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25 Great American Gardens

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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. View the Article

  • 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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