On the corner of Park Lane, the fancy restaurant at the Intercontinental Hotel has spilt luxury onto the pavements. And what is luxury, in the longest, hottest summer most of us can remember? Why, it is water; or at any rate, its evidence of presence in visible, green, leafy, fancy plants.
And what plants they are; glossy, textured, varied, not a dull leaf or drab sprig in sight; gardenia, bay, euonymous, elephant grass, significant expenditure olive tree. Alongside such plants, everything seems that little bit cooler, not least because inside these pots, the substrate is soaked through. These are a step away from cut flowers. They probably came from a florist.
Not so much their sad cousins over the access road, a row of fairly geometric box shapes marooned on a baking traffic island, fainting and blighting in the pitiless heat. This one's more of a modesty shield for the endless traffic, saiming to drift the eyes straight up and over to Green Park, without the interruption of six lanes of traffic. They're not really rising to the task, but never mind; all along this road, the buildings dribble out luxury greens. Take the little yellow googlemaps figure for a walk from here to Piccadilly and you'll see windowboxes, tree screens, hanging baskets and more.
The street reaches its crescendo abruptly with the Athaneum Green Wall, which though narrow, is exquisitely planted.
Now there's true dedication to your fancy greenery.
And what plants they are; glossy, textured, varied, not a dull leaf or drab sprig in sight; gardenia, bay, euonymous, elephant grass, significant expenditure olive tree. Alongside such plants, everything seems that little bit cooler, not least because inside these pots, the substrate is soaked through. These are a step away from cut flowers. They probably came from a florist.
Not so much their sad cousins over the access road, a row of fairly geometric box shapes marooned on a baking traffic island, fainting and blighting in the pitiless heat. This one's more of a modesty shield for the endless traffic, saiming to drift the eyes straight up and over to Green Park, without the interruption of six lanes of traffic. They're not really rising to the task, but never mind; all along this road, the buildings dribble out luxury greens. Take the little yellow googlemaps figure for a walk from here to Piccadilly and you'll see windowboxes, tree screens, hanging baskets and more.
The street reaches its crescendo abruptly with the Athaneum Green Wall, which though narrow, is exquisitely planted.
Now there's true dedication to your fancy greenery.
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