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Online Plea Spurs Gardeners To Aid Texas Woman In East Texas, a divorced mother can't pay the higher rent her landlord wants, so she's moving out. Scores of gardeners from across the state are helping her move her lush garden of shrubs, trees and beloved day lilies to her new home, one plant at a time.

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Online Plea Spurs Gardeners To Aid Texas Woman

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Lilies bloom in Tracy Pruitt's garden. Gardeners from across Texas are helping her move the garden to a new home after Pruitt was forced out from her home. Tracy Pruitt for NPR hide caption

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Lilies bloom in Tracy Pruitt's garden. Gardeners from across Texas are helping her move the garden to a new home after Pruitt was forced out from her home.

Tracy Pruitt for NPR

Tracy Pruitt's property manager gave her 30 days to leave her home of 2 1/2 years.

But what about the lush garden of shrubs, trees and beloved day lilies the East Texas woman planted and nurtured there?

Truitt posted a plea for help at an online gardener's forum and scores of gardeners from across Texas are helping her move them to her new home.