Jam Yesterday Jam Tomorrow: History of Market Gardens in Middlesex
About the Project
Jam Yesterday Jam Tomorrow was a Heritage Lottery Funded project, run by the Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames, that has uncovered the rich and varied Market Garden and Nursery Land history of Twickenham, Hampton and Hounslow in the 19th and 20th centuries.
You can download fact-sheets about the local history of market gardeninghere.
A model market garden was built in Marble Hill Park (next to the One O’Clock Club,) to restore traditional methods of growing and lost heritage varieties of fruit and vegetables and provide opportunities for local residents to gain new skills and create a sustainable interest in heritage horticulture.
Image: John Snell, Market Gardener near Osterley, 1960’s
Exhibition
The exhibition‘Feeding London: the forgotten market gardens’ ran in 2015 at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library; Squires Garden Centre; and Guildhall Library. The exhibition is available for loan.See the Feeding London exhibition panels and booklet
Drama
The project sponsored drama sessions to re-enact the rich history of market gardening with community groups.Theatre Merchants
Oral Histories
The project gathered twenty five oral histories.Listen to samples.
Toolkit
Download Toolkit: Digging Up Your Own Market Garden
More information
See main menu at top of page for links to exhibition resources, factsheets, oral histories and gallery.
Model Market Garden in Marble Hill Park
Archaeology at the Model Market Garden
Resources for growers and historians
About Teddington gardener and author of ‘Lorna Doone’, Richard Doddridge Blackmore
History of Hampton Nurserylands
About A W Smith: blog by Brian Indge
‘Hounslow Wonder song, Feeding London exhibition oral history excerpts and other sound clips
Dig for Victory Leaflet No. 1 “Grow for Winter as well as Summer”
Ian Visits review of Feeding London exhibition at Guildhall Library
Training Young Fruit Trees – Kate Robinson
Fruit varieties planted at the Model Market Garden
Heritage Horticulture workshop at Royal Paddocks Allotments blog
Princess Alexandra visits Feeding London Exhibition 2015 July
My London article about Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow
Kingston University volunteer blog
Brentford Market – blog by Stephen Bowles with film by his father Roy Bowles
Brentford Market – history by Janet McNamara
Beach’s Jam – by Janet McNamara
History of Secretts and Marsh Farm, Twickenham
Thomas Milne’s Land Use Map 1800
Henry Hunter, 1811: Land Use Zones
Nurserygardeners.com GARDENING IN THAMES-SIDE PARISHES 1650-1850
Eating the Past: Middlesex food crops in history, by Val Bott
Brentford Nursery Gardeners, by Val Bott
West Ealing Victorian Market Gardens:blog by West Ealing Neighbours
The Story of Kew Gardens in Photographs: Kew in World War II
Ealing Dean Allotments – founded 1832
Jam Newsletter Issue 12, June 2016
The Horticultural Industry of Middlesex. University of Reading, 1952. Economics of market gardening.
Archives relating to Heath Row Farm, sold to Air Ministry 1944
“Night soil” (sewage) used as fertiliser by The Gardens Trust
NEWS
The Project
The Jam Yesterday Jam Tomorrow project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and was run by the Environment Trust for Richmond upon Thames, Registered Charity 294869.
Market Gardens of Middlesex · Market Gardens and Nurserylands of Middlesex
Market Gardens of Middlesex