I am walking in a Wardian Case. Above the historic West India docks, above the newly opened Elizabeth line, yet dwarfed by the skyscrapers that crowd the dockland horizon of east London.
![Giant prickled rhubarb and banana trees grow the foreground, surrounded by other plants in low beds. A winding pathway running through the middle. Behind the plants, everything is enclosed by a curved roof of wooden beams arranged in triangle formations, with blue sky visible in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/envhistnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Stevens_EHN_coverimage_v2-4-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C480&ssl=1)
I am walking in a Wardian Case. Above the historic West India docks, above the newly opened Elizabeth line, yet dwarfed by the skyscrapers that crowd the dockland horizon of east London.