Access different root

Is there a way to access a different root folder without having access to an object in said root?

I'm thinking about something like this:

http://snag.gy/LXijE.jpg

Say I'm writing a script attached to ProtoHarvester, and I want access to the root directory of the Resources folder so I can run "GetComponents<>()" there. If I had access to an object that's already there I could do object.root.GetC...., but is there a way to do this without that?

I'd prefer to not have to add a dummy-element in Resources and forward that to the objects I want to be able to access the root with. I also don't want to put the Resources branch and the Player branches in the same object so they share the same root.