Gardens of Alcatraz

Gardens of Alcatraz. San Francisco: Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, 1996.

My essay, one of three, is titled “Rock Garden: The Curious Greening of Alcatraz.” The book received an Honorable Mention in the National Park Service Cooperating Association Interpretive Excellence Competition, 1996.

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Since 1970, love of land and love of language have met in the work of poet and environmental journalist John Hart.

Author of sixteen books and several hundred other published works.

Winner of the James D. Phelan Award, the Commonwealth Club Medal in Californiana, and the David R. Brower Award for Service in the Field of Conservation.

Editorial consultant on public involvement documents in the planning and environmental fields.

Translator from German and French.

Editor/instructor in the craft.