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How does your garden grow?. An introduction to the garden collections of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. Megan Dennis, Curator. the gardening collection Ryburgh Bells Taylor’s Collection Daniel’s catalogues Using the collection Donations? Call My Bluff…. Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse.
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How does your garden grow? An introduction to the garden collections of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Megan Dennis, Curator
the gardening collection Ryburgh Bells Taylor’s Collection Daniel’s catalogues Using the collection Donations? Call My Bluff…
a historic workhouse • a museum of life on the land • a traditional farm with rare breed animals • beautiful, unspoilt grounds
Gressenhall Monument Fellow • Increase knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the significance of the gardening collections, their modern relevance and their regional and national context amongst current museum staff • Increase collections research skills for current curator • Provide masterclasses for wider museums community • Increase awareness of the need for succession planning and knowledge sharing within the museum
A growing collection… • Objects – unusual and mundane • photographs • oral histories • plants
A thriving collection… • Gressenhall gardening collections are thriving • rooted in the people, places and stories of Norfolk life • branching out to the public – making connections in person and online