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Prison nursery program is one-of-a-kind
By highlandstoday.com- Pallavi Agarwal
Published: 06/11/2014

AVON PARK — Spread over 5 acres are greenhouses teeming with plants of all kinds, a man-made island with a bridge fashioned out of bamboo, manicured greens and even a creek meandering along.

What’s even more incredible than the oasis of green is where it is - on the grounds of the Avon Park Correctional Institute.

When Highlands County Extension Service Master Gardener Charlie Reynolds visited the prison nursery a few months ago, he was expecting to find some empty lots and grass here and there.

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