View from the Roof Garden. |
One of the more interesting parts of the Canary Wharf development, for me, is the Crossrail Place Roof Garden.
From the outside it looks reminiscent of the Eden Project, in Cornwall, with huge plastic sheets, supported on the largest timber frame in the UK, covering much of the surface area. The rest is left open to the elements and acts like a giant terrarium.
Crossrail Place Roof Garden. |
Taking the escalator to the roof garden brings you out into a lush forest full of ferns, maples, strawberry and banana trees and much more.
Western ferns. |