Victory Starts Now and Plant Community in the LA Times

AJ “Billions” checks the fragrance of a California poppy in the lushly blooming native garden behind one of Victory Starts Now’s residences in South L.A. Plant Community has been working to remove lead with mulch, minerals and plants that pull toxins from the soil. (Stella Kalinina / For The Times)

Landscape designer Parker Davis took this route when his nonprofit, Plant Community, helped another nonprofit, Victory Starts Now, reclaim land around two of the group residences it created for formerly incarcerated people in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhoods of South L.A. Read the full article here