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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.
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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.
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“Being on an island means that composting is especially important as we would quickly run out of space to place our vegetation. By composting, we’re able to recycle most of our biomass back into the gardens as topdressing or use it for growing medium,” shares Shelagh, Because every year they add their compost back into the gardens, the soil is rich...
Other than rain water and fog drip, Alcatraz has no fresh water source. Both the military and the prison built cisterns to catch the rainwater, but these fell into disrepair after the prison closed. In 2009, the project team installed a rainwater catchment system. “I would love to be 100 percent sustainable for water,” says Shelagh. “We do have eno...
“Seabirds!” says Shelagh. Alcatraz is a protected nesting site for many types of seabirds including Western Gull, Brandt’s Cormorants, blue herons, pigeon guillemot, black-crowned night herons, snowy egrets, peregrine falcon, plus many song birds and hummingbirds. “The nesting season is from February through September so spring and summer is a grea...
Oct 21, 2020 · From December 1969 to June 1971, Native activists occupied Alcatraz Island based on their interpretation of the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty, which they believed granted them the right to reclaim any ...
For 150 years, a succession of soldiers, families of correction officials, and inmates cultivated gardens hewn on the rocky, windswept island of Alcatraz. For ten years, the Garden Conservancy led the effort to rehabilitate the Gardens of Alcatraz in partnership with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service.
