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

Trees to remain as memorial to Marline Anderson, who died recently, and who planted them in Battersea in 1980s

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.

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.