4 of the 17 stunning gardens you can rent like an Airbnb in Los Angeles

Paul Terry practices tai chi in his Inglewood garden. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Nancy Terry prepares pots with new soil with sons Oliver, left, and Hunter, right. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Yhanni James paints with daughter Nali Brown, 3, in the art studio of Paul and Nancy Terry’s backyard garden. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Three-year-old twins Echo, left, and Nali Brown, right, play in the garden at Paul and Nancy Terry’s home in Inglewood.  (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Covered seating at Paul and Nancy Terry’s garden in Inglewood.  (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Succulents thrive at Paul and Nancy Terry’s garden.  (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Nancy Terry prepares soil for new seedlings. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

A caterpillar at Paul and Nancy Terry’s garden in Inglewood. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Paul and Nancy Terry with sons Oliver, left, and Hunter, right, in the backyard garden they rent on Healing Gardens.  (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Yhanni James picks sweet peas from a vine at Paul and Nancy Terry’s backyard garden.  (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)

Channa Grace, left, and daughter Meadow Carder-Vindel on their property GreenStone Farm & Sanctuary in Mt. Washington. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)

One of the chickens at GreenStone Farm and Sanctuary. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)

Breeze Prado works as a recording engineer at GreenStone Farm and Sanctuary. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)

Rishi Kumar walks through a fruit orchard at Sarvodaya Farms in Pomona.  (Christina House/Los Angeles Times)

Rishi Kumar waters plants in the organic nursery at Sarvodaya Farms in Pomona. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times)

Joanna Bassi rents garden space at Rose Hill Farm in Montecito Heights.  (Los Angeles Times)

Joanna Bassi at Rose Hill Farm.  (Mariah Tauger/Los Angeles Times)

Joanna Bassi worked tirelessly for a year to create what is now known as Rose Hill Farm.  (Los Angeles Times)