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Beginning in 1995, when Nova Institution for Women (Nova) was opened as a federal prison, a therapeutic horticulture program was developed and delivered by the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, now the Faculty of Agriculture.

Working and learning in a non-threatening environment is one of the crucial elements that the program with its 6,000 sq. ft. community garden, a greenhouse and its 100 different types of vegetables and herbs provides.

This spring, the Jounral of the Montreal Botanic garden published an article on horticultural education in prisons and this program featured prominently. 

Read the complete article here