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title: "I'm old enough to recall the “Hands Across America” campaign. This…"
description: "I'm old enough to recall the “Hands Across America” campaign. This was a public fundraising event on Sunday, May 25, 1986, when 5 to 6.5 million people held…"
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community: "Expert Level Greenspace"
author: "Roundshouse Plants"
published: "2023-08-29T19:44:02.874Z"
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# I'm old enough to recall the “Hands Across America” campaign. This…

_Posted by Roundshouse Plants on 2023-08-29_

I'm old enough to recall the “Hands Across America” campaign. This was a public fundraising event on Sunday, May 25, 1986, when 5 to 6.5 million people held hands for 15 minutes in an attempt to form a continuous human chain across the contiguous United States.

I'm now attempting to create a “Leaves Across My House” art installation.😜 If I position each plant so that one of its leaves is touching another plant, I can create a chain throughout all the open rooms of my house. So far, my living room, to the kitchen, to the hallway, are all holding “hands.” I wonder how far I can keep it going? 😂

## 9 comments

### Mullein commented on 2023-08-29

Omg one of my childhood memories was a friend’s house. Her mom had pothos vines that hung around the perimeter of the ceilings in every room of the upstairs! She must have been nurturing for those plants for decades. I haven’t seen anything like it since

### Anya commented on 2023-08-29

Loolll stoop

### MeasomerPi commented on 2023-08-30

I will need photographic documentation of “Leaves Across \[Your\] House”

#### Roundshouse Plants replied on 2023-08-31

I made a great video but realized the app doesn't you post them! Maybe I'll upload to YouTube and share the link.

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2023-08-31

Please have inspiring music playing in the background 😁

#### Roundshouse Plants replied on 2023-08-31

This is going to be so good! Your profile pic gave me an idea…maybe I’ll put the theme song to my video…oooo weeee ooooooo, ooo, wee, ooo…spinning leaves like the T.A.R.D.I.S through time and space. #tenth✨🪛

#### MeasomerPi replied on 2023-08-31

My heart belongs to the Fourth 😉

#### Roundshouse Plants replied on 2023-09-01

Tenth got me started and then I was a goner after that. There's a classic Who channel that is my go-to. I have a soft spot for the seventh, but four’s scarf is the best.

### Danika commented on 2023-09-05

I need to see this. 🤓

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