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How One Gardener's Neighbors Shared Their Land to Help Her Start a Flower Business
Mender-Franklin runs nine farm plots and employs 10 people after neighbors offered free yards and gardens for her urban flower business.
- Marisa Mender-Franklin runs nine flower farms in Memphis, Tennessee, and feels grateful when visiting them.
- Neighbors from a local Facebook Buy Nothing group shared their unused yards and gardens to help her start her flower business.
- She promised to be a responsible tenant and provide weekly bouquets to landowners, resulting in 40 offers for free growing spaces within a week.
- Marisa owns the Midtown Bramble and Bloom flower shop, manages nine farm plots, employs 10 people, and has formal lease agreements detailing boundaries and water costs.
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How one gardener’s neighbors shared their land to help her start a flower business
When Marisa Mender-Franklin walks through any of the nine flower farms she runs in Memphis, Tennessee, her first thoughts are of gratitude. Partly for the flowers and the bees, but mostly for the support of her neighbors.
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Leaning Left16Leaning Right2Center10Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
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