The Good Life.....100 years of Growing your Own
You’ve worked hard all season to grow your veg, outwitting the slugs, cabbage whites and blight…
…now let your veg work for you…
Bring along a bag or box of fruit or vegetables that you have grown yourself and gain FREE entry to the Garden Museum’s new exhibition The Good Life during November and December 2009*.
The Good Life…100 Years of Growing Your Own… 6th October 2009 – 7th March 2010 At The Garden Museum, London
Every allotment holder has witnessed the huge growth in popularity of ‘growing your own’ this year. Why has this happened? Is it because of the health benefits of ‘growing your own’, concern for the environment, the current economic climate or the sense of community that exists at an allotment site? Or are there other reasons?
Will these newcomers last?
The Garden Museum’s new exhibition is designed to prompt debate and collect individual stories and opinions. It is the first exhibition to tell the story of growing food in Britain over the last 100 years. The story begins with the Allotment Act of 1908 and visits key moments in the last 100 years such as the Dig For Victory campaign of the Second World War and the Self-Sufficiency movement through the 1970s.
Included within the exhibition are paintings, artefacts, postcards, advertising material and newspaper clippings, some of which are previously unseen items from the Museum’s collection, and some which are borrowed from other Museums such as the V&A. Also included are items that have been loaned following a national appeal to allotment holders and people with small-holdings to donate photographs, mementos, ephemera and artefacts. More unusual items that appear in the exhibition as a result of this appeal include a homespun jumper from the 1970s, a packet of home-grown tobacco and a homebrew bin.
The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB. http://www.gardenmuseum.org.uk/ . Tel 020 7401 8865. The Museum is open 10.30am-5pm every day, except the first Monday of each month. Usual Admission Fee £6 (concessions available).
*Offer Details:
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'Featured allotment - Capel St Mary'
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