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Dec 22, 2020 · All the soil and plants you'll find on Alcatraz today were brought to the island by people. Today, the restored historic gardens are lovingly maintained by a team of volunteer gardeners in partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.
Jul 6, 2020 · But an interesting legacy blossoms all around the island too, reaching its colorful peak in the spring and early summer. It’s the Alcatraz gardens—the roses, irises and native plants like coyote brush and lupine, to name just a few of the island’s plant occupants.
Jan 5, 2018 · Through the Alcatraz Historic Gardens Project, the partner organizations preserve, rebuild, and maintain the gardens created by those who lived on the island during its military and prison eras, and interpret their history, horticulture, and cultural significance for visitors.
Alcatraz Gardens Virtual Tour. Take a virtual tour of the Alcatraz Historic Gardens. Click on the pins to learn more about each garden.
Sep 1, 2022 · The other part is that a resilient and flourishing historic garden thrives on the island in the middle of windy and foggy San Francisco Bay. As a Bay Area native, I had visited Alcatraz before but only to do the famous cellhouse tour.
Home. Alcatraz. Gardens of Alcatraz, San Francisco, CA. Elliot Michener, inmate number AZ- 578 (1941-50) Before and after, west side gardens. For 150 years, a succession of soldiers, families of correction officials, and inmates cultivated gardens hewn on the rocky, windswept island of Alcatraz.
Jan 28, 2021 · Colorful blossoms probably aren't the first association you make with Alcatraz, but believe it or not, the military and prison personnel transformed portions of the island from barren, bird guano encrusted rock to lush gardens.
