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25 minutes/Grades 7-Adult
Produced by Nicholas Wellington
At the San Francisco County Jail, a voluntary horticulture
program is changing prisoner attitudes. Part of the compound
has been converted to a flower and vegetable garden, and the
harvest is donated to community food banks. The successful
gardening program, created by Catherine Sneed, has instilled
in many prisoners a new sense of self-worth, respect for
life and connection to the community.
Outside of the jail, the program is blossoming into a network
of community and school gardens. Ex-prisoners, business
people, students, gardeners, Whites, Latinos, and African-
Americans, come together to work and create a place that is
beautiful, functional and safe.
Besides showing other institutions a model program, the film
presents a powerful argument for rehabilitation that is
practical and inspirational. With Guide.
Awards: First Prize, Marin County National Film & Video
Competition; American Film & Video Festival; National
Educational Film & Video Festival; San Francisco Environmental
Film Festival
- "This inspiring program lends an optimistic perspective to
prison rehabilitation." Booklist
- "An outstanding documentary that says a lot about spirit,
hope, and love in a place where you might not expect it.
Highly recommended. Editor's Choice." Video Librarian
- "An upbeat look at the regenerative powers that working with
the soil provides to both body and soul. And it illuminates a
success story that is all too rare in criminal justice." The
Land Stewardship Letter
- "Inspired work combining counseling, gardening, and ecology
in a jail environment... this film has lessons for everyone
who lives on this planet." Gardeners in Community
Subject Areas: SOCIAL STUDIES, HORTICULTURE, CRIMINOLOGY,
URBAN STUDIES, COMMUNITY GARDENS
ISBN: 1-56029-453-1
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