Nine Artists on the Gardens That Inspired Them

In a T Magazine feature for spring 2026, nine artists and designers share the gardens that have most inspired their creative practices. Jewelry designer Irene Neuwirth describes Point Dume Nature Preserve in Malibu, California, where she now owns a house on an orchard after first visiting as a high school student. Landscape architect Isabel Duprat recalls visiting Katsura Imperial Villa Garden in Kyoto in 2015, where she was overcome with emotion by the 17th-century garden's elegant design and its use of different stones and gravel to alter walking pace. The article also references Lotusland in Montecito, California, built by Polish opera singer Ganna Walska after she bought the property in 1941. The piece is part of T's spring gardening package, which includes guides, retrospectives, and other features on flora and cultivation.