Fri, Mar 7, 2008 The California Report Magazine A Garden on Alcatraz Listen to segment (RealMedia stream)
Every year, over a million people visit Alcatraz. The former maximum security prison there housed convicts like Al Capone and Robert "The Birdman" Stroud, but these days people aren't coming to the island to walk through cold prison cells. They're coming to garden.
More Info: Photos of the Alcatraz gardens
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