1 hr 6 min

Alex Smith - The Urban Gardener Larger Than Yourself

    • Entrepreneurship

Sent to prison at age 18, Alex Smith discovered a love and a talent for gardening while incarcerated. After graduating from the STRIVE program at Baltimore’s famed Center for Urban Families upon his release 15 years later, he went on to found Division Street Landscaping, a social enterprise that creates pipeline partnerships for fellow formerly incarcerated individuals.

Sent to prison at age 18, Alex Smith discovered a love and a talent for gardening while incarcerated. After graduating from the STRIVE program at Baltimore’s famed Center for Urban Families upon his release 15 years later, he went on to found Division Street Landscaping, a social enterprise that creates pipeline partnerships for fellow formerly incarcerated individuals.

1 hr 6 min