Gardens of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Boston, Massachusetts | 2011-2013

Collaboration Ron Henderson, Demo Staurinos, Tanya Kelley, Kate Dana, Sophath Toun, Xu Xiaoqing, Xu Shaonan, Zhang Jingni, Richard Hsu, Brendan Riley, Dick Roche, Garden Construction, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Valley Crest, Landscape Contractors, Stoss Landscape Urbanism

Recognition Harleston Park Award, ASLA-RI Merit Award, Daring by Design monograph on the Gardner Museum expansion

Trees 65 including Pinus bungeana, Carpinus caroliniana, Magnolia denudata, Magnolia liliiflora, Magnolia x soulangeana, Styrax japonica, Amelanchier canadensis, Chionanthus retusus, Hamamelis x intermedia, and Ulmus parvifolia

Credits Ron Henderson, Nic Lehoux, Siena Scarff, Jim Labeck, ISGM

The new gardens of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum are a series of six spaces designed with a carefully curated collection of plant species. The six spaces - Evans Way, Living Room Garden, Cafe Garden, Monk's Garden, Lynch Courtyard Garden, and the new Public Greenhouse - ensure that museum visitors are engaged in the creative life of the Museum and connected with Isabella Gardner’s legacy through inspiring encounters with gardens and horticulture throughout the museum. Our work on these gardens continues our twenty-year collaboration with the museum.