# thelastgarden germany ww1

In 1918, prisoners in Ruhleben camp in Germany wrote to the RHS requesting seeds to grow flowers & vegetables. Carefully planning out their garden, they grew vegetables to supplement food rations within the camp. https://t.co/rP6BRduh86

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2021-04-10

Members of the Ruhleben Horticultural Society holding pumpkins+gourds (1917).Approx. 5,000 British men were interned in a prisoner of war camp in Ruhleben during horticultural society was formed to improve living conditions (affiliated with RHS in 1916).

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2019-07-16

Some of his paintings done in the camp.#ruhleben

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2018-11-11