3 Secrets to Finding Free Plants

This is one of our peaceful pockets ideas, which are easy, earth-friendly ways to save money. You will be surprised to find that there are free unwanted plants that you can give a home to.

In fact, gardening can be free to get started and I have a list of five things you can try right now to start a free garden. You can get the password to this list at the bottom of the post in my free resource library. You just have to know where to look and how to help. Here are 3 secrets to finding free plants to landscape your yard.

Look for the "Weeds" and Herbs

You can find unwanted free plants locally from your neighbors from NextDoor, Buy Nothing Project, family & friends, Freecycle, Local classifieds/Craigslist. All you have to do is ask.

Offer to weed people's yards, some people consider anything they didn't plant to be a weed. Ask around for the"spreading" herbs, such as catnip, mint, or dill. Many herbs are hard to contain in a pot and try to take over a yard.

If your community has any of these herbs, they may consider them a weed. Many people want a uniform grass lawn and would love for you to pull out the dandelions or violets that you would find pretty and make great jellies.

Runner Plants and Shoots

You can find unwanted free plants locally from your neighbors from NextDoor, Buy Nothing Project, family & friends, Freecycle, Local classifieds/Craigslist. All you have to do is ask. Offer to remove extra berry canes in early Spring, such as raspberries and blackberries.

We asked our friends if anyone needed to get rid of fruit canes and we received a storage tote full of raspberry plants! We had too many for our spot, so I gave a few to another friend who's starting their garden.

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Offer to prune strawberries at the end of the season and take home free runner plants that have roots attached.  These extra canes and runners take life from the plant they're attached to so that they don't offer as many berries.

Volunteer plants

Volunteer plants are ones that seed and grow themselves in your own yard. These can be "weeds" like dandelions or pineapple plants (which are kind of sweet like chamomile). They can be a tomato plant that pops up from a tomato that fell from your plant last year or a mint plant you couldn't contain in a pot.

Luckily for you, there are several places to find unwanted free plants. You just have to know where to spot them and how to appreciate them. Have you ever adopted an unwanted plant?

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