Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow

Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 2:00 PM (CT)

Chicago, IL


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“Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow” reveals how WWII Chicago mobilized to deal with food rationing and severely decreased resources while building morale and community pride to become the Victory Garden role model for the entire nation.

Using historical documents, photographs, multi-media, music and live performers, “Chicago Victory Gardens: Yesterday and Tomorrow” not only shares the fascinating civic and cultural aspects of this movement, but also illuminates touching personal stories of the citizens that planted, harvested and preserved food for their families over four war-weary summers.

The second part of the lecture focuses on “tomorrow” and outlines parallels between the Victory Gardens of the 1940s and the booming garden movement of today. Including how technology makes a large-scale gardening revival possible by providing education, inspiration and community for a new generation of gardeners. 

Awarded honorable mention in Mayor Daley’s Landscape Competition for 2009, LaManda Joy’s 1,700 square foot, heirloom organic garden in Chicago’s 40th Ward is a laboratory and teaching ground for friends and neighbors. Her blog, theyarden.com chronicles the joys and challenges of urban gardening and reflects the skills and passion of its veteran creator.

 

Where

Dank Haus Cultural Center
4740 North Western Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625-2013




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