Alcatraz gardens
Subtitle: remembered, reclaimed, reimagined
By: introduction by Susan Heeger ; photographs by Elizabeth Byers and Shelagh Fritz
Contributors: Garden Conservancy; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Publisher: The Garden Conservancy; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Published: 2014
Place of publication: San Francisco, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9781932519303
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Gardens; Pictorial works
Description: "Fifty years after America's most infamous prison was shut down, Alcatraz Island's botanical captives have been released from decades of neglect, freed by the collective work of the Garden Conservancy, the National Park Service, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. The story behind this work, as well as quotes that inspire reflection on the power of nature and the nature of redemption, is richly illustrated with photographs of the rehabilitated landscape"--