65 - Solitary Gardens with jackie sumell

The Frontline Herbalism Podcast

In this episode Nicole (she/her) interviews jackie sumell (she/her) from the Solitary Gardens Project. jackie is an artist and abolitionist who has spent more than two decades working with folks serving their sentences in long-term isolation. The Solitary Gardens turns solitary confinement cells into garden beds that are the same size and blueprint as the cells people have spent decades in.

In this interview we explore all the things! I know you will come away feeling incredibly inspired.

Links & resources from this episode

• Solitary Gardens website - https://solitarygardens.org/
• Solitary Gardens Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/solitarygardens/
• The Abolitionists Apothecary - https://www.growingabolition.com/apothecary
• Growing Abolition - https://www.growingabolition.com/
• John Thompson Legacy Center - https://www.instagram.com/jtlcnola/
• The Abolitionist’s Field Guide - https://www.antenna.works/product/the-abolitionists-field-guide/

Solidarity Apothecary links

• Herbalism, PTSD and Traumatic Stress course – https://solidarityapothecary.org/herbalismandptsdcourse/
• Practical Medicine Making Intensive – https://solidarityapothecary.org/product/practical-medicine-making-course-end-of-september/

Find them all at solidarityapothecary.org/podcast/

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