Londoners Magazine 21st century dig for victory
By Chloe Batt • Mar 11th, 2008 • Category: News
St James’s Park is to become the location of an environmental project based on the 1940s “Dig for Victory” wartime campaign. Chloe Batt digs deeper.
The project, titled “Dig for Victory: The War on Waste”, follows on from the success of the park’s 2007 allotment scheme.
St James’s Park, one of London’s eight royal parks, has recreated a Second World War allotment and a modern day allotment side by side.
The scheme is being coordinated by the Royal Parks Organisation, the Churchill Museum and the Cabinet War Rooms.
The aim is to promote recycling and wildlife protection, as well as wartime issues still relevant today, such as healthy food and living sustainably.
The project will run from May to October 2008, alongside an exhibition on view at the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms.
Activities designed to teach gardening, healthy eating and food science will also be organised for local schools and communities to participate in.
Photo courtesy of The Royal Parks
Chloe Batt is an elegant individual. She likes fashion, high art and complicated literature, and provides much of our most intricately gathered copy.
Favourite place in London: The National Portrait Gallery.
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