although the items in question were not rescued for a bin or a dumpster I am still considering them as something other’s considered waste that still had potential use.
Yesterday as I walked to the health center I decided to visit with the tree behind the red barn. the ground was littered with eucalyptus and baby’s breath from a wedding that had been held there the day before. I was amazed at how the party could just leave something so valuable behind. of course it was organic material so leaving it on the ground once you’re done is not the same as leaving some other type of non organic trash. but in my mind these plants are not trash, they can be used practically and as decoration. I know the value of both monetarily and baby’s breath especially is not cheap, especially when paying for wedding flowers. I collected as much as I could of both, and even with the help of a friend was not able to gather everything. I walked back to Dakin with my arms full and my face nearly covered. I separated the eucalyptus from the baby’s breath and made them into individual bunches. I know I can dry and preserve both, I can give dried the flowers and leaves as gifts and I can hang them in my room for the pleasant visual of dried plants in my room and also for the scent the eucalyptus will leave in my room. I also placed bunches of the dried eucalyptus in my shower, it makes the shower smell nice when the steam lets out the scent and is also beneficial for opening up your sinuses.
Maybe the party did know the uses of what they were leaving behind but not have a plan for them once the ceremony ended. clearly they did not value their usefulness enough to deem them worthy of saving, I am glad they did not make an effort to dispose of them otherwise because then I wouldn’t have had access to such a wonderful resource for free. mayb they just didn’t want them or maybe they did in fact think of them as garbage now that the events they’d planned had ended. in this situation I am more than happy to clean up after them because I know that I am benefiting while putting their wastefulness to use.