Recycling Poinsettias

By

samzart

Moat of the churches I have been to have the congregation buy the pointsettias before Christmas for about $10.00. They are put on the altar and the people pick them up Christmas eve to take home.

By

ladyshoe

We take ours to people in the hospital and also to shut-ins in our congregation. They sure do enjoy receiving them as they brighten up their lives.

By

AnniesArtifacting

Well, I wish I lived in a warm enough area to put those lovely plants all around my home outside, but unfortunately we live in PA and they would probably die. The Church where I normally worship-for now, may be changing soon. They get the poinsettias through members buying them to decorate the church, and members can take them home after the Christmas Eve Services, if the plants are left, the Outreach group takes all the left over plants and distributes them to the Home bound members of the church, and to the elderly people of the church.

I always buy at least 5 plants in the names of the people that I most love. So many that I have to rotate the list annually :) but I leave them at the church as I have pets that wouldn't think twice about tasting them, and My plants go to the Elderly.

By

skinnyjinny

They are given to the older members of the congregation who can't get to church.

By

Jacketbacker

I just read about someone making individual vases out of the flowers each week. We do the same thing at our church. They go to shut-ins and those in nursing homes. So do potted plants.

By

HalfWhit

We take our weekly bouquet of flowers from the altar each week and make individual bud vases out of the presentable flowers and then take them to our shut-ins or those in the hospitals. If the bouquet is not suitable for individual bud vases we then take the entire bouquet to the local nursing homes.

By

soyzicks

Here is a nice pix of those poinsettias on my lanai.