Water Lilies

Montecito estate with magical gardens, summer-only music school, and year-round concerts.

An outdoor mall under a huge banyan tree hung with lanterns. Beautiful flowers by a stream, rock-like seats kids love, and rain fountain.

An estate with paths winding around 25 acres of varied, exquisite gardens.

Beautiful modern basilica with gift shop, water lilies, stained glass, rose window, organ and exceptional choir.

Hearst Castle is like a dream! High, high above the sea!

Lush paradise with water lilies galore, rustling bamboo, stone bridge, tropical flowers, strangler fig, and a gorgeous royal palm grove.

Grand estate with beautiful furnishings, countryside views, indoor pool, and gardens.

Beautiful Spanish-Indian architecture, a chapel, a view of the ocean and rose garden, and a museum.

A sumptuous street with Spanish archways and courtyards and unique shops for the extremely rich.

Large world-class garden with lakeside allees, flower terraces, and small Japanese garden.

It's blissful to walk past hibiscus flowers, bougainvillea, coconut trees, tall hedges, and mansions, down to the sea.

Large world-class garden with lakeside allees, flower terraces, and small Japanese garden.

Formal series of themed gardens overflowing with flowers, sculptures, and fountains. On weekends, a model train garden that kids adore!

Delightful garden behind a gothic church, with lily pond, koi fish, tropical flowers, sculpted coral walls, fountain, and fresco.

A park of exquisite beauty, with flowering trees and a picnic lawn fronting a pond full of turtles and koi.