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| Iowa State students grow gardens, relationships in prison |
| By amestrib.com |
| Published: 07/29/2015 |
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There’s no textbook for this. No recipe with precise measurements. No set of instructions for what they’re doing. Because no one has done anything quite like this before: Improbable teams of college students and incarcerated women continue to transform acres of barren prison yard into a beautiful, bountiful landscape full of life — and now food. The ongoing partnership between Iowa State University’s Department of Landscape Architecture and the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women (ICIW) in Mitchellville is in its third year of providing hands-on learning experiences to students and offenders alike. The students discover the pitfalls and rewards of putting their designs into practice, while the offenders gain meaningful vocational and life skills. In 2013, the team built three multipurpose outdoor classrooms. Last year, they designed and constructed a decompression area for staff, and planted 260 trees and about one acre of native prairie flowers and grasses. This summer, they have planted a nearly one-acre production garden of vegetables and herbs that is already producing significant yields — dozens of pounds daily. They’ve also designed and are installing a healing garden for the prison’s special needs population. Read More. |
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