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We had a really wild time working for a famous Hollywood Director who
wanted to replicate his Los Angeles home here in London.
The
brief was "Take me to the Jungle" and without the benefit of being at
ground level this was accomplished by no less than 126
containers planted with mature architectural exotic plants closely
placed together to give a real Indiana Jones feel to this
Knightsbridge terrace. Ipe decking and computerised irrigation
completed the brief.
The
micro climate of this sheltered terrace, where frost is almost unheard
of, enabled us
to be more adventurous with our choice of plants. Apart from the
trusted bamboos, trachycarpus palms, fatsias etc which made up the
backbone of the scheme, we were able to include specimen strelizia
nicolai,
phoenix roebelenii, huge rhapis excelsa (Lady Palms), alocasias and
other truly exotic plants. There are some London gardens where you
could almost grow any tropical plant and this was certainly one of
them.
The end
result was a stunning Amazon jungle of foliage transporting you to a
land way beyond the drabness of Central London.

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