Barbican Living
Igloos
Taken when the lake was frozen - it's a colour photograph!
Below Andrewes House, a string of 8 linked islands – “igloos” as the Barbican gardeners call them - extend on piers into the water. You can sit in them and watch the ducks.
From there you can watch the water pouring over the weir into the west part of the lake.
The igloos in the lake have various climbing plants. Jasmine grows right over the top of one of them. Another is shaded by a large Kiwi Fruit. The plant with the attractive yellow flowers is Ligularia. They are planted with sedges and a variety of marginal plants.
