Category Archives: Victory Garden
Cue the Trumpets!
It’s time to declare 2010 the summer of “Victory Garden Museum Installations.” (Okay, that’s not exactly a snappy name.) You’ll remember earlier posts here and here. Well, today I discovered that the Museum of San Ramon Valley in California has … Continue reading
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The Strawbery Banke Victory Garden
Up in New Hampshire, there’s a victory garden at the Strawberry Banke historic site. From their Web site: The Victory garden recreates the garden of the Pecunies family, who resided on the site during WWII. Victory gardens provided much needed … Continue reading
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She Can Make a Difference! Exhibit (Indiana)
Up at East Central Indiana’s Minnetrista, they’ve got a new exhibit: She Can Make A Difference! is an interactive exploration of women’s historical contributions to family, community and our nation. The new exhibit, created by Minnetrista, explores the necessity of community gardening … Continue reading
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Everything Old is New Again
Love the way this article, “BC Grew WWII Gardens” by Battle Creek Enquirer‘s Ryan Holland, starts off seeming to be a modern-day story, but is actually an oldie (but goodie!). On mornings when the rain stayed away, George C. Eddinger … Continue reading
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Milwaukee Victory Garden Initiative
LaManda (@theyarden and @growingretro) passed this along from Amy Westrup, who sent us the Disney World victory garden pics earlier this year: You’ll see what they’re riffing on with the poster if you click here. I learned about this event … Continue reading
Media & Web Watch for 17 May 2010
The ol’ RW&G Media & Web Watch is back–new and improved! It still keeps track of the emerging Victory Garden revival, but now it’s a little bit… sassier. Look for it here bi-weekly unless there’s just too much to share. … Continue reading
Guest Post: Chi-Town Victory Gardens, Part II
Note: This is the first of two guest posts by LaManda Joy (@theyarden). The first piece is here. Saturday, March 20 was the first day of spring. And, in true Chicago fashion, it was snowing. I was racing to give … Continue reading
