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Architecture of Obsession: Eight Outsider Art Gardens

Matt Bergstrom December 6, 2013

Some of the 1000 Buddhas.

Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

Nature attempts to reclaim what's left of the Tropical Garden's structures.

Los Jardines de la Tropical

A Spanish-style estate that has traded black ties for rock concerts.

Cosmovitral

Cosmovitral Botanical Garden

Stained glass windows bathe this botanical garden in cosmic light.

Over the last decade, the Untermyer Gardens Conservancy has undertaken restorations to the park—and its reputation.

Satanic Panic in America's Greatest Forgotten Garden

How Untermyer Park went from botanical wonder to devil's playground and back again.

Megan Roberts August 30, 2022

Bloedel Conservatory

Vancouver, British Columbia

Bloedel Conservatory

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Japanese lake with stone lantern. (Wikimedia Commons)

Cowra, Australia

Japanese War Cemetery and Garden

Final resting place for hundreds of prisoners of war.

La Plaza Cultural

New York, New York

La Plaza Cultural

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

The estate lies in disrepair.

Santa Barbara, California

Franceschi Park

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Longfellow House

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

Little Moreton Hall from the outside

Congleton, England

Little Moreton Hall

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

curious fact of the week

Curious Fact of the Week: A Garden That Can Kill

Allison Meier July 29, 2013

Entrance

Botanical Garden of Padua - Orto botanico di Padova

The oldest botanical garden in the world that technically isn't the oldest.

Harper's Topiary Garden

San Diego, California

Harper's Topiary Garden

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

Delray Beach, Florida

The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Norwich, England

Norwich Plantation Garden

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

Yonkers, New York

Untermyer Park

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.