A wide range of garden types exist, including:
- Alpine garden
- Arboretum
- Beer garden
- Botanic garden
- Butterfly garden
- Communal garden
- Community garden
- Color garden, such as White garden
- Container garden
- Cottage garden
- Desert garden
- Flower garden
- Hanging garden
- Heirloom garden
- Indoor garden
- Kitchen garden
- Organic garden
- Palace garden
- Paradise garden
- Pinetum
- Public park
- Rock garden
- Sacred grove
- Shade garden
- Sculpture garden
- Vegetable garden
- Water garden
- Wildlife garden
- Zoological garden
There is also a set of garden types based on either a historical period in which the nation's garden culture was notable, such as Chinese garden, Italian garden and Japanese garden, or a national or regional flora, for example American garden. Gardens may also focus on and be named for a group of plant species, such as a Rhododendron garden.
