The SHAKE Festival performing arts company is producing a play based on the writer's book Akenfield.
IWM at Duxford appeals for memories and photographs "to preserve this history before it's lost".
A garden with a pond made from a washing up bowl is among those that make up a "wildlife corridor".
Seven cases of bird flu have now been identified across Suffolk since 26 February.
Gressingham Foods says the virus was identified at one of its farms over the weekend.
A 10km (6 mile) surveillance zone is set up as another H5N1 strain is found in Suffolk.