Solidarity Gardening Forever: Reflecting on Working-Class Connections to the Land.

May 1, 2026

A one-day conference presented in collaboration with Perennial City: Experiments in Urban Gardening, an exhibition at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum that reveals how working people—past and present—have used gardening as a tool for creativity, care, and community action.

The day long gathering of artists, growers, scholars, organizers, and University of Illinois Chicago partners from UNAM-Mexico City will explore the transformation of land from industrial use to food production; the preservation of local seeds and the conservation of animal species; the documentation and transmission of agricultural and culinary knowledge; the creation of alternative food networks for distributing and sustaining local crops; and the collective organizing required to defend these systems that nourish us all.

This event is free and open to the public. Sign up at:
https://www.hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-events-at-hullhouse/2026/5/1/symposium-solidarity-gardening