Article details the conception, development and execution of the work "The Garden of Future Blackness" by Syrus Marcus Ware and Allyson Mitchell.

Beginning as a poem by Ware, the work developed into a physical garden where Ware would later perform the poem in front of an audience.

The article includes the poem and a photo essay documenting the making of the Garden of Future Blackness.

"The Garden of Future Blackness was created to provide hope that in the future, Blackness will be inherently valuable, cherished, and nurtured." (p. 91)