The subject categories below are examples of garden documentation cataloged by the Archives of American Gardens staff in the Archives, Manuscripts and Photographic Collections catalog, one of six catalogs in the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS).

The groupings below were initially created for the SIRIS Image Gallery and are by no means a comprehensive list of garden types, features, furniture or structures.

Click on the images below to view slideshows of Archives of American Gardens image selections or create your own search in the SIRIS Cross Searching Center.

Garden Types

Formal Gardens	Herb Gardens	Italian Style Gardens	Japanese Style Gardens
Rock Gardens	Rose Gardens	Shade Gardens	Vegetable Gardens
Woodland Gardens	Xeriscapes

Garden Features

Garden Furniture

Garden Structures

About the SIRIS Cross Searching Center!
To view more images of a particular garden in one of the above slideshows or to create a search of your own, conduct a keyword search in the SIRIS Cross Catalog Searching Center and limit the "data source" to the Archives of American Gardens.

The SIRIS Cross Searching Center allows for searches to be conducted across all SIRIS catalogs. Archives of American Gardens Records can be refined by garden type and style, by garden name, landscape designer, geographic location, date and/or photographer to name a few.

To view a demonstration of the SIRIS Cross Catalog Searching Center, please click here.