The Brothers Bawa Photo Gallery

To read more about the two brothers behind these beautiful Sri Lankan gardens and how to visit the gardens, read "The Brothers Bawa."

Above: Japanese moon gate at Brief Garden.

Bevis Bawa created subtly colored vistas that cut through the encroaching jungle.

A Brief Garden grotto with one of many salacious gargoyle heads.

A statue at Brief, where nature is encouraged to encroach. 

Bevis’ modest house, painted a soft apricot with terra cotta tiles, allows the jungle in through wood-paneled double doors.

Geoffrey Bawa lined up a collection of  Italianate statuary high on a ridge overlooking the lake at Lunuganga; their silhouettes add distinction to the spiky agaves, colorful hibiscus, and other tropical flowers growing along the hillside.

A wall separates meadow and heavily planted bank.