What lies behind a garden gate can be an enticing mystery, but sometimes the gate itself has a beauty all its own. This collection of garden gates covers the map — some provide sneak peaks at the lush landscapes behind them, while others hold on to their secrets, making them all the more enchanting. Click on the first photo to get started (switch the green product tags on and off via the tag icon at the bottom of each photo’s page). Then tell us which garden gate you’d most like to take a stroll through.
1. Two-hundred-year-old mesquite doors framed with Cor-Ten steel form the entry to this garden courtyard in the Southwest.
2. This garden gate surrounded by lush hedges was designed by Ike Kligerman Barkley and leads down to a beach in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
3. A custom arbor made from driftwood leads to a vegetable garden in New York.
4. Mirage Landscape custom-designed this Los Angeles garden gate and had it hand-forged in iron.
5. A combination of brick pillars and slatted wood gates welcomes guests down this garden path near Detroit, designed by Zaremba & Co.
6. This metal garden gate in front of a Seattle home was designed by the fire chief of nearby Lummi Island.
7. This antique gate with two cutout hearts is nestled between the soft foliage of ‘Emerald Green’ arborvitae. The garden was designed Troy Rhone Garden Design.
8. This garden gate in London, designed by Adrian Payne, is made of hand-forged, acid-etched iron.
9. This whimsical garden gate at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens was created by Andrew T. Crawford and features an assortment of garden tool replicas.
10. This simple and unadorned garden gate in Hawaii belies the glamour of the expansive estate and gardens beyond.
11. This garden gate is on the Ojai, California, property of actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen. The couple worked with Jessica Thompson of Green Goddess Gardens Inc. and landscape designer Pamela Burton, who is both their friend and neighbor, to design their gardens.
12. The landscape architects at Barnes Walker Ltd. say climbers are great for hiding walls and fences, and lift a garden to the vertical dimension. They also are very effective at adding a sense of maturity.
13. The door to this Toronto garden was the original front door to the property’s 1928 house. The fence is made of pressure-treated wood.
14. In the heart of the McIntire Historic District in Salem, Massachusetts, you’ll find an array of private gardens behind gates such as this one, designed by the Sudbury Design Group.
15. A bamboo gate over bluestone paving conceals a Japanese meditation garden in San Francisco.
16. An intricate metal door provides access to a lush garden in Santa Barbara, California, designed by Margie Grace.
17. A mix of Colorado and Oklahoma stone was used to create the pillars framing the 7-foot gate leading to this Dallas garden.
18. Bamboo doors and lava stone walls create a tropical paradise on this Hawaii garden estate.
19. A brick arbor and swinging white garden gates lead to a grassy garden in Sussex, England.
20. A large limestone wall with a thin iron gate provides views of Lake Michigan and a lovely garden in Chicago.
21. A large ring gate made from Cor-Ten steel provides an eye-popping entrance to this San Francisco garden, created by Greenworks Design.
22. Spanish tiles, white plaster and an intricate wrought iron gate make for a lovely Mediterranean-inspired garden gate in Los Angeles.
23. This wooden archway, designed by Environmental Landscape Associates, provides inviting access to the backyard. It frames an accent boulder seen just beyond the granite walkway.
24. A white garden gate with chicken wire, wisteria and a plastic pink flamingo make for an eclectic garden in Philadelphia.
25. A forest-green fence and gate made from cedar lead to this Boston garden, designed by Timothy Lee.
26. This custom garden gate in Tampa Bay, Florida, has a stain that provides a pop of burnt orange.
27. This garden in Charlotte, North Carolina, features a trellis gate made from ‘Cascade Falls’ weeping bald cypress.
28. This large garden gate leading to a courtyard in Austin, Texas, is made of a Mexican limestone typically called Sienna.
29. The iron gate and stone wall are original to this New York property, built in 1926.
30. A hefty traditional garden gate is painted black and provides privacy for this garden in England.
31. A former hunting lodge in the Boston area has an antique wrought iron gate that provides access from the driveway to the garden courtyard.
32. This garden gate, by McHale Landscape Design Inc., leads to a Japanese tea garden-style retreat framed by tree trunk columns milled and dowelled onsite. The inscription translates as “hidden garden.”
33. A privacy hedge, or privet, with a swinging garden gate makes for a classic entry to this garden in Cold Springs Harbor, New York.
34. River stones and flagstones blend to make a path leading to an Asian-inspired garden gate in Palo Alto, California.
35. Leonard Design Associates created this moon gate set in a trellis to provide separation between a dining terrace and a small garden beyond.
36. This traditional white gate provides a formal entry in Williamsburg, Virginia.
37. This garden courtyard gate, created by Grizzly Iron Inc., has many forged details, including calla lilies and leaves, scrollwork and a basket-weave pattern.
38. This garden gate in Seattle, designed by Castanes Architects, was custom made with Cor-Ten steel and laser-cut to create a decorative design.
39. This foreboding custom iron garden gate in Atlanta was designed by artisan Andrew T. Crawford.
40. Antique garden doors separate the driveway from the lush garden area of this Los Angeles property.
41. Two large black urns filled with orchids front this white garden gate in San Francisco, created by Reynolds-Sebastiani Design Services.
42. A thin iron gate provides an opening to this Mediterranean-inspired garden in Santa Barbara, California.
43. The gate to this Madison County, Ohio, garden welcomes guests with an arbor covered in ‘New Dawn’ roses. The roses are plentiful and pink in the spring.
44. This French-inspired garden gate and property were designed by Sacramento landscape architect David Gibson.
45. Landscape designer and Houzz contributor Jay Sifford found these garden gate doors at Oriental Furnishings in Connecticut.
46. A wood gate with laser-cut stainless steel mermaids creates a majestic entry to a Vancouver garden when surrounded by arching hedges.
47. A pathway of brick and Sydney Peak flagstone leads to this white trellised garden gate near San Diego.
48. A classic iron gate leads to this French-inspired garden in Santa Barbara, California, designed by Margie Grace.
49. An iron gate with a patina of rust creates an enchanting entrance to this Seattle garden.
50. A custom metal gate designed by landscape architect Philippe Dubreuil invites visitors into this garden in Chemilli, France.
51. This lovely gate in New Zealand was made from the back of an old dray, or cart, found on the property more than 40 years ago.
52. An iron gate with a coat of black paint breaks up the brick wall leading to this courtyard garden in England.
53. The arbor, stacked stone and topiaries add an inviting feel to this custom-made garden gate, created by landscape architect David Pederson.
54. An exterior courtyard wall and door provide a traditional hacienda-style entrance in Santa Barbara, California.
