How to garden with flowers for free

Don't want to pay high prices for landscaping? Learn how to get free plants.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• patch of land or container filled with potting soil
• seeds, tubers or bulbs from trash or friends
• small hand shovel

1. Gather seeds from other peoples gardens, with their permission. Ask if they would like their bulbs or tubers "thinned out".
2. Plant your free plants or seeds.
3. Keep moist and in a partially sunny location.

Tips & Warnings

• I find that people are more than happy to let you thin out their crowded planters. I ask if I can have the plants that are remove, I've never been turned down.