Private Gardens Gardening

Descriptions, photos, and information about private gardens of renown around the world. Gardens featured in the websites listed here are not routinely open to the public, but may be open by appointment or invitation. Examples include gardens designed by famous garden architects, or gardens known from television shows and gardening magazines. Websites listed here are descriptive, focusing more on the garden than the gardener or the process of gardening. They often include sections on the garden's history and development, its design philosophy, and photo galleries.

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• The Owlsperch - Nancy and Noel show off their garden on the banks of the North Fork Lewis River near Woodland, Washington, in seasonal photo galleries.
  
• Little Bit of Heaven - A story in pictures of a home garden being built, with updates as it matures year by year.
  
• Greenwood Gardens - Historic estate garden in Short Hills (New Jersey), being restored for public enjoyment as a project of the Garden Conservancy. History, photos, mission statement.
  
• Offene Gartenpforte - Hobby gardeners of Niederrhein (Germany) gardening association show their private gardens in photographs. Dates for current-year garden tours.
  
• The Bivin Garden - Ray and Mollie Bivin's garden in Shidler (Oklahoma) features spacious lawns, flower beds and hundreds of trees and shrubs. Open to the public on summer weekends. Descriptions, slide show, visitor information.
  
• Coolcarrigan - Eight acres of gardens surrounding a private Georgian house built in the 1830s afford sweeping vistas, seas of colors, and an arboretum. The garden is open by appointment. History, photos, maps, sample of arboretum holdings. County Kildare, Ireland.
  
• Lili-Ann's Homepage - Garden in the north of Sweden, focusing on alpines and primulas. Many plant photos, and primula germination details.
  
• White Center Home Garden Tour - Information about annual free tour of gardens in Seattle, Washington.
  
• Dublin Garden Group - Private gardens that are open to the public in Dublin, Ireland.
  
• Perennial Gardening on the Prairies - Maureen and Glenn's garden in Saskatchewan, Canada. Portraits with personal observations for many of their plants.
  
• High Desert Rose Garden - This oasis in the High Desert of Albuquerque features many varieties of roses, poppies, and other ornamentals.
  
• Virtual Garden Tour - A virtual tour of gardens belonging to members of the Suite101.com community.
  
• Saso Herb Gardens - Garden formerly used as herb nursery in Saratoga (California), now privately owned.
  
• A Small Irish Garden - Special sections on hardy geraniums, clematis and roses. Personal musings, and information on making hypertufa troughs.
  
• Pikake Gardens - A garden of gardens in Valley Center (California), designed in a variety of themes and styles: from rain forest to rose garden and from arid to protea. Open by invitation only. Photo gallery, garden overview.
  
• Jan and Mieke Bastiaens' Garden - Belgian perennial lovers' garden. Design process, layout, and inspiring photos of garden and plantings. English and Dutch versions.
  
• Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens - Historic garden highlighting lilacs in spring, but open year-round for visits. Annual Lilac Days and Art in the Garden events.
  
• Ellwanger Garden - Historic landscape in Rochester (New York), originally gardened by 19th-century horticulturist George Ellwanger, now maintained by the Landmark Society of Western New York. Information about the garden, open-day events, and tours.
  
• The Chase Garden - Located in Orting (Washington) on 4 1/2 acres with a view of Mt Rainier, this garden is characteristic of the 1960s Northwest gardening style, with naturalistic woodlands, reflecting pools, and wildflowers. A Garden Conservancy project.
  
• Darts Hill Garden Park - Originally designed and planted by Edwin and Fransisca Darts, this unique garden is now donated into the care of the City of Surrey, British Columbia. Information about open days.
  
• A Southern Garden - Describes creation of stately garden in Florence, Alabama, along with many of its plants. Nicely illustrated.
  
• Back Yard - Photos and descriptions of plants in a backyard garden in Maryland, and a peek at its construction project.
  
• Tasmanian Gardeners Create Eden - An account of how a Tasmanian couple built their own Eden, in narrative and photos.
  
• Lady Anne's Garden of Eden - Our garden of Eden pages, complete with ponds, hummingbird and bird nests, detailed pictures, maps and plant information.
  
• Marigold Farm - Exuberant garden in Mendocino on the Northern California coast, particularly proud of its hydrangeas grown in natural surroundings.
  
• Jim Handtmann's LandEscapes - Small, meticulously tended backyard garden in Minneapolis. Tours by way of thumbnail galleries.
  
• Virginia Garden - Growing plants deer will not eat takes priority in this Southeastern Virginia garden.
  
• Cliftonhill - Photos of rural New Zealand garden.
  
• Op de Haar Garden - Garden in a wooded area of the Netherlands featuring many woodland and shade plants, as well as numerous varieties of acers, magnolia, rhododendron, camellia, bamboo, ferns and hosta. Visits by appointment.
  
• Squaw Valley Herb Gardens - Dedicated to showing the role of plants in California's history, the home and garden of two artists in central California can be visited by appointment. Photos, calendar of events, herbal recipes.
  
• Moosey's Country Garden - A rambling New Zealand country garden, brought alive with wit and color by its owner and tender. Photographs of the garden and its structures, lots of short articles, and news.
  
• My Ulster Garden - A monthly record in pictures of the main features of this Northern Ireland garden.
  
• Davi's Garden Tour - Stroll through traditional home garden on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, past plenty of flowers, native plants, pets, and bird visitors.
  
• Olympic Views - The Miller Family's Pacific Northwest garden. Dozens of photos arranged by season, mostly with an artistic bent, and gardening information with an emphasis on perennials.
  
• London Hill Gardens - At this garden on the South Island of New Zealand overlooking Lake Elterwater, beds of roses, lavender and catmint have been developed amidst old, established trees. History, photo gallery, and information about tours.
  
• The Moore Farm Plant Database - Searchable database of plants (1800+, with 160+ photos) growing in this garden in South Carolina's low country, along with several articles and photos of open days.
  
• Alton - Historic private garden in Mt. Macedon (Victoria, Australia), principally known for its collection of trees. Tours by appointment, and annual open day. History, photos.
  
• Maggie's Garden in Texas - Multi-faceted gardening site centered on a family garden. Plant portraits, visual tours, forums, tips and guides.
  
  

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