Although the push for school gardens was mighty in the first half of the 20th century, most the pro-garden posters with which we are now most familiar feature veggies and/or target women. I love that this super hero image clearly targets young boys… and, well, their mothers who have a thing for Batman. (Guilty!)
Of course, WWII-era kids had good ol’ Barney Bear and his victory garden, too.
I suppose you could regard all these as precursors to Plants vs. Zombies?
If you’re interested in bringing the story of victory gardening into your classroom or home learning environment, then I highly recommend that you visit ClassroomVictoryGarden.org.
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Do you know where we can get the great super-hero victory garden poster/print shown here? Sure love to ad it to my collection. Thanks. 🙂
It’s a comic book cover. You might see if you can find a comic book collector’s site, although I anticipate that it’d be expensive.