The former Derry and Tom's department store on Kensington High Street in London has one of the oldest and most original planted roofs in London. Built in the 1930s, the roof garden contains three theme gardens covering 1.5 acres: the Spanish, Tudor, and English Woodland. Plantings are hugely varied, including fully grown deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs--including oaks, sycamores, maples and and palm trees, many perennials and shrubs, spring bulbs, arched passageways modelled on The Alahmbra, and resident ducks and flamingos. The original roof was planted on a metre of soil over a drainage layer.
The gardens are now part of a private club and restaurant owned by Virgin. More photos here.
Photo from Open Garden Squares.
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