Daubeney Road Murals

Daubeney Road Murals, Hackney, London

Created in 1982 by Free Form Arts, the wall murals depict the Victorian glasshouse, animals and birds at Kew Gardens. They were added as a mechanism to brighten up an otherwise dismal row of garages off Daubeney Road in Hackney. Miraculously the murals have survived well into the twenty-first century and were recorded prior to conservation as a collaborative project with Archangel Heritage. The work helped to highlight the cultural significance of community art in the modern era.