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+[package]
+name = "kindergarten_garden"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+# Not all libraries from crates.io are available in Exercism's test runner.
+# The full list of available libraries is here:
+# https://github.com/exercism/rust-test-runner/blob/main/local-registry/Cargo.toml
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/solutions/rust/kindergarten-garden/1/src/lib.rs b/solutions/rust/kindergarten-garden/1/src/lib.rs
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+pub fn plants(diagram: &str, student: &str) -> Vec<&'static str> {
+    let students = [
+        "Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "David", "Eve", "Fred", "Ginny", "Harriet", "Ileana", "Joseph",
+        "Kincaid", "Larry",
+    ];
+    let sliced_diagram: Vec<char> =diagram.trim().chars().collect();
+    let student_index = students.iter().position(|&x| x == student);
+    if student_index.is_none() {
+        return vec![];
+    }
+    let student_index = student_index.unwrap();
+    let sliced_diagram_len = sliced_diagram.len();
+
+    let mut solution: Vec<&'static str> = Vec::new();
+    for i in 0..2 {
+        let plant_index = (student_index * 2) + i;
+        let plant_row_one = match sliced_diagram[plant_index] {
+            'V' => "violets",
+            'R' => "radishes",
+            'C' => "clover",
+            'G' => "grass",
+            _ => "",
+        };
+        solution.push(plant_row_one);
+    }
+    for i in 0..2 {
+        let plant_index = (student_index * 2) + i+1 + (sliced_diagram_len / 2);
+        let plant_row_two = match sliced_diagram[plant_index] {
+            'V' => "violets",
+            'R' => "radishes",
+            'C' => "clover",
+            'G' => "grass",
+            _ => "",
+        };
+        solution.push(plant_row_two);
+    }
+    solution
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let diagram = "VC
+RC";
+    let student = "Alice";
+    let plants_for_alice = plants(diagram, student);
+    println!("{:?}", plants_for_alice);
+}
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