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

Be part of an important state & national conversation happening on July 21st in support of justice-involved women a… https://t.co/0x3qhqKWgj
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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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Each year, we train 100+ incarcerated students in Greater Boston in the art and science of plants.