See the Most Beautiful Gardens in the World

Stephanie Hunt
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Tour the World's Most Beautiful Gardens for 2023Claire Takacs

Our fourth annual outdoor living design competition celebrates the ingenious revivals of a diversity of landscapes, each imbued with old-fashioned garden romance for their second acts. Designer and passionate gardener Bunny Williams and Institute of Classical Architecture & Art president Peter Lyden returned to our judging panel once again to blindly select our 2023 World’s Most Beautiful Gardens.

From a meadow wonderland in southeastern England to an urban sanctuary in Charleston, this year’s five winners reimagine the idylls and traditions past with thoughtful, innovative ways forward. Here, the world's most beautiful gardens for 2023.

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A wispy perennial garden features grasses, Nepeta, salvia, yarrow, and irises. CLAIRE TAKAC

Ultimate Secret Garden

Designed by Alvaro Sampedo

Tendilla, Spain

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Mounded boxwoods and an allée of London plane trees quietly enhance the home’s historic grandeur.NEIL LANDINO

Most Poetic Revival

Designed by Dan Gordon Landscape Architects

Concord, Massachusetts

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18th century charleston, south carolina, home design by ben lenhardt in the parterre garden, kingsville boxwood borders with corner globes of japanese boxwood frame variegated asiatic jasmine knots and smaller spheres of oregano
In the parterre garden, Kingsville boxwood borders with corner globes of Japanese boxwood frame variegated Asiatic jasmine knots and smaller spheres of oregano.Gross & Daley

Parterre Perfection

Designed by Ben Lenhardt

Charleston, South Carolina

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home in east sussex, england design by emma burrill wispy grasses like warrior, karl foerster, and goldtau varieties, mixed with pink autumn stonecrop and other sedum, form playful corridors for wildlife
Wispy grasses like Warrior, Karl Foerster, and Goldtau varieties, mixed with pink Autumn stonecrop and other sedum, form playful corridors for wildlife.Claire Takacs

Most Ingeniously Wild

Designed by Emma Burrill

East Sussex, England

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Best Perennial Parade

Designed by Jo Thompson Landscape & Garden Design

Goudhurst, England

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Methodology

VERANDA editors chose the top 18 entries for blind judging by Bunny Williams and Peter Lyden. Our call for entries for 2025's World's Most Beautiful Gardens is open. Find the deadline and rules here. Follow us on Instagram for updates and announcements.

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