Outdoors

Bette Midler

Performer and founder of New York Restoration Project.

A planted park on a former elevated rail line.

A 52-acre garden beside Prospect Park.

A car-free island park a short ferry ride from Manhattan.

George Vanderbilt’s 1895 house and its gardens and grounds.

The scenic mountain road that passes through Asheville.

434 acres of gardens and forest trails south of the city.

Founder of Friends of The Underline.

A 1913 stone resort above the city with a subterranean spa.

An 83-acre tropical garden and plant conservation center.