Botany Bay was an interpretation project for the Kitchen Garden in partnership with Border Crossings.

In 2022 Botany Bay explored the migration histories of plants to the UK and their intimate ties with colonialism. Working in partnership with our local communities, volunteers and indigenous artists to better explore the heritage and migration stories of the plants growing in our Kitchen Garden, many of which originate in lands far away from Chiswick!

We collaborated with Border Crossings’ ORIGINS Festival to host the beautiful TOTEM LATAMAT from Mexico on its journey through the UK in the Autumn of 2022.

Carved by the Indigenous Totonac artist Jun Tiburcio, the totem is a messenger from the Totonac people, calling attention to the damage being done to the seas, the land and the air.

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