The Gift of a Garden: How Facebook's Buy Nothing Helped a Teacher Reinvent Herself as an Urban Flower Farmer for Free Marisa Mender Franklin's transformation from teacher to urban flower farmer is a testament to the power of community driven initiatives.
Through the Facebook group Buy Nothing, where neighbors share resources and support one another, she has established nine flower farms and employed a team of 10 people.
Mender Franklin credits her success not only to her own hard work but also to the generosity of strangers who have come together to help her.