Inspire Poetry Festival 2026 - Caribbean Pioneer Gardeners Exhibition

Caribbean Pioneer Gardeners Exhibition

Discover the experiences of six Caribbean gardeners of the Windrush generation and their legacy at Hungerhill Gardens, England’s largest and oldest allotments.  Featuring interviews, photographs and a new poem by Cara Thompson, Nottingham City of Literature’s Nature Poet Laureate, inspired by their stories. 

Based on the book, Caribbean Pioneer Gardeners: Hungerhill Gardens, St. Ann’s Allotments by Colin Haynes published by Five Leaves Publications.

About Colin Haynes 

Colin Haynes first shared a garden on Hungerhill Gardens fifty years ago. He is a photographer, writer, archivist and community activist. He produced community papers from Chase Chat to East of the City, a photobook on Manila and the book Stories of Sneinton Market. 

About Five Leaves Publications 

Five Leaves Publishing was founded in 1996 as a small independent publisher and opened its bookshop in Nottingham City Centre in 2013. Our roots are radical and literary, currently publishing books on local interest to Nottingham and the East Midlands, D.H. Lawrence, poetry, social history, Jewish secular culture, and Romani culture.