The Contemporary Garden

The Contemporary Garden is a visually stunning global survey of 300 extraordinary gardens across more than forty countries. Curated with leading horticultural experts, the book highlights both iconic public spaces—such as New York’s High Line and Singapore’s Changi Airport Garden—and intimate private sanctuaries, including Umberto Pasti’s romantic Moroccan hillside garden and Anna Wintour’s upstate New York retreat shaped by landscape designer Miranda Brooks.

Presented with beautiful large-format imagery and concise, thoughtful descriptions, each featured garden reflects the vision of celebrated designers and landscape architects like Fiona Brockhoff, Dan Pearson, Sarah Price, and Bernard Trainor, as well as emerging talents and passionate owner-creators.

Organized alphabetically by designer or studio, the book explores an inspiring spectrum of contemporary garden styles—naturalistic, wild, urban, botanical, dry, topiary, minimalist, edible, community-focused, and more. Together, these gardens illustrate how today’s aesthetic and ecological values deepen our connection to the natural world.

Both a rich source of inspiration and a dependable reference, The Contemporary Garden is designed to enchant professional gardeners, hobbyists, and dreamers alike.