For 150 years, a succession of soldiers, families of correction officials, and inmates cultivated gardens hewn on the rocky, windswept island of Alcatraz. The Garden Conservancy is leading the effort to rehabilitate these gardens in partnership with the National Park Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for visitors to enjoy and gain insight into the role these plantings played in the lives of people who inhabited this harsh environment.

Recent press coverage:
"New life in Alcatraz Island gardens," The San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, May 16, 2010
"Escape to Alcatraz," Gardens Illustrated, January 2010
"Rock Gardening," Preservation magazine, January/February 2010

Recent awards:
Partnership Project award, February 10, 2010. See page 3 of the Association of Partners in Public Land Awards Bulletin.
California Preservation Foundation awards, September 19, 2009

Meet the new garden manager at the Ruth Bancroft Garden.

For more information:

http://www.alcatrazgardens.org