Unusual and fascinating gardens around the globe

July5,2025

Designed by Charles Jencks, this surreal garden blends science, mathematics, and landscape art. Spirals, black holes, and fractals rule here instead of flowerbeds.

Garden of Cosmic Speculation 

Built by British poet Edward James, this jungle garden in Xilitla features surreal concrete sculptures rising mysteriously through the tropical foliage.

Las Pozas 

A botanical paradise with one of the world's finest collections of hostas, maples, and ferns, blending horticulture and horticultural history.

Trompenburg Gardens 

This privately owned garden in Kitakyushu is known for its breathtaking Wisteria Tunnel—an explosion of pastel blooms overhead in spring.

Kawachi Fuji Garden 

A rediscovered 19th-century botanical wonder filled with overgrown paths, giant plant sculptures, and a jungle of subtropical plants.

Lost Gardens of Heligan

A lesser-known part of the famous tulip garden, designed for pure sound-based relaxation with wind chimes, rustling reeds, and whispering pines.

Keukenhof’s Whispering Garden

A baroque garden on a tiny island in Lake Maggiore, complete with terraces, statues, white peacocks, and a floating palace of flora.

Isola Bella

A whimsical tribute garden to Dr. Seuss in Springfield, Massachusetts, featuring bronze sculptures of his iconic characters among bright plant beds.

Dr. Seuss Garden

This unique garden by artist César Manrique showcases over 4,500 cactus species in a volcanic crater, merging art with arid flora.

Jardín de Cactus

A living landscape recreation of Georges Seurat’s painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte using meticulously shaped topiaries.

Topiary Park