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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T190000
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URL:https://lincolnconservation.org/events/on-belonging-in-outdoor-spaces-
 erika-rumbley/
SUMMARY:On Belonging in Outdoor Spaces: Erika Rumbley
DESCRIPTION:The On Belonging Speaker Series continues. A free virtual serie
 s on access\, inclusion\, and connection in nature. Learn more and registe
 r here:  https://www.onbelongingoutdoors.org/\nErika Rumbley is a Co-Foun
 der and Director of The New Garden Society (TNGS)\, an organization dedica
 ted to training incarcerated students in the art and science of plants. Fo
 r over a decade\, she has gardened alongside students in Greater Boston pr
 ison yards on Monday afternoons. Beyond TNGS\, Erika serves as the Direct
 or of Horticulture at The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. She works with 
 a team of 7 horticulturists to care for the Gardner’s living collection 
 and create perpetually blooming displays in the art museum’s central atr
 ium. A greenhouse grower by trade\, Erika is passionate about broadening 
 access to the gifts of the garden and the skills for ecologically sound gr
 owing.\nA Decade of Tending Greater Boston Prison Yards\nGardens return im
 mense gifts to us as gardeners- from skill building and nourishment to cu
 ltural connection and stress relief. And yet due to logistical constraints
 \, gardens are a uniquely difficult intervention in prisons\, our most opa
 que\, harmful public institutions. Since 2013\, The New Garden Society has
  gardened alongside nearly 1000 incarcerated and detained students in Grea
 ter-Boston. In prisons\, prison hospitals and youth facilities\, our stude
 nts are 13- 80 years old. Every week in prison classrooms\, we teach core 
 horticulture concepts. In prison gardens and greenhouses\, students apply 
 these concepts\, find healing and build job skills.  In this talk\, Co-Fo
 under Erika Rumbley will share stories and insights from a decade growing 
 shoulder to shoulder with incarcerated growers. How can gardens behind pri
 son walls transform landscapes\, institutional cultures and vocational pos
 sibilities for our incarcerated neighbors? How can we continue to build a 
 more inclusive local green industry for our neighbors returning home from 
 prison or jail?\nHosted by Farrington Nature Linc\, Lincoln Land Conservat
 ion Trust\, The Walden Woods Project\, Mass Audubon\, and Codman Community
  Farms. \n\nWith generous sponsorship by The Ogden Codman Trust and Freed
 om's Way National Heritage Area\n\nRegister Here
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