Adopt-a-Plant

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Jim Jensen, left, and Danielle DeGroot, middle, salvaged plants Aug. 9 from 655 and 651 Serra St. with the aim of reusing them at Sequoia YMCA in Redwood City. Fahmida Ahmed, right, manager of sustainability programs at Stanford, gave them a hand. Stanford’s plant adoption pilot project invited community organizations to rescue landscape elements from the Serra complex, which is scheduled for demolition.

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