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

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)