House Beautiful recently compiled a list of the top ten botanical gardens in the U.S. to plan a road trip around. “To be fair, the Portland Japanese Garden isn’t technically a botanical garden, as it isn’t a collection of individual species, nor are the plants labeled,” writer Megy Karydes shares. “Some like to say that a Japanese garden is like a composition—intended to be experienced as a single work, like an orchestra playing a symphony.” More on the Garden and the excellent company it keeps can be read in the full article.