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Gigantic Hanging Basket Affixed to London's New Hotel Indigo

Where: 16 London St, London, United Kingdom, W2 IHL

Proving that it's not just crazy Americans who love big travel stunts, the Hotel Indigo chain is celebrating the opening of their first hotel outside of the United States by affixing the world's largest hanging basket to the facade. The new London property in Paddington opened to guests on Tuesday, but construction workers spent eight hours of Monday installing the quarter-ton basket of real roses, ivy, orchids, daisies and moss.

Designed to promote the hotel's changing seasonal decor ("to keep it feeling brand new"), the basket hangs 25 feet above the Indigo's entrance. A brief montage of the making of what's being called "The Hanging Gardens of Paddington" can be viewed on YouTube, of course.

If we are to judge anything from Indigo's saying that they "...hope that our hanging garden will become a wonder of London," it's that this thing appears to be permanent. If so, do request one of their £125-a-night rooms far away from the thing as we're sure it'll become a nice breeding place for spiders and a natural nest for birds.

[Photo: Ken Lennox/Telegraph UK]