‘Gift from Grenada’: grapefruit trees win protection after London campaign

<p>Trees to remain as memorial to Marline Anderson, who died recently, and who planted them in Battersea in 1980s</p><p>The pair of subtropical grapefruit trees have stood, slightly incongruously, on a street in south-west London for 40-odd years since Marline Anderson brought them over from Grenada – described as a “gift” from her homeland – and planted them in her front garden.</p><p>The trees will remain as a memorial to Anderson, who died recently, after campaigners seeking to protect them were told on Thursday they had been successful.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/07/gift-grenada-grapefruit-trees-protection-london-campaign">Continue reading...</a>