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Maybe you want to cheer your home up with a little color. Nothing does that better than a bright beautiful flower arrangement. When I lived in Indiana almost 20 years ago, I used to dumpster dive flowers all the time. Floral stores throw out perfectly usable flowers for whatever reason.
I haven't done that for a long time now, except for a couple of years
ago when myself and my friend Christopher made a giant flower mandala
for the Jazz Festival. It was amazing. We went to the floral
headquarters on Swan Island and grabbed tons of flowers.
I have found many free vases in free boxes. The one I used in the flower arrangement below was left at Laurelhurst Park after an event that happened the day before. I felt that it needed to be rescued before it was broken.
On Saturday I came home to find my neighbor was pruning her plants for the winter. There were piles of rosemary and marigold and others herbs laying on the sidewalk, so I grabbed an armful and off I went to make a free arrangement.
I would also like to add that it's very easy to procure free rosemary in Portland since it's growing everywhere.
I have also been going to town making terrariums. I have most of the bowls I am using in free boxes. They're everywhere. Here's two bowls I found just last week.
I hope this post inspires you to find ways to cheer up your home on the free!
