Building Health and Well-being in prison:  Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison

Geraldine Brown; Elizabeth Bos; Geraldine Brady

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-46401-1_7

Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison

Geraldine Brown, Elizabeth Bos, Geraldine Brady

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This chapter presents the findings from an evaluation of the Master Gardener Programme, a horticultural intervention with substance misusing men in prison, undertaken by an inter-disciplinary research team from Coventry University. The Master Gardener Programme, led by Garden Organic, ‘the UK’s leading organic charity’, was initially launched nationally as a pilot community programme in 2010. The extension of the programme from a community to a prison setting was in recognition of research evidence (national and international) that showed a range of positive outcomes associated with the role of horticulture in supporting physical, emotional, behavioural and social well-being. Here, we focus on the impact of the programme on health and well-being and reflect on gardening as an embodied practice and the garden as a space that promotes humanisation and self-worth, community and a connection to nature.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison
Editors	Matthew Maycock, Rosie Meek, James Woodall
Publisher	Palgrave
Chapter	7
Pages	139-164
Number of pages	26
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-46401-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-46400-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46401-1_7
Publication status	Published - 2021

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Name	Palgrave Studies in Prison and Penology
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences(all)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)

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Geraldine Brown
- Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience - Assistant Professor Research
Person: Teaching and Research

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Brown, G., Bos, E., & Brady, G. (2021). Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. In M. Maycock, R. Meek, & J. Woodall (Eds.), Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison (pp. 139-164). (Palgrave Studies in Prison and Penology ). Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46401-1_7

Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. / Brown, Geraldine; Bos, Elizabeth; Brady, Geraldine.
Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. ed. / Matthew Maycock; Rosie Meek; James Woodall. Palgrave, 2021. p. 139-164 (Palgrave Studies in Prison and Penology ).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

Brown, G, Bos, E & Brady, G 2021, Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. in M Maycock, R Meek & J Woodall (eds), Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. Palgrave Studies in Prison and Penology , Palgrave, pp. 139-164. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46401-1_7

Brown G, Bos E, Brady G. Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. In Maycock M, Meek R, Woodall J, editors, Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. Palgrave. 2021. p. 139-164. (Palgrave Studies in Prison and Penology ). Epub 2020 Oct 18. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-46401-1_7

Brown, Geraldine ; Bos, Elizabeth ; Brady, Geraldine. / Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. Building Health and Well-being in prison: Learning from the Master Gardener Programme in a Midlands Prison. editor / Matthew Maycock ; Rosie Meek ; James Woodall. Palgrave, 2021. pp. 139-164 (Palgrave Studies in Prison and Penology ).

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