She turned an empty L.A. lot into a gorgeous mini flower farm as a 'win-win'
Los Angeles Times -

Kathleen Ferguson grabbed a pair of pruning shears from a mailbox nailed to a garden bed and leaned down to cut bunches of Orlaya grandiflora on the flower-filled hillside. "This property has a pulse," she said as she placed the white lace flowers into a bucket of water. "The wildlife is incredible here. I've caught bees napping in the sunflowers." With limited land for green space in Los Angeles, many people are growing flowers for sale in surprising places — under power lines and in their...

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