assionate about gardening with an eye for design? Journey to some of America’s greatest outdoor spaces, courtesy of Garden Design Magazine.
he library of articles and photographs includes botanical gardens, coastal retreats and rooftop paradises from across the country. Start your tour today. Either click the green dots on the interactive map below or scroll down the page to the Great American Garden Articles Library and select the garden you wish to visit.
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Aspen, Colorado
Aspen Escape
By Jenny Andrews
A project in Aspen grows green from the ground up.
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Berkeley, California
Bohemian Rhapsody: A
Mediterranean Garden in
Berkeley
By Jenny Andrews
A passion for plants is on display in this jewel-box garden in Berkeley.
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Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn Botanic
Garden's Centenarian
By Megan Padilla
Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates 100 years with its expanded Herb Garden Park Slope.
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Carmel Bay, California
Reclaiming a
Coastal Garden
By Jenny Andrews
With an eye for the right plant in the right space, a landscape designer reclaims a magnificent site.
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Highland Park, Texas
Best Gardens: Turtle Creek Pump House
By Jenny Andrews
A former abandoned water pumping station is transformed into a welcoming and inspiring location.
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Louisville, Kentucky
Secret Gardens:
When in Louisville
By Sarah Kinbar
Modern gardens, wonderful parks, and urban agriculture abound in the New South.
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Miami, Florida
Miami Rooftop Magic
By Virginia Small
Raymond Jungles designed thsi sky-hugging garden to feel earthy and intimate.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Mary Cooper's New Orleans Garden
View this whimsical garden which adorns a 19th century home in New Orleans.
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Onamea Valley, Hawaii
Hawaii Tropical
Botanical Garden
Acclaimed as one of the most beautiful places in Hawaii.
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Portland, Oregon
Now and Zen: The Portland Japanese Garden
By Tovah Martin
The Portland Japanese Garden continues its visionary path.
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San Marino, California
Thornton Gardens
Comes to Life
By Audrey St. Clair
The second-largest landowner in San Marino chose to give back to his community in a unique way.
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Santa Monica, California
The Inherited Garden
By Christie Hobart
Hobart reveals her struggle to stake claim on her grandmother's old turf and unveils the plan for its future.
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Woody Creek, Colorado
Best Gardens:
Green Elevation
By Jenny Andrews
A breathtaking home and garden on a steep hillside in the Rocky Mountains.
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Bainbridge Island,
Washington
Moss Gardens:
Bloedel Reserve
Explore 150 acres of native and cultivated gardens, featuring over 15 varieties of moss!
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Boston, Massachusetts
Harvard University's Tanner Fountain
A fountain at Harvard wins the 2008 ASLA Landmark Award.
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Bucks County,
Pennsylvania
A Garden Built for Parties
How a blank space became a generous revelry room; ready, willing and able to adapt to any festive occasion.
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Chicago, Illinois
Summer Party in a Chicago Garden
Restaurateur Rick Bayless throws open his backyard to celebrate the community he's built around cooking and growing.
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Lakeville, Connecticut
Landscape Architect Judy Murphy's Connecticut
Farm & Nursery
Quit the rat race, move to the country, fix up an old farmhouse and spend your days outdoors running your nursery and garden design business. This is one designer's story.
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Maryland
Exploring Maryland's
Gardens
By Margot Amelia
Maryland is more than blue crabs and beaches. Take a closer look at the state's nearly two dozen public gardens packed into 12,000 square miles.
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Monicello, Virginia
Thomas Jefferson's Eco-Monticello
By Donna Dorian
The opening of new visitor and education centers reveal the inspired beauty of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia home and the timelessness of his ideals.
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Northern California
Wine Country Gardens
By Marguerite Thomas
These California wineries grow more than just grapes.
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Phoenix, Arizona
2009 Green Awards: Steve Martino, Cactus City Designs
By Kate Karam
Peer into a garden that truly celebrates the desert and sustainability.
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Salmon Bay, Washington
Stunning Stone
Focal Points
A Washington-based firm details the steps for quarrying and creating custom projects.
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Santa Barbara, California
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden: Tested by Fire - And Time
By Bill Makren
Lessons in great design and fire ecology grow wild at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.
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Short Hills, New Jersey
Mara Seibert's (Seibert & Rice) Garden
By Donna Dorian
Two sloping New Jersey acres play stage to a graduation party.
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