Notes from the Field

TNGS Presentation at NOFA Winter Conference

January 15, 2015

What an honor to share our work with a full room of farmers, gardeners and food activists at The NOFA Winter Conference earlier this month. Renee and Erika's workshop, Prison Gardens: Strategies for Therapy and Job Training, explored the strengths of prison horticulture programs in the face of mass incarceration and shared the nitty gritty of growing food and flowers 'on the inside.'

The Simple Intervention of Prison Gardens

Since 2013, The New Garden Society has grown food and flowers alongside incarcerated students in Greater Boston. We are unable to share many of the details of our work here, but offer glimpses into the project of building connections between our local community of land care practitioners and incarcerated horticulture students. Together, we're transitioning prison yards built on former farmland back to productive landscapes...