The creative team at Anthropologie must feel the same way, given their current window displays. With 38 billion plastic water bottles being thrown out each year, they set out to reduce that number by creating delightful window displays and ceiling installations from them. And while their particular scale might be unattainable (and impractical) for your own home, I think a few displayed in a garden bed, or even a simple vase

Here’s how you can create your plastic garden:

1. Using a box cutter, carefully and lightly slice top of bottle off. The size all depends on how long you’d like your petals to be.

2. Cut out petals, in shapes of your choosing.

3. Bend cut petals back.

4. Paint them in colors and patterns of your choice.

{Images courtesy of Anthropologie and Flickr}

For inspiration on “growing” your own garden, simply visit your local Anthropologie store or click through after the jump for photos from national stores’ windows.