Lisa Boone This is the latest in a series we call Plant PPL, where we interview people of color in the plant world. If you have any suggestions for PPL to include in our series, tag us on Instagram @latimesplants . It’s an unlikely location for a farm: the front yard of a shared rental property in a residential neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. But, Siri Lorece Hirth says, her neighbors often stop to admire her 1-year-old edible garden and visit the free farmstand she and her husband, Patrick, host on Sundays. “Only a small portion of land is available for us to grow anything, but we have found a way,” says Hirth of her former front lawn. Hirth has been gardening and growing food for years and founded her farm business — Creative Arts Farm — in 2015. “We were looking for land to expand, and we had a business plan,” she says. “When the pandemic hit, we thought about what we could do to help our community thrive during such a difficult time. I was doing garden consultations
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