We are proud that our programming is therapeutic as well as vocational. Hope takes root in our gardens - and you can keep those gardens growing. Donate today to provide that oasis to more of your incarcerated neighbors. www.thenewgardensociety.org/support

Providing this kind of an opportunity, especially in a space where the world can feel so small, is world changing. We count on our circle of supporters to continue showing up for our students. Donate today and help strengthen that lifeline. www.thenewgardensociety.org/support

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Donations can be made at www.thenewgardensociety.org/support

We are a small but mighty organization, and every gift, whether $5 or $50, makes a real difference. With your support, we’ll continue to co-create diverse, living landscapes where hope can truly take root, even behind the wall.

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This #GivingTuesday, your support opens up therapeutic green spaces for our incarcerated neighbors. In our gardens, students find relief from daily stress, build authentic connections, and gain the confidence to reimagine their futures.

“I have had the opportunity to visit and learn from our students at the Suffolk County House of Corrections twice since I started. I had never been inside a jail before this experience, so I entered with an open mind...”

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There are aspects of this class that you cannot learn in a book. Anything hands on in a prison is considered violence -this hands on course is unique, it gives us social autonomy. Most programs in prison are not enjoyable, they are required. This class in unlike anything else… It is a gem.” -A

While this final class serves as a celebration of our students hard work, complete with certificates and pie, it also is chance to reflect. Here’s how one of our students summed up the impact our programming had on them ““This class offers something different than anything else in the DOC…

Thanks to this grant, we have begun piloting, and are looking forward to offering additional short-term programming, that will allow the gifts of the garden to reach and benefit more individuals who need them.

Our students, ideally stay with us in the garden classroom for the whole growing season, and much of our curriculum depends on that. However, we see potential at several sites to present short-term opportunities to eat fresh food, learn horticultural skills, and utilize therapeutic green space.

We are passionate about offering resources to people while they are experiencing incarceration, whether they seek a therapeutic practice, an introduction to the industry, or to build horticultural skills. The garden feeds all of these needs.

They have been a bold, compassionate, clear funder for work that improves our communities and makes them more just. We're deeply grateful to the Shaw Foundation for many years of essential funding. Visit www.shawfoundation.org to learn about this wonderful organization.

We proposed changes would have the potential to double our current produce production, primarily by enabling TNGS to train incarcerated students in the practices and tools necessary to manage increasing rabbit presence, and the proof is in the produce!

We proposed changes would have the potential to double our current produce production, primarily by enabling TNGS to train incarcerated students in the practices and tools necessary to manage increasing rabbit presence, and the proof is in the produce!

At TNGS, she is dedicated to advancing the organization’s mission of cultivating healing spaces through horticulture, education, and community partnerships. Learn more about Emma, and the rest of our team, at www.thenewgardensociety.org/staff