LOL - it's true, my sticky clay is very pretty.
I consider myself very lucky with this particular coffee shop - they only put grounds, filters and tea bags in my bags. They're very committed to recycling, in return, I gave them lots of fresh tomatoes. Such a deal. I'm going to plant zinnias for them next spring so they can have flutterbys in their outdoor sitting area. Maybe a few cone flowers.....
We don't have CG here (we don't have a LOT of things here!) but there is a place called "Barky Beaver" that sells bark, "mushroom" compost (still really wondering what the heck that stuff really is) and topsoil (won't do *that* again). I think much of their stuff they get from lumber processing. Lots of hardwood cutting around here.
So I get my free stuff from the next cities landscape waste yard - I do get a fair amount of trash, but I'm totally into free. And they have a loader, shew!
