A global garden
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The world-class Crossrail Place rooftop garden is just an escalator ride away from a busy railway station in London's bustling Canary Wharf. Set on a dock-like structure amid some of the English capital's tallest skyscrapers, the garden offers a peaceful, globally themed getaway.It's divided into eastern and western sections with native plants from the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. This is a nod to the historically important (albeit imaginary) line separating East from West that passes through nearby Greenwich: the Prime Meridian.
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The tyrant's haunt
Dawn on a rugged road
A wooly welcoming committee
Trekking Torres del Paine
A panda apart
The lioness in summer
Passage to the plains