The REME Museum is looking for a gardener! Only those with green fingers need apply!
We are genuinely looking for a gardener to help with some projects that will benefit the Museum. The first is our wartime garden. As part of our education programme, we are going to recreate a domestic back garden as it might have appeared during the Second World War. This includes the reconstruction of an Anderson Shelter (used to protect people during Nazi bombing raids), and a small “Dig for Victory” vegetable garden. Visiting school groups will be shown the garden to demonstrate the efforts many families went to during the War in an effort to produce their own food, and reduce the need to import fruit and vegetables from abroad.
None of what is grown will go to waste, as our plan is to give it to the Museum’s Crown Café so they can incorporate it in their menu.
This is clearly a long-term project, and may best suit someone who is able to make frequent trips to the Museum.
The second project is the improvement of the Museum’s window boxes. The Museum has seven of these along the front of the building, and we are looking for someone to enhance these by planting colourful, seasonal flowers in them in order to give our visitors a very good first impression.
We are very flexible on hours you wish to volunteer.
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