Great Gardens

Best Spa Gardens: Mandarin Oriental, Dhara Dhevi

By Emily Young

3

Located in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Thornton Gardens Comes to Life

By Audrey St. Clair

5

As the second-largest landowner in San Marino, California — the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens being the first — Chuck Thornton gave back to his community in a unique way

Best Gardens: Turtle Creek Pump House

By Jenny Andrews

2

A former abandoned water pumping station in Highland Park, Texas

Best Gardens: Rooftop Living Space in Manhattan

By Sarah Kinbar

13

Rooftop garden designed by Sawyer/Benson Architecture & Landscape Architecture

Best Gardens: Ambient Space in Lebanon

By Sarah Kinbar

2

Fashion designer Elie Saab's Lebanese garden

Best Gardens: Modern Shaker Design in Westport, Connecticut

By Joanna Fortnam

3

Mid-century modern furniture highlights this traditional garden in Connecticut

Reclaiming a Coastal Garden

By Jenny Andrews

5

With an eye for the right plant in the right place, landscape designer Bernard Trainor reclaims a magnificent Carmel, California, site

Harvard University's Tanner Fountain

20

A fountain at Harvard wins the 2008 ASLA Landmark Award

Pearl Fryar's Sculpted Trees

By Jenny Andrews

3

Part folk artist, though with a surrealistic bent, and part Edward Scissorhands, though without the angst, topiary creator extraordinaire Pearl Fryar is the humblest celebrity you'll ever meet.