‘I grew yam on my veranda’: inside London’s little-known Windrush gardens

Ras Prince Morgan, who arrived in Britain from Jamaica in 1969, holds nasturtium seeds in his garden in south London. Photograph: Federico Rivas/Fotosynthesis

From yams to chocho to ackee, a new exhibition is shining a light on south London’s Caribbean gardens, created by the Windrush generation who moved to Britain after the second world war.

The Sowing Roots exhibition at the Garden Museum in Lambeth explores how Caribbean horticultural heritage has enriched British gardening. It tells the stories of 15 individuals through interview extracts, photographs and artefacts – including a pair of dirty gardening gloves, horticulture books and herbal teas.