Until 2028 Horsham Museum is undertaking a project to improve and document its storage. Whilst this process is underway we are unable to give public access to artefacts not on display within our galleries.

Box 16: Field Food and Flowers

Reminiscence Loan Box

  1. Garden trowel (L1076.1)
  2. Garden dibber
  3. Seed Packet-Delphinium (1994.220.4)
  4. Seed Packet – lettuce (1994.220.16)
  5. Cardboard egg box
  6. Garden syringe (1996.2479)
  7. Shears L879
  8. Bundle of raffia
  9. Jam pot covers
  10. Book of garden flowers
  11. Land Army stock coat (1998.222.8)
  12. Stone jar for preserves
  13. ‘Propagating Geraniums’
  14. ‘Preparing seed drills’
  15. ‘Snap Closures’ advertisement
  16. Tomato chutney recipes
  17. ‘Lend a hand on the land’ poster
  18. Royal visit to Land Army
  19. Women’s Land Army pictures
  20. Pet food adverts
  21. Dig for Victory – recipes
  22. Book – All About Gardening
  23. Plant pot
  24. Toy cat (for display)
  25. Potato sack
  26. Allotments award of Merit Certificate
  27. Food Production Certificate
  28. ‘Watering’ Picture
  29. Woman in field picture
  30. Allotment Garden pictures
  31. Victory Harvest Poster

TOTAL: 31 Items Value £180

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