The recent wars in Iraq have sparked renewed popular interest in perhaps the most renowned example of landscape design in the ancient world. One of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were situated near modern-day Baghdad, Iraq. A couple of surprises about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon: "hanging" is not the best rendering of the ancient description that has come down to us; and the irrigation of this monument to ancient landscape design skill was perhaps its most impressive feature.