Friday, February 17, 2006

 

Free trees and plants, you just pay $7 for postage

I haven't ordered from them, but they seem to be a fine organization. It is a particularly good deal for bareroot trees, and it's a good time of year (or will be soon) to plant trees. So check them out!

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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 disabled persons 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.

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 $6.95 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. Disabled people get meaningful work and a paycheck. Everyone wins.

Happy planting,
Cheryl Richter

P.S. If you aren't satisfied with your free plants in the first 60 days, we will replace them without further shipping and processing."

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