This week we are diving into the history of victory gardens. This subject came to me during the middle of COVID-19. I’ve had family and I have kept gardens before COVID-19, and it was interesting to see the burst of new people coming onto the gardening scene. Which had some perplexing similarities to the history of victory gardens in a disconnected way. So we are going back to the time of victory gardens, especially during World War I and II. You might just get the garden bug yourself.
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Sources:
America’s Patriotic Victory Gardens. History.com. (n.d.). https://www.history.com/news/americas-patriotic-victory-gardens
Small agriculture: A National Agricultural Library Digital Exhibit. Omeka RSS. (n.d.). https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/small/exhibits/show/victory-gardens
Time for victory gardens again?. Tellus. (n.d.). https://tellus.ars.usda.gov/stories/articles/time-victory-gardens-again
U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Victory gardens on the World War II Home Front (U.S. National Park Service). National Parks Service. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/victory-gardens-on-the-world-war-ii-home-front.htm#:~:text=Victory%20Gardens%20freed%20up%20agricultural,their%20families%20enjoyed%20better%20nutrition
Victory garden at the National Museum of American History - Smithsonian Gardens. (n.d.). https://gardens.si.edu/gardens/victory-garden/
Victory gardens in World War I. National WWI Museum and Memorial. (n.d.). https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/victory-gardens-world-war-i
Victory gardens. Virginia Museum of History & Culture. (n.d.). https://virginiahistory.org/learn/victory-gardens#:~:text=First%20promoted%20during%20World%20War,%2C%20city%20parks%2C%20and%20playgrounds
For Further Reading:
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/canning-and-food-preservation-on-the-world-war-ii-home-front.htm
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/homefront-ration-recycle-garden.htm