Getty Center

The 134,000-square-foot Central Garden at the Getty Center was created by California artist Robert Irwin. A walk through the garden provides an extraordinary experience of sights, sounds, and scents. A walkway crosses over a stream that winds through a variety of plants and gradually descends to a plaza, where you’ll find bougainvillea climbing through custom-made rebar trellises. The stream cascades over a stone waterfall into a pool containing a maze of azaleas. Specialty gardens surround the pool. All of the foliage and materials of the garden are selected to accentuate the interplay of light, color, and reflection. More than 500 varieties of plant material are used in the landscaping.