Minneapolis grower is building a community through rescue plants Minneapolis nursery worker is building community through rescue plants.
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If Jazmyne LeBeau has her way, rescue plants will also become a point of pride. None of these will wind up in the dump, said LeBeau, 24, gesturing to tray after tray of vegetable seedlings, tiny plugs of herbs and flowering annuals placed on portable tables and available, free, for the taking.
This is the second spring that LeBeau has found homes for thousands of orphaned baby plants. She s forged connections with local nurseries and greenhouses to pick up the excess and imperfect live bounty that they would otherwise turn into compost. With the help and car trunks of her mother and her partner, she rounds up the plants, then sets them out for Saturday spring giveaways, which she calls The Plant Corner.