Public Gardens (and Parks) I've visited

This is a list of the public gardens and parks I've been able to visit, as well as a few private gardens or spaces that I thought worth including. If you're curious the link in green will take you to my post(s) on that garden or park...the year noted is when I visited.

The United States:

Arizona

Arcosanti (2016)
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (2018) Part One, Part Two
Boyce Thompson Arboretum (2018) Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four
Casa Grande National Monument (2018)
The Desert Botanical Garden (2011) Part One, Part Two
The Desert Botanical Garden (2016)
Tucson Botanical Gardens (2011)

California

Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens (2016)
Balboa Park (2014): Intro and Palm Canyon, Old Cactus Garden, The Desert Garden, The Lath House and Australian Garden, The Zoo
Balboa Park (2025): Kate O. Sessions Cactus Garden and Palm Canyon, The Botanical Building, The Desert Garden

Berkeley Botanical Gardens (2009) Part One, Part Two
Berkeley Botanical Gardens (2014) Part One, Part Two
The Conejo Valley Botanic Garden: 2014, 2021
Filoli (2013)
The Gardens at Cornerstone (2012)
The Getty Center (2017)
The Huntington Gardens (2009): Part One, Part Two
The Huntington Gardens (2012): Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 4
The Huntington Gardens (2014): Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four
The Huntington Gardens (2019): Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine

The Huntington Gardens (2024): What haven't I seen, Australia and the Jungle, Cycads and ferns, Desert Garden (1), Desert Garden (2)

The Los Angles County Arboretum (2014): Part One, Part Two

The Los Angles County Arboretum (2021): Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four

Lotusland (2009)
Lotusland (2016): Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven
Lotusland (2019): Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five, Part Six, Part Seven, Part Eight, Part Nine, Part Ten
Lotusland (2023): Water, Structure, Plants Part One, Plants Part Two

The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA (2015)

The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA (2021), Part One, Part Two

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (the gardens, 2021): Part One, Part Two
Pitzer College Campus (2017); Part One, Part Two
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden; The Palm Oasis. The Garden
The Ruth Bancroft Garden (2012): Part One, Part Two
The Ruth Bancroft Garden (2013)
The Ruth Bancroft Garden (2016): Part One, Part Two
The Ruth Bancroft Garden (2019): Part One, Part Two
The San Diego Botanic Garden (2014): Part One, Part Two
San Francisco Botanical Garden/Strybing Arboretum (2009): Part One, Part Two
San Francisco Botanical Garden/Strybing Arboretum (2013)
San Francisco Botanical Garden The Conservatory of Flowers (2013)
The Santa Barbara Botanical Garden (2012)

The Self-Realization Fellowship Meditation Gardens (2025)
Sunset Headquarters Demonstration Garden (2013)
The Taft (2015): Part 1, Part 2
The Taft (2021): Part 1 Agaves and Aloes, Australian and South African collections

Theodore Payne Foundation (2019) Part 1, Part 2
The Ventura Botanical Gardens (2015)
The Wave Garden (2013): Part 1, Part 2
The Wave Garden (2014)

Colorado

Chatfield Farms (2019)
Denver Botanic Gardens (2019): Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five
Mesa Verde National Park (2011)
The Gardens on Spring Creek (2019)

New Mexico

Chaco Canyon (2011)
The Rio Grande Botanic Garden (2011)
White Sands National Moument (2013)

New York

Brooklyn Botanic Garden (2022): Part One, Part Two

Little Island (2022)

New York Botanical Garden (2022): Part One, Part Two

The High Line (2022)

Wave Hill (2022) Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Oregon

Crater Lake (2011)
Elk Rock Garden at the Bishop's Close (2013) (2014) (2022)
The Grotto (2010)
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Clarno Unit (2010)
Lan Su Classical Chinese Garden (2011) (2012) (2018)
Leach Botanical Garden (2010) (2015) (2022)
Lower Macleay Park and Hoyt Arboretum (2010)
Newberry Caldera and Paulina Peak (2011)
The Oregon Garden (2013)
Portland's Japanese Garden (2012) (2018)
The Rogerson Clematis Garden (2016)
South Waterfront Park and Tom McCall Park, Portland (2012)

Tsuru Island, Gresham's Japanese Garden (2022)

The Wonder Garden at Hoffman Center for the Arts (2022)

Pennsylvania

Chanticleer (2023): Intro, Teacup Garden, Tennis Court Garden, The House and Terrace Gardens, Elevated Walkway, Asian Woods, Pond Garden, Ruin Garden, Gravel Garden, The End

Longwood Garden (2023): Part One, Part two

Morris Arboretum and Gardens (2023): Garden, Fernery, more from the Fernery

Swarthmore College (2023)

Tennessee

Centennial Park and Natchez Trace (2010)
The Hermitage (2010)
Radnor Lake (2010)

Texas

Centennial Plaza at University of Texas El Paso (2018)

The John Fairey Garden (2021) Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center (2018)

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center (2021) 
Zilker Botanical Garden (2018)

The Capitol Region - WA D.C. | Maryland | Virginia

Hillwood (2017)
Smithsonian Gardens on The Mall (2017): Heirloom Garden and Victory Garden, Castle Garden and Enid A. Haupt Garden, The Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, National Museum of the American Indian and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The U.S. Botanic Garden (2017)
The National Mall (2017)

Washington

The Amazon Spheres (2018) Part One, Part Two, The Understory at the Amazon Spheres 
The Amazon Spheres (2023): Part One, Part Two

The Bloedel Reserve (2011)
Bellevue Botanical Garden (2011) (2015) 

Bellevue Botanical Garden (2020) Part One and Part Two
The Dunn Garden (2011)
Gaiser Conservatory (2011)
Heronswood (2013)

Heronswood (2021): Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Heronswood (2023): Part One, Part Two

Heronswood (2024)
Highline Botanical Garden (2017)
Hillside Desert Botanical Garden (2012) (2019)
Kubota Gardens (2013) (2020)
Manito Park (2009) (2011) (2022) (2025)

The Miller Garden (2013) Part One, Part Two 

The Miller Garden (2021) Part One, Part Two
Lakewold (2022)

PowellsWood (2022)

Pt Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (2018) Part One, Part Two
Rhododendron Species Botanic Garden (2016) Fern Stumpery, Bonsai Museum, Garden

Rhododendron Species Botanic Garden (2020) Garden, Fern Stumpery, 

Rhododendron Species Botanic Garden (2021) Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four

Rhododendron Species Botanic Garden (2025) A pyrrosia scavenger hunt, plants I grow and plants I lust after
Seattle Japanese Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum (2012)
South Seattle Community College Arboretum (2011)
The Olympic Sculpture Park (2011)
The Pacific Connections Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum (2012) (2013) (2015) (2022)
The Pat Calvert Greenhouse at the Washington Park Arboretum (2015) (2018)
UW Biology Greenhouse (2025)

Volunteer Park and Conservatory (2010) Part One, Part Two, Part Three

Volunteer Park Conservatory (2022): Part One, Part Two

Volunteer Park Conservatory (2025)
W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory in Wright Park (2010) (2024)

Canada:

Toronto, Ontario

Allan Gardens Conservatory (2015)

The Parkwood Estate (2015)
The Toronto Botanical Garden (2015)

Vancouver, British Columbia

Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park (2010)

Dart's Hill Garden Park (2023)
UBC Botanical Garden (2010): Part One, Part Two
UBC Botanical Garden (2023): Part One, Part Two, Part Three

VanDusen Botanical Garden (2010): Part One, Part Two
VanDusen Botanical Garden 2023

England:

London

The Kew Gardens (2012) The Palm House, The Temperate House, The Mediterranean Garden, Sackler Crossing and "shopping", The Princess of Wales Conservatory Part 1, Part 2, The Rock Garden and Davies Alpine House
The Chelsea Physic Garden (2012)
The Garden Museum (2012)

France:

Paris

Jardin du Luxembourg (2018)
Le Jardin des Plantes (2018)
Parc André Citroën (2018) Part One, Part Two