In the News

The Worm Man of Alcatraz Marin Magazine

New life in Alcatraz Island gardens San Francisco Chronicle

Recovery on the Rock Contra Costa Times

Restored Gardens Bloom on the Rock Associated Press

Association of Partners for Public Lands Award

Escape to Alcatraz Gardens Illustrated

Rock Gardening Preservation Magazine

The Rock in Full Bloom Marin Independent Journal

Gardens Win Preservation Awards

Flowers for Alcatraz Sunset Magazine

Gardens on Alcatraz Island blooming again San Francisco Chronicle

A garden grows on Alcatraz Via Magazine

Alcatraz Gardens The California Report, KQED

Gardens Tell the Other Story of Alcatraz Pacific Horticulture

California’s Golden Parks #158 - ALCATRAZ GARDENS Huell Howser Productions, California’s Golden Parks

Rock Garden The Press Democrat

Long lost rose brought back to cultivation The Press Democrat

The hillside provided a refuge from the disturbances of the prison, the work a release, and it became an obsession, the one thing I would do well.”

Elliott Michener, Alcatraz inmate, 1941-1950