WILMINGTON — A flyer changed the humdrum of the lives of Chuck Watson and Ernest Johnson. It offered, quite literally, a second chance to train for a new job with support from the Delaware Center for Horticulture in Trolley Square.

“I needed something to do,” said Johnson, who lives on Wilmington’s west side. “I had my outpatient program, but then I had a lot of down time.”

“I really didn’t want to come,” Watson added. “It was by chance. My job counselor asked me to give it a try. I did and look how it turned out.”

By the end of a nine-week “Branches to Chances” program that included nearly all aspects of landscaping, both men were hired by the Delaware Center for Horticulture to work as landscapers. There, they can put their new knowledge of flower propagation, soil management, water m

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