Free Floral Arrangements

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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!