20 Captivating Designer Gardens You'll Swear Are Enchanted (2024)

Outside of Tel Aviv, peach stucco walls and a terra-cotta tile roof, like this estate designed by Kevin Spearman, reflects understated, Tuscan style. French landscape designer Jean Mus devised the villa’s gardens with a path paved with ancient Jerusalem limestone.

Landscape architect Dominique LaFourcade lined the garden path of this 200-year-old France farmhouse with hornbeam hedges and lamb’s ears while cypress and plane trees tower over the home’s verdant oasis. The south facade of the home opens to a sunny terrace lined with boxwood topiary and Annabelle hydrangeas.

Manicured emerald boxwoods and topiaries add a fresh pop of color to the neutral palette that reigns in the Atlanta home of architect Bobby McAlpine and his partner Blake Weeks. Sutherland lounge chairs and a table from McAlpine’s collection with Elegant Earth establish an outdoor living space in the boxwood garden designed by Mike Kaiser of Kaiser Trabue.

Japanese boxwood hedges and a labyrinth of Anglican-style gardens frame the entrance to William Eubanks’ ivy-covered Tudor cottage. Before the global designer moved into the Memphis home, Eubanks added nearly a quarter acre of courtyards with statuary and fountains amid the lush plantings.

A mischievous peaco*ck named Brunelleschi roams the 17th-century-style formal gardens of design icon Juan Pablo Molyneux’s retreat in the Aube region of France. The structure of Château de Pouy-sur-Vannes dates from the 12th through the 17th centuries, complete with a moat.

Landscape architect Scott Shrader brings to life a Mediterranean-style oasis high within the mountains of this Malibu home. Agave plants and olive trees line the garden courtyard of the gorgeous, Spanish-style home that was built in 1929 by actor William Boyd.

Interior designer Bunny Williams enlisted the help of England-based landscape designer Tim Rees to develop a lush courtyard inspired by the farmhouse’s French countryside setting in the Alpilles region of Provence. The formal elements include fountains, parterres, groves of cypress and olive trees, and an arbor perfect for outdoor entertaining.

Sculptural gardens and shaded patios make up the 74 acres of the Green Gables estate, owned by fine linens purveyor Julia Berger’s family. Architects Henry and Charles Greene drew inspiration from the grounds of the Villa Aldobrandini near Rome to design the Northern California garden’s masterpiece, a regal Roman reflecting pool.

Designer Timothy Whealon restores the 19th-century charm and understated grace of this 1860 Connecticut home with a subtle color palette that compliments the purple, green, and white plantings on the home’s two acres of land. An avid gardener, the owner created an English-style cutting garden filled with hydrangeas, roses, clematis, phlox, and herbs.

Overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands, myrtle topiaries and romantic beds of roses line the granite pathways of Oprah Winfrey’s outdoor sanctuary. Master rosarian Dan Bifano assisted the media mogul with developing an outdoor space filled with Bronze Star, Heaven on Earth, and Distant Drums roses that reflects the beauty of her $88 million Georgian mansion.

Heiress Katharine Rayner and her husband William turn their waterfront Hampton property into a verdant paradise filled with exuberant blooms and rose-climbing arbors that recalls Claude Monet’s gardens at Giverny. The lush labyrinth looks over a coastal lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean.

Bountiful palm trees shade the interior courtyard of this captivating oceanfront estate designed by David Kleinberg in Palm Beach. The sheltered haven boasts impressive greenery, opulent bougainvillea, and a pool.

Flourishing boxwoods act as whimsical frames for vegetable beds, topiaries, and lavish vineyards in this Belgian garden by Jacques Martin and Peter Wirtz, sons of the late Belgian landscape designer Jacques Wirtz.

Fairytale trees and ornate gardens make for a perfect outdoor dinner setting at this Santa Barbara estate nestled in the Santa Ynez Mountains. The intricate architectural design work of the emerald grounds is by Warner Group Architects.

Nestled in the scenic hills of Santa Barbara County, the Montecito manse of John Saladino reflects the designer’s signature blend of classicism and modernism. Ancient Greek and Roman nymphaea inspired the ground's hedge-framed pathways filled pedigreed antiques like this carved 18th-century urn.

Designer Richard Hallberg embraces the European influence of this Spanish Revival-style Montecito home with indigenous plantings that flourish in Andalusia, Spain, along with mature olive trees and Ficus nitida hedges. The purposefully green, no-flowers garden and labyrinth acts as a respite for Hallberg and his guests.

Originally designed by late architect John L. Volk, this 1920s villa shines under the Palm Beach sun with worldly glamor and old-school splendor. A sculpture-like fountain acts at the garden’s focal point among manicured greenery and stone pathways.

Landscape architect Charles Stick transforms the once-rocky setting of this Connecticut estate into a meadow-like escape. European hornbeam hedges and neatly shaped linden trees lead to a limestone sculpture of Atlas at the heart of the garden.

Designer Anthony Baratta infuses French flair into this Los Angeles retreat with layers of brilliant patterns and Cypress trees that the evoke Southern French gardens. Fragrant wisteria climbs the garden arbors, creating a romantic setting.

A Ming Dynasty dog statue stands as this Connecticut estate’s enchanting centerpiece among clusters of boxwoods and low yew hedges. Spherical junipers and false cypress shadow the small clearing designed by Charles Stick.