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The Idea of Nature Public Lecture Series Presents: Sarah Dickert, “Victory Gardens: Then and Now”
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“Victory Gardens: Then and Now” FREE and open to the public.
Did you know Smithsonian Gardens has a Victory Garden exhibit at the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC? Victory gardens were vegetable gardens planted during the world wars in order to ensure an adequate food supply for civilians and troops. Roughly one half of all American families had a victory garden during World War II. There were at least 20 million victory gardens covering more than 20 million acres of American soil by 1943. 40% of the nation’s produce was supplied by victory gardens by 1944. American families had grown approximately 8 million tons of food by the time the war ended in 1945. While the gardens themselves are now gone, posters, seed packets, catalogs, booklets, photos and films, newspaper articles, diaries, and people’s memories still remain to tell the story of victory gardens. Since the early 2000's, Smithsonian Gardens has been sharing these stories and memories through their own World War II inspired Victory Garden, featuring heirloom and novelty vegetable and flower species. This lecture will discuss the past of victory gardens and imagine their future in our own communities.
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The Idea of Nature series, founded in 2012 by Dr. Samantha Harvey, professor of English Literature. The 2025 season would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors: The Nature Conservancy of Idaho, Ada County Soil & Water Conservation District, Idaho Humanities Council, Golden Eagle Audubon, Roots Zero Waste Market, and Boise State University’s College of Business, College of Education, School of Public Service, College of Health Sciences, School of the Environment, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English Literature, and the Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative.