1. Two-hundred-year-old mesquite doors framed with Cor-Ten steel form the entry to this garden courtyard in the Southwest.
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.
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.
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.
17. A mix of Colorado and Oklahoma stone was used to create the pillars framing the 7-foot gate leading to this Dallas garden.
24. A white garden gate with chicken wire, wisteria and a plastic pink flamingo make for an eclectic garden in Philadelphia.
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.
30. A hefty traditional garden gate is painted black and provides privacy for this garden in England.
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.
40. Antique garden doors separate the driveway from the lush garden area of this Los Angeles property.
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.
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.
49. An iron gate with a patina of rust creates an enchanting entrance to this Seattle garden.
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.