The library's striking design includes three "green areas" - a meadow, a terrace knot garden and a rooftop garden escape.

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Club guests have a private check-in desk, access to the Virginia Room for concierge service and dining, and a private terrace and garden.

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We ate lunch out on the terrace of Heath's garden at his beautiful Georgian house in the country town of Salisbury, Wiltshire.

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That means that each of the private 49 villas has its own swimming pool, as well as a garden and an outdoor terrace for dining.

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On the inside, Shanghai Terrace is all 1930s supper club, but on the large, open terrace, the restaurant transitions into a modern garden patio with views of surrounding skyscrapers and Michigan Avenue.

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Fresh from its grand opening this autumn, the 221-room Courtyard by Marriott, located by the convention centre, features a unique interior garden, while its rooftop pool terrace provides some of the best panoramic views in the city.

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Occupying just under half an acre, the accompanying grounds tout a 130-foot-long garden and a sweeping double staircase that connects the terrace to that landscaped stretch.

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Its booths are boxed in by brick walls, and the terrace is lined with Parisian style wicker chairs set in a garden in a lovely corner of the fashionable Condesa neighborhood.

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