When was dig for victory launched

Read more about the Gardens on our webpages…. Posted 22 March at Tagged: dig for victory , grow your own , learn at harewood , new school sessions , school trips , skills , walled garden. Harewood is an independent charitable educational trust set up to maintain and develop Harewood, its collections and grounds, for the public benefit. Registered Charity No. Years Gardeners are always on hand and happy to answer questions too… The Walled Garden is a hive of activity throughout the Summer months, harking back to its heyday when it would have been the centre of food production for the Estate.

Enjoy the Gardens at Harewood this Summer! Read more about the Gardens at Harewood here…. Today we find ourselves faced with the threat of climate change and increasing levels of obesity. October this year is the 80th anniversary of the launch of the Dig for Victory campaign, which saw domestic gardens, public parks, school playing fields and even Oxford college lawns turned into allotments to support the war effort.

This month the RHS is marking the anniversary with a series of exhibitions. On display will be photographs and other memorabilia sent into the RHS in response to its public appeal for wartime gardening memories. Special subscription offer. Discover some of the most glorious gardens from around the world. The shopkeeper was then provided with enough food for his or her registered customers.

The government also introduced a Dig for Victory campaign that called for every man and woman in Britain to keep an allotment. Lawns and flower-beds were turned into vegetable gardens. Over ten million instructional leaflets were distributed to the British people. The propaganda campaign was successful and it was estimated that over 1,, people had allotments. People were encouraged to keep chickens. Others kept rabbits and goats. Pigs were especially popular as they could be fed on kitchen waste.

No one seems to know where the idea originated, but these gardens have been constantly increasing. It is fairly common now that a station furnishes a good part of its own vegetables and all of its own salad greens. If my hon. Friend has any district in mind and will let us know, we shall do our best to remedy the situation. Noticed a typo? Smith asked the Minister of Agriculture what demand there has been from local authorities, allotment societies and other organisations for publicity material in connection with the "Dig for Victory" campaign?