The Vatican Gardens of Vatican City are a set of urban gardens and parks that occupy more than half of the Vatican territory, located in the south and northeast of the Vatican. Buildings within these gardens include Vatican Radio.

Covering approximately 23 hectares, the gardens cover most of the Vatican Hill, reaching their highest point at 60 meters above sea level. Stone walls surround this area to the north, south and west. The gardens and parks were established during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and are decorated with various fountains and sculptures. In addition, although currently inactive, there are several subway springs. The area is a biotope due to its wide variety of flora.

It is said that the ground of the Vatican Gardens was sown with soil brought from Golgotha by Saint Helena, symbolically uniting the blood of Christ with that of the first Christians who died in the persecutions of Nero. The origins of the gardens date back to medieval times, when orchards and vineyards extended to the north of the Papal Apostolic Palace. In 1279, Pope Nicholas III moved his residence back to the Vatican from the Lateran Palace and enclosed the area with walls, planting an orchard (pomerium), a meadow (pratellum) and a garden (viridarium).

In the early 16th century, during the papacy of Julius II, Donato Bramante's original design was transformed, dividing it into three new courtyards: the Cortili del Belvedere, the Cortili della Biblioteca and the Cortili della Pigna (or Pineapple), all in the style of Renaissance landscape design. A large rectangular boxwood labyrinth, framed with stone pines and cedars of Lebanon, was added in this period. Bramante also built a large defensive wall on the site of the old enclosure of Nicholas III.

Today, the Vatican Gardens cover almost 23 hectares and contain medieval fortifications, buildings and monuments from the 9th century to the present day, surrounded by flowerbeds, topiary, green lawns and a wooded patch of 3 hectares. In addition, there are numerous fountains, sculptures, artificial grottoes dedicated to the Virgin Mary and other saints, as well as an olive tree donated by the government of Israel.