The New Garden Society

Photo by Michael Piazza

Thanks to a generous plant donation, strawberries have been an early-season hit this year! What a delight to enjoy fresh fruit while we set work priorities for the day.

Photo by Michael Piazza

“The skills you learn here apply for the rest of your life.”- Inmate-TNGS Student.jpg

At one Greater-Boston prison, students have expanded the gardens each year since 2013. We're incorporating more perennials flowers into the landscape to support the well-being of all staff, inmates and patients.

Students weeding at a prison garden south of Boston as the first squash of the season reach maturity.

Photo by Michael Piazza

Garlic scapes are a much anticipated early-season harvest to be enjoyed by students and donated to local food pantries.

Photo by Michael Piazza

As students and educators alike enjoy the literal fruit of their labors during the end-of-class harvest, we have to… https://t.co/KeEuaSGAYC
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This year the NOFA Summer Conference is including an entire track devoted to Prison Food Justice! As part of this t… https://t.co/84TwWSAAAa
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On this hot day, I'm taken back to our Connecticut retreat for the NE Regional Prison Garden Collaborative back in… https://t.co/0yAAESglRi
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Each year, we train 100+ incarcerated students in Greater Boston in the art and science of plants.