Do they throw them away or do they do something cool with them. A few years back they made potpourri out of them and sold it. Anyone know what they do with them now?
Many of the covered areas on the floats are with petals that have been pulled off a bloom and each glued separately. They park them in an area that’s like a big open field and charge $7 to come and walk around them and see them up close.
It may be that they make to ones they can get off info potpourri or perhaps they sell them to a company that makes it. This way they can recoup some of the enormous costs involved in the parade. The city has tons of trash to pick up after the parade and have extra police to direct traffic as it is a super traffic jamb in Pasadena, partly due to the parade and partly due to the football game at the stadium. They also set up sections of bleachers in certain areas along the parade route and sell tickets for seats at some. Homes along the route rent out their front yard and/or parkway areas. People camp out days beforehand. I like the potpourri idea and hope they do that so as not to waste so many beautiful blooms. On many floats, where you see a panel of complete blooms, they re often cut off the stem completely or on a very short stem, depending on how they are shaping things
If you get there, it’s really worth seeing them after the parade. You get to see the incredible hand-work it takes to crete them.