Shaw Tower, Vancouver

These images are of the entrance lobby of an upmarket residential tower in Vancouver, Canada.  The plants are a combination of Sansevierias and Euphorbias: succulent species that are well adapted to the warm and dry conditions in this area that also look interesting. The chequerboard look on the surface of the planting beds is achieved by the use of coloured mineral top dressing materials.

New images: added April 2006

We are grateful to the building owners and the British Columbia branch of Initial Tropical Plants Canada for these images.