Category Archives: Gardening as Transformation

Why do I Help “Criminals?” (Part II)

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Beth Waitkus

At the Insight Garden Program, we’ve worked with more than 1,000 people at San Quentin Prison. Aside from our great results (less than 10% rate of return to prison compared to CA’s 70%), a transformative curriculum (now grounded in the … Continue reading →

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Home (is where the heart is)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Beth Waitkus

On Golden Pond

One of many homesteads, Salisbury CT

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Cultivating (Empathetic) Connections

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Beth Waitkus

Connection.  It is so utterly essential to healthy human and ecological functioning. Indeed, the mission of our garden program at San Quentin State Prison is to use nature “to reconnect people to themselves, their communities, and the natural environment.” In … Continue reading →

Posted in Associational Life, Community, Environmental Care, Gardening as Transformation, Gratitude, Organization Development, Prison Reform/Prisoner Rehabilitation | 3 Comments

The Power of Plants

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Beth Waitkus

The power of the natural world to transform… Continue reading →

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