Workers with Disabilities get Jobs when You Reserve Plants. Thank You!       

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Every year millions of healthy high-quality plants go unsold and are destroyed.

 They go to the dump,

 They get plowed under,

 They get burned or buried.

  It's a huge waste.

 They come from the very same growers that supply many of the most

  famous garden catalogs. I know because I'm an avid gardener and horticultural

  photographer. I've taken  a lot of the photos you see in many of those same catalogs.

 I also strongly support the sheltered workshop movement. Hundreds-of-thousands

 of workers with disabilities find meaningful jobs in workshops all across the country.

 The ongoing problem is to find work to be done.

 We started this web site to help solve both problems. We find unsold

 nursery stock and have it packaged by sheltered workshops.

  We give away the plants to anyone who will send shipping and processing.

  Free Trees and Plants.com is not a nonprofit charity.  We do not ask for,

  or accept, contributions or  offer paid memberships.  Except for shipping and processing,

  Free Trees and Plants .com is a self-supporting project. 

  Distribution of the free plants is on a first reserved, first served basis.

  When you make your reservation, you will get a confirmation. It will show your

  reservation number and what free plants you reserved.

  All plants are shipped dormant and bare-root, just like most catalog stock.

  We will send your free plants by standard mail.

  Shipping and processing covers the cost of:

  digging

  washing

  inspection

  transportation

  size sorting

  unit grouping

  hydro dipping

  packaging labor

  packaging materials

  labeling

  addressing

  postal sorting

  and postage to your door.

  Every step is done manually.

  Shipping and processing is only $7.95 per unit. Some catalogs appear to charge

  less for shipping and handling. They include part of the cost in the price

  of the plants, we can't.

  Your plants are FREE. Every plant is as good as, or better than, those

  you see in expensive catalogs at high prices. The only difference is

  that, unless you want these plants, they may go to waste.

 You get free plants.  You help stop a huge waste. Workers with disabilities

 get meaningful work and a paycheck. Everyone wins.

                                                                                  Happy planting,

                                                                                     Cheryl Richter

  P.S.  If you aren't satisfied with your free plants we will replace them without further

  cost or send you a refund.

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