Calendula is a genus of about 15–20 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plant. Sometimes called pot marigold, this flower symbolizes endurance, which makes sense since this flower blooms from early spring till frost. The word Calendula, comes from calendar because it blooms every month of the year and historically was able to fill church altars with flowers. Calendula also warms our hearts toward others inspiring us to be compassionate to our fellow beings.

“Abolition is about presence, not absence. It’s about building life-affirming institutions.” Dr Ruth Gilmore

Abolition is a commitment to ending cycles of harm. It asks us to redefine safety, justice, and relationship in our intimate and institutional environments.

As prisons are the descendants of slavery, the garden beds are constructed from the ancestral byproducts of sugarcane, cotton, and tobacco, exposing the illusion that slavery was abolished in the U.S.

What kind of house does a man who has lived in a six-foot-by-nine-foot-cell for over 40-years dream of?!