Meditative. Aloft. Inspired. Intimate. Utilitarian.

Eight gardens, all within a one-square-mile area scattered throughout Mount Greenwood, and each one the unique vision of its creator. Some have made do with limited space (perennial grasses and plants ring a 12-foot in-ground swimming pool on a quiet corner lot), and others have exploited it (a coy pond, bird sanctuary and massive bar occupy a 390-foot tropical hideaway on an oversized lot; a south-of-the-border cabana on what probably is the neighborhood