This Guy Says Plants Can Change People. So What If He Plants A Garden In A Gang-Ridden Neighborhood?

I’ve never met anybody who looks at his sidewalk or his community quite the way Ron Finley does. Watch this video full-screen and take in some surprising moments of beauty from South Central Los Angeles.

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Carolyn Silveira

Apr 3, 2013

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