins each fall, Heather decided to take the leap in 2020 and launch her small business,Peoplereported on Friday (October 4).
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People pay thousands of dollars or go on waiting lists to get their hands on some viral pumpkin decorations for Halloween
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“My first year in business I expected to design 30 porches, we did 250 in 2020,” Heather toldPeople. “This year we will provide 1037 pumpkin displays to Porch Pumpkins clients in the Dallas Fort Worth area and Houston. We look forward to continuing our growth and will add Austin in 2026!”
Heather has been a pumpkin enthusiast for over a decade, as she explained: “What inspired the [Porch Pumpkins] name is, I have been decorating with pumpkins for a long time.
“In 2013 when I stayed at home with my oldest son, he was a little seven-month-old, I went crazy with pumpkins.”
Heather Torres, from Texas, USA, has seen her festive adornment business quadruple in just four years
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The businesswoman continued: “I used to put them in my landscaping and what I learned is, if you put pumpkins in landscaping they will rot faster than if you put them on a porch.
“I knew this because I’ve had years and years of decorating my home. So I knew that I wanted it to be very clear that we would be putting pumpkins on your porch so they will last longer.”
According toPorch Pumpkins’ official website, Heather’s spooky embellishments are currently sold out. As a result, those still desperate to get their hands on one of the decorative fruits need to go on a waitlist.
“Porch Pumpkins” has since become an internet sensation
Heather’s most expensive package retails at $1,350 and includes two grand prize pumpkins, 10 largeJack-O Lanterns, eight medium Jack-O Lanterns, eight white ghost pumpkins, an assortment of pie pumpkins, 16 specialty pumpkins, mini orange pumpkins, mini white pumpkins, and three hay bales and ornamental gourds.
Porch Pumpkins’ cheapest package costs $325 and includes four large Jack-O lanterns, four medium Jack-O lanterns, four white ghost pumpkins, an assortment of pie pumpkins, and six specialty pumpkins.
In a viral video shared on herInstagram pageon September 26, Heather was seen sprinting to a house to complete an order.
Heather’s most expensive package retails at $1,350
Porch Pumpkins provides optional clean-up and removal services, with 65% to 70% of customers choosing this option aroundThanksgiving.
Heather ends up donating all of the pumpkins she gets back as food for farmanimals, and the straw from the hay is donated to a local farm as well,Peoplereported.
Pumpkins are used forHalloweendecorations because of their historical connection to the Irish tradition of carving turnips into lanterns, which evolved into pumpkins after Irish immigrants in America found them more abundant and easier to carve.
The practice, rooted in the legend of “Stingy Jack,” aimed to ward off evil spirits, according toBritannica. Pumpkins, being a symbol of harvest in autumn, naturally fit into the seasonal celebrations of Halloween.
Samhain originates from an ancient Celtic spiritual tradition and is celebrated from October 31 to November 1 to welcome in the harvest and usher in “the dark half of the year.”
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