Woman makes $250K-a-year with pumpkin porch decor side hustle

By Ben Barry

A woman earns more than $250k-a-year by decorating porches with pumpkins - and says the side hustle has grown by 4,000 percent since launching.

Heather Torres, 42, has decked out 1,300 porches this year alone.

Clients pay her between $325 and $1,350 to decorate their porches and front yards with pumpkins for the spooky season.

Since starting Porch Pumpkins in 2020, Heather has decorated thousands of houses - earning more than $250k a year.

Her business has grown by 4,000 percent since she launched and Heather expanded operations to deliver pumpkins in Austin, Dallas, and Houston.

Heather, a business owner and stay-at-home mom from Dallas, Texas, said: “Business is absolutely booming for us.

“This year alone we did more than 1,300 porches in the three cities that we operate in.

“It makes me feel so thankful and grateful. I truly love decorating for my own family, but to do this for other people is remarkable.

“I have a gift for this, and to be able to share that gift with 1,300 other homes is special.”

Heather says her first attempt at a display was “tacky” but improved over the years to the point where her neighbors started asking her to decorate their yards.

She said: “October 2013 was the first time I ever did a pumpkin display.

“I had them all spread out in the yard. After that, my designs got a little more defined.

“I started creating designs and using different varieties of pumpkins.

“That is when my friends and neighbors asked if I could do it for them.”

In September 2020, Heather launched Porch Pumpkins, where she uses pumpkins to design a display for the spooky season.

Clients pay Heather between $325 and $1,350 to decorate their porches and front yards with pumpkins for the spooky season.

She said her biggest design can take her 35 minutes to arrange, and her smallest will take her around five minutes.

Heather said: “I love the holidays. I think October and pumpkin season mark the beginning of the holiday season and the start of festivities.

“I think it makes people so happy and brings joy - it makes the home feel nice.

“People enjoy a Christmas tree in their home; our pumpkin displays mark the beginning of fall.”

Heather will start taking orders for pumpkins in July and spend four weeks delivering them between September and October 16.

After Halloween on November 1, Heather and the team will collect the pumpkins - if requested- and donate them to farms.

Heather said: “We spend around four weeks delivering the pumpkins to houses.

“At the beginning of November, we will go and collect pumpkins from those who have requested that service.

“We have partnered with a number of organizations who will use our pumpkins to feed their livestock so they don’t go to waste.”