Our Programs

2nd Chance Book Garden hosts community events and workshops for outreach education on gardening skills to grow food, nutrition, healthy and sustainable lifestyle for individual and collective stewardship, raising awareness of the necessity of food justice for  healthy and happy living. Such programming in guest-speaker presentations, reading circles, exhibition galleries, gardening and cooking demos provides not only basic life skills but also skills training for jobs in sustainability sectors, sustainable food systems in particular. 

 

2nd Chance Book Garden coordinates community engagement at Gardens of Second Chances, an outdoor community garden created by community members with Rhody Grows Hope, where community markets, backyard Rhody Grows Hope gardens demos and other outdoor community events take place.   

 

At both Gardens of Second Chances and Second Chance Book Garden,  internship and apprenticeship opportunities for community members with community businesses are facilitated through CC4ES’ Hope Gardeners program, integrating entrepreneurship into such programs.