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

Today we began our final new 7-week unit of the growing season at a prison south of Boston. The class was at full c… https://t.co/8DxCeTEl5x
about 2 days ago
Looking for some new hands-on skills? Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School has some new Evening Post-Seco… https://t.co/TEnyKO2NHQ
about a week ago
TNGS had a fantastic time presenting and learning from our farming community at the NOFA Summer Conference this mon… https://t.co/ezioaAcoNa
about 4 weeks ago

Each year, we train 100+ incarcerated students in Greater Boston in the art and science of plants.