Grow Your Own Food WWII Poster Print by Abram Games (1942)

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A grow-your-own message for your kitchen

Connect your love of gardening and food with British design history through this reproduction of Abram Games’ Grow Your Own Food poster (1942). Its direct message makes it a personal choice for a kitchen, dining room or gallery wall devoted to home-front posters. Choose it as a reminder of the pleasures of growing ingredients or as a gift for someone who enjoys an allotment, vegetable garden or vintage graphic design.

About the poster

Created during the Second World War, this British wartime poster links food production with everyday life. The title places growing food at the centre of its message, giving the reproduction a historical identity beyond a general kitchen print. Games’ name and the 1942 date provide a starting point for exploring how designers communicated practical messages during the period.

Bring a garden connection indoors

Imagine displaying the poster near a kitchen table, with warm wooden furniture, a bowl of seasonal produce and a shelf of favourite cookbooks nearby. It can introduce a gardening connection into an everyday room without requiring the entire space to follow a vintage style. The recorded green, brown and red palette provides a starting point for coordinating accessories or companion prints in related earthy tones.

The vertical orientation offers an option for a display containing taller posters. A smaller print can join an established collection, while a larger format gives the wartime message a more prominent place. Pairing it with botanical fruit studies creates a shared growing-and-food theme; displaying it alongside another Games poster lets you explore different purposes and periods in the same designer’s work.

Paper, printing and finish

This product is a reproduction, not an original 1942 wartime poster. It is produced using giclée printing on 200gsm matte art paper, offering a matte paper surface for your chosen display. Select a print-only version if you would like to use your own frame, or choose a framed option with a black wooden frame and white mount. Consider the available wall space and nearby furniture before selecting your size.

Choose your size

• Small: 11 × 14 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Medium: 12 × 16 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Large: 18 × 24 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Framed options include a black wooden frame and white mount. Select your preferred size and finish above.

Pair it with

Explore another side of the designer’s work with Abram Games’ Festival of Britain poster (1951). For a kitchen gallery wall connected by growing and food, add George Brookshaw’s Gooseberry print (1812) and Ellen Isham Schutt’s Lemon print (1908), contrasting the wartime message with botanical studies.

Explore more wartime posters and Abram Games’ story

Discover complementary historic messages in our vintage propaganda posters collection for a gallery wall exploring home-front design.

Learn more about the designer in Abram Games: The Master of Modern Poster Art.