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Barbican Conservatory

London photo: “Caution: Beehives“

Sun, May 24, 2015
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One last photo from the Barbican Conservatory…

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London photos: sci-fi greenhouse

Sat, May 23, 2015
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The longer I walked around the Barbican Conservatory, the more I began to feel like I was in the greenhouse on a space station…

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London photo: alien plants

Fri, May 22, 2015
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More alien-looking plants at the Barbican Conservatory.

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London photos: hothouse flowers

Thu, May 21, 2015
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Far from just walling in London plant life of, the Barbican Conservatory is full of alien-seeming organisms that could never survive in the city outside.

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London photos: peaceful conservatory

Wed, May 20, 2015
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The longer I walked around the Barbican Conservatory, the more at peace I started to feel in this serene pocket of jungle in the middle of London.

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London photo: concrete and steel greenhouse

Tue, May 19, 2015
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There’s something, well, brutal in the Brutalist concrete and steel of the Barbican Conservatory…

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London photo: discovering the Barbican conservatory

Mon, May 18, 2015
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I only just discovered that the Barbican has a conservatory…

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