Tricks to Get Free Indoor Plants | Free Garden Plants

Want to have houseplants for free? Is it possible? Well, these Tricks to Get Free Indoor Plants will help you.

Don’t compromise your love for plants if you don’t have a budget for them. There are quite a lot of ways to have them without breaking the bank. Let’s have a look at the Tricks to Get Free Indoor Plants.

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How to Get Free Indoor Plants

1. Ask Your Neighbors

If your neighbors are moving out, you can ask them to give old or extra plants to you. Also, if they are going on a long vacation, you can volunteer to take care of their plants. They might give you some plants, pups, or cuttings for the favor.

2. Visit Garden Centers, Nurseries, and Florists

These are the places where you can get plants for cheap. Nurseries and garden centers clear their old plant stock from time to time, and you might get lucky to get plants at low cost or even free too! An abandoned home can also be a good place to look for.

3. Visit Farmer’s and Flea Markets

Plan to visit flea and farmer markets as these places have really cheap plants to offer. Also, request some sellers to give one or two plants for free. Rest assured, you won’t be disappointed while attending any of these!

4. Check Online

Research online platforms for plant-swapping groups that give away plants for free. Some of the good ones are:

• PlantSwap.org
• Theplantexchange.com
• My Village Plants
• World Plant Exchange

If you are on Facebook, you can join Great American Seed Swap and Helensburgh Plant Swap for free plants and seeds.

• CraigsList: Check your region and enter ‘free plants’ or the name of the plant you want.
• MeetUp: Find a plant swapping group or a garden near you.
• Facebook Marketplace: With a little bit of searching, you can get free plants.
• NextDoor: Find a sale/free section for plants or post a request. Chances are, you will receive lots of succulents and make new friends too!

5. Visit Environmental Organizations and Garden Clubs

Seasonal sales are an excellent way to get plants for cheap or even free. These sales present rare and exotic plants at nominal prices too. It all depends on how you strike the conversation, and you might even get lucky to get a few beautiful specimens for free!

6. Request for a Plant as a Gift

If your relatives or friends ask you about a gift suggestion on your special day, ask for a plant. Moreover, you can even take them to the nearest garden center and pick the plant that fits in their gifting budget for you.

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7. Seeds

Seeds don’t cost much, and you can also get them for free. Using seeds from the pantry is a brilliant way to grow plants for free too. Simply add soil to a container, sow seeds, water frequently, locate the pot in a bright spot, and soon you’ll have plants of your own!

8. Look for Seedlings, Pups, and Offsets

While visiting a friend’s place, keep an eye on pups and offsets of plants. You can get them for free to start a new plant in your home. Similarly, many nurseries have transplants or seedlings of indoor plants like pothos, philodendron, and anthurium for sale in seed trays, which you can get for a very low price.

9. Christmas Functions

During Christmas and Easter (or any other event around you), churches are decorated with potted plants. After the events are over, plants are distributed to regular churchgoers. So, if you are a parishioner or member of the congregation, you can ask for these potted plants for free.

10. Estate Sales

In the yard or estate sales, plants are not so popular as people generally seek jewelry, furniture, and household items. When the sale ends, and shopkeepers pack their stuff, the price drop drastically, and some even give them for free as they want to get rid of the stuff while they pack and move on. You can try your luck there!

11. Start from Cuttings

Cuttings are a great way of creating your own free indoor plants through propagation. You can request your neighbors and friends to let you snip a cutting from their plants.

Philodendrons, pothos, monstera, spider plants, jade plants, and English ivy are some of the best plants that grow easily from cuttings. You can distribute the cuttings to other gardening enthusiasts too!

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12. Join Arbor Day Foundation

Though you might not get plants for free, the main advantage of attending the Arbor Day Foundation is receiving 10 free trees. There is also an option to get 10 trees planted in your name in a rainforest.

13. Buy Plants that Grow Pups

Succulents and plants like aglaonema, anthurium, and alocasia grow pups. Look for such plants that are full of so many pups coming, as you can multiply from them for free! We also have a list of such plants, so don’t forget to check it out before you close the article.