If you want to help the environment, it’s significantly more effective than avoiding plastic straws. That’s probably a $30 investment from Lowe’s. alone will give you plenty of blooms from late May to August, at least. Ipomoea pandurata, Rudbeckia sp., Echinacea sp. Fresh bouquet every day really livens up a house. You can garden in an apartment with relatively inexpensive aquaponics, also.Ĭut flower gardening. Also gives an excuse for wood/metalworking on raised beds, trellises, etc. Vegetable gardening (the obvious) saves on money and is great to do with kids. There are so many types and so many uses.