URBAN GARDENING BY AND WITH WOMEN Women and gender specific conciderations on the city and agglomeration 14th Conference of the network 'Women in the History of Garden Culture'

UThe network ‘Women in the History of Garden Culture’ objectives are to make the work and role of women in the history of garden culture more visible and to consider a gender perspective within the topics garden and landscape. The conference ‘Women and gender specific considerations on urban gardening in cities and urban agglomerations’ reflects and discusses the topic from differentiated points of views. The contributions deal with issues of landscape architecture, landscape and urban planning as well as the historical, social and economic dimensions of urban gardening. The speakers will present theory and practice on urban gardening by and with women. The conference aims to encourage an inter- and transdisciplinary exchange in particular between landscape and open space planning and also art and cultural studies. Contributions from different disciplines and the .presence of members of the network and attendants from a variety disciplines and academic backgrounds, e.g. literary studies, architecture, sociology and education science, horticulture, agriculture and biology, will support the interdisciplinary exchange. Furthermore, the annual conference is a platform for cultivating professional and personal contacts. The first day will consist of a series of lectures. At the second day excursions will take the participants to different garden sites in and close to Vienna. The objective is to present and discuss the diversity and complexity of the topic ‘urban gardening’ and its quality for everyday life of women and men, of young and elderly in cities and agglomerations.