In an effort to support the surrounding community during the COVID-19 pandemic, one museum in southern Alberta has decided to start its first-ever victory garden.
Heritage Acres Farm Museum is located approximately 15 kilometres northeast of Pincher Creek. It has been operating as an open-air museum since 1988 and used the extra time being closed to plan a community support project. “Victory gardening” became a commonplace activity during the First and Second World Wars to aid with food supply for troops overseas and community members. “We’ve got a new food bank and we just wanted to give back,” said the museum’s executive director Jim Peace on Sunday.