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Shalamar Gardens, Lahore
Shalamar Gardens (شالیمار باغ), also Shalimar Gardens, a 16-hectare Mughal garden in Lahore built by Shah Jahan 1641–1642 on three terraces with 410 fountains; UNESCO World Heritage Site 1981, in Danger 2000–2012.
Site of Reversible Destiny
Site of Reversible Destiny – Yoro Park (養老天命反転地), an experimental art-architecture park by Arakawa and Madeline Gins in Gifu, Japan, opened 1995, 18,100 sq m, built to challenge the body and reverse destiny.
Square of Family, Love and Fidelity
Сквер Сямʼі, Любові і Вернасці (Square of Family, Love and Fidelity) is a public square in Soligorsk, Belarus, opened 1 September 2019, known for its Hen Ryaba children's art playground, fountains, and skate park.
Square with sculptures
Square with sculptures (Сквер з скульптурами) is a 24/7 public park on Prymorska Street 6А in Zatoka, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, with shade trees, benches, and photo sculptures near the Zatoka Lift Bridge.
St James's Park
St James's Park is London's oldest Royal Park, a c 32 ha Grade I registered park in Westminster formed under Henry VIII, redesigned by Andre Mollet for Charles II in 1660 and remodelled by John Nash in the 1820s.
St Stephen's Green
St Stephen's Green: 9-hectare Victorian public park in central Dublin, enclosed 1663–1664, redesigned by William Sheppard for Lord Ardilaun and reopened 27 July 1880; lake, fountains, 750 trees, 1916 Rising site.
Standin' on the Corner Park
Standin' on the Corner Park, Winslow, Arizona: a Route 66 park opened in 1999 commemorating the Eagles' song "Take It Easy," featuring a John Pugh mural, a Ron Adamson bronze statue, and a flatbed Ford.
Stanley Park
Stanley Park is Vancouver's 400-hectare urban park on a downtown peninsula, opened in 1888 and named for Governor General Lord Stanley, with a 9 km seawall, national historic site designation (1988), and Coast Salish history.
Strathclyde Country Park
Strathclyde Country Park: 400-hectare free-access country park at Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, around man-made Strathclyde Loch (filled 1975). 8-lane 2 km rowing course, Commonwealth Games rowing venue, built over the demolished village of Bothwellhaugh.
Strawberry Fields (memorial)
Strawberry Fields is the John Lennon memorial in Central Park, New York, near West 72nd Street opposite the Dakota. Named for "Strawberry Fields Forever," dedicated October 9, 1985, it centers on the Naples-donated Imagine mosaic.
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Silver Jubilee Agricultural Park
Taman Pertanian Jubli Perak Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (TPJPSHAS) is a 504.4-hectare agro-forestry agrotourism park on the Kuantan–Kemaman bypass, Pahang, Malaysia, begun 1987, opened by the Sultan 24 July 1999, revitalized in 2024.
Sunflower Garden
Sunflower Garden (百万葵园, Million Sunflower Garden), Guangzhou: China's first and largest sunflower-themed park, opened April 2002 in Nansha's Xinken, 26 hectares, about one million sunflowers; closed August 27, 2024 amid rent arrears and lost 4A rating.
Tai Lam Country Park (大榄郊野公园)
Tai Lam Country Park (大榄郊野公园) is Hong Kong's second largest country park, 5,412 ha in the western New Territories, designated 1979, containing Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, granite terrain, and MacLehose Trail sections 9 and 10.
Takagi Village Primrose Gardens
Takagi Village Primrose Gardens (くりん草園, Kurinso-en), in Kujukutani Forest Park, Takagi Village, Nagano, Japan: a free garden where tens of thousands of kurin-sō Japanese primroses, the village flower, bloom mid-May to early June; its May festival was cancelled in 2026 after heat damaged the plants.
The Battery (Manhattan)
The Battery (formerly Battery Park) is a 25-acre park at the southern tip of Manhattan, home to Castle Clinton National Monument, once a fort, theater, 8-million-immigrant depot, and aquarium, now gardens and ferry hub.
The Grand View Garden Area of Shanghai
Shanghai Grand View Garden (上海大观园, Daguanyuan) is a 135-mu pseudo-classical garden in Qingpu District on Dianshan Lake, built 1980-1988 to recreate the garden in Dream of the Red Chamber, Luban Prize winner and 4A scenic spot.
The Rose Garden
The Rose Garden (Hebrew: Gan HaVeradim), formally the Wohl Rose Garden, is a 19-acre public rose garden in Jerusalem opposite the Knesset, opened in 1981 and Israel's largest.
The Temple of Apollo
The Temple of Apollo is a Grade I-listed circular garden temple of 1765 at Stourhead, Wiltshire, by Henry Flitcroft for Henry Hoare, copied from Wood's Ruins of Baalbec; the name also denotes ancient temples at Delphi, Didyma, Corinth, and Rome.
The Temple of Heaven Ecological Popular Science Garden
The Temple of Heaven Ecological Popular Science Garden (天坛生态科普园), built 2014 in Beijing's Temple of Heaven Park, is a 13,000 m² education site with plant zones, 34 ancient trees, and birdlife, hosting 130+ annual science courses reaching 5 million people.
Three Rivers Park District
Three Rivers Park District is a regional park system in suburban Hennepin County, Minnesota, created by the state legislature in 1957, managing nearly 27,000 acres.
Tiananmen Square (天安门广场)
Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) is Beijing's vast central city square, about 440,000 m², south of the Forbidden City. Once a closed imperial ceremonial space, it opened in 1913, was rebuilt 1958–1959, and hosts China's major state ceremonies.
Tottori Flower Park
Tottori Flower Park (Tottori Hanakairo, とっとり花回廊) is a 50-hectare prefectural flower park in Nanbu-cho, Tottori, opened 1999, with a 1 km covered walkway, lily collection, Flower Dome, and Mt. Daisen borrowed scenery.
Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square, London's largest formal public square in Westminster, laid out by Nash and Barry, home to Nelson's Column, Landseer's lions, the National Gallery, the Fourth Plinth, and the 2003 pedestrianisation.
Tree That Owns Itself
The Tree That Owns Itself, also called the Jackson Oak, is a white oak in Athens, Georgia, said by legend to own itself and eight feet of surrounding land; the deed is unverified, and the current tree is a 1946 acorn successor.
Trent Park
Trent Park (Trent Country Park) is a Grade II registered landscape park and mansion estate at Cockfosters, Enfield, north London, formerly part of Enfield Chase, home of the Sassoon family, later a WWII interrogation centre, Middlesex University campus, and a 400-acre public country park.
Tropical Flower and Plants Garden
Tropical Flower and Plants Garden (西双版纳热带花卉园) is a 4A-level tropical crop germplasm and flower park in Jinghong, Yunnan, opened in 1999 by the Yunnan Tropical Crops Research Institute, holding about 1,000 species across 25 scenic spots.
Tuileries Garden
The Tuileries Garden (Jardin des Tuileries) is a large formal garden in Paris between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde, created in 1564 for Catherine de' Medici.
Ueno Park (上野公園)
Ueno Park (上野公園), formally Ueno Onshi Park, is a Tokyo public park designated Japan's first park in March 1873 on the former Kan'ei-ji temple grounds after Dr. Bauduin's proposal; it holds major museums, Ueno Zoo, Shinobazu Pond, and famous cherry blossoms.
Uhuru Park
Uhuru Park is a public park in central Nairobi, Kenya, opened in 1969 and known as the site of landmark protests led by Wangari Maathai.
Ulsan Grand Park
Ulsan Grand Park (울산대공원) is an ecotype city park in Nam-gu, Ulsan, South Korea, built 1997-2006 with SK funding, run by Ulsan Infrastructure Corporation, and known for its Rose Festival.