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This month’s highlights focus on the many green spaces and landscapes captured in the av¸£ÀûÉçARA collection. Locations span the globe and serve as spaces for contemplation, commemoration, recreation, work, or simply as the landscape around a structure. The vibrancy of these greens can be affected by the time of day, the film or camera used, or your screen. 

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Unknown landscape/garden planners from Kalisz and Josef Chrzanowski, “The Medieval Castle” at The Belzig von Kreutz Family Summer Estate Garden, ca 1880–1900, Koscielec, Poland. Photo: Makary Gorzynski, 2012

Francisco Prieto Moreno, Sultan’s Garden (Courtyard of the Cypresses), 1302–1309, gardens rebuilt 1931–1951, Granada, Spain. Photo: Nathaniel Walker, 2005

Edwin Lutyens, Folly Farm, home built in 17^th century, expanded by Lutyens in 1906 and 1912, Sulhamstead, England. Photo: Richard Longstreth, 2012

Yejia Garden (Ye Family Garden), 1920s, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China. Photo: Qing Mei

People’s Park, Lily Pond, after 1949, Shanghai, China. Photo: Dell Upton, 2016

Monastery and Temple Gardens, Thien Mu Pagoda complex, 1601–2014, Huế, Vietnam. Photo: Jackie Spafford, 2014

Green and Wicks, Martha T. Williams Camp, 1901–1904, Old Forge, NY. Photo: Richard Guy Wilson

Claude Monet, Monet’s Water Garden, 1893–1926, Giverny, France. Photo: Allan T. Kohl, 1994

Vals, 1910–1960, Vals Platz, Switzerland. Photo: Esther Choi, 2014