Get ready to explore the most stunning public parks and private gardens. To be blown away by leaves and other wonders, discovering the secret that connects thirty “crazy and mysterious” places, some well-known, others still waiting to be explored. Here architecture and nature play and join together for one purpose only: to wow the visitor. Whether it is a pyramid emerging from the middle of a forest, a tropical species out of its natural habitat or the gigantic face of a monster, surprise and fascination lurk around every corner. These extraordinary green compositions, however, would not have existed without the human stories and aims of their creators: moving and intriguing stories of truly visionary gardeners whose immense love of nature has been trans formed into projects as ambitious as they are bizarre. A journey of discovery around the world between Italy and New Zealand, via Canada, the United States, the Canary Islands, South Africa and Hawaii, undertaken with curiosity and narrated and illustrated with enormous passion.