Human Flower Project

Sunday, November 16, 2008

David Moffitt:  Marigold Missionary

One raised bed, one overheard conversation, and a New York man spreads doughnut-sized marigolds across the land.

Barb and Dave Moffitt of Cortland, NY, and the ‘donor bed’
that launched 2000 marigold seed packets
Photo: Courtesy David Moffett

“The purpose of the raised beds was originally for vegetables to sell on our stand, but I gave into my wife’s desire for flowers.”

Just that little slip and David Moffitt shot himself out of a cannon, instigating a nationwide human flower project that’s clearly caught the seat of his pants on fire. (See that streak of marigold-orange?)

Moffitt and his wife, Barb, live in Cortland, New York, and belong to plantcycle, an Ottawa, Ontario, based group that exchanges plants, seeds, gardening tools and tips. There’s only one hitch: “Everything Must be Free!” In other words, David was wise to seed swapping and passalong plants when his marigold opportunity arrived.

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