Master of the Nets Garden

It is the final hall of the entry sequence. It is a six bay and two level tower without portico. It was used as the women's meeting area. The name refers to the view of distant hill and suburbs from the top level. It has a front court planted with Cassia and a carved brick gate.

a three bay two story tower with front portico opening to courtyard decorated with a Penzai collection. It is gableless, using instead horsehead walls and a high ridge.

Named after a verse from Xuan Shi Zhi by Zhang Du, "Zhou Sheng fetches the moon in after ascending to the clouds with a rope at the Mid-Autumn Festival". It opens onto the a courtyard called the Back Garden. A modern extension was built on the rear of this hall to house a collection of ceramics.[1] It is a three bay hall with full gables.

A three bay structure with two bays enclosed as side rooms. It is gableless using instead horsehead walls and a bird motif decorated ridge. It faces a dragon wall across a semiprivate courtyard planted with Weeping Scholar Trees.

The third hall in the sequence. Also called the Hall of Accumulated Benevolence, and Ten Thousand Volume Hall, it is a three bay. It was used for meeting guests. A carved brick gate at the front depicts scenes from two Kunqu operas; Guo Ziyi Presents Birthday Gifts, and Wen Wang visits the Talents.[1] It is gableless using instead horsehead walls, and a ridge decorated with birds. The attached courtyard is planted with Jade Magnolia.

The second hall in the entry sequence. A three bay hall with front portico. In is named for the sedan chair used to carry imperial officials. It is connected by a covered passage to the front gate, creating the illusion the two are one structure.

It is also called the Belvedere of Magnificent and Bright Waters. An orthogonal Pavilion structure with a hipped gable roofline and flying eves, beside the Shooting Ducks Corridor. This pavilion was used for tea ceremony. The gables are decorated with elaborate designs of bats.

A yellowstone rockery meant to resemble a bank of fog.

Named for the adjacent Azure Spring, which was named after a verse by Zhu Xi, "A spring inside is full of clean water".[1] It is a square pavilion with hipped gable roofline and flying eves attached to the wall of the Inner Garden courtyard. It houses a valuable scholar stone called The Goshawk.

A boat shaped three bay full gable pavilion with pillar couplest in front of the Meditation Study, also called the Prunus mume Pavilion. Shooting ducks was game played during the Ming Dynasty.

Named after verse by Li Bai, "There are five peaks south of Mount Lu which look like lotus flowers cut by nature".[1] A tower with full gables and a bird decorated ridge attached to the Meditation Study, the bottom floor is a five bay hall. A small grotto of scholar stones is in front of the library and individual scholar stones are located behind it. It is built on the site of the former Ten Thousand Volume Hall of the Song Dynasty garden. The upper level is reached by cloud stair rockery.

A 667 m²courtyard connected to the main garden by the Fisherman's Retreat Gate. It was used as a women's area. It is built in the style of a Ming Dynasty courtyard decorated with rockerys and scholar stones.

Named after a verse by Su Dongpo, "Only the peony is still flowering in the late spring".[1] It was used to model the "Ming Hall" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This Ming Hall is used in creating an area of display for Ming Dynasty artifacts. This ridgeless three bay hall with full gables and front portico is contained in the Inner Garden courtyard. A smaller one bay annex is attached.

Named for a verse by Han Yu, "The twilight brings the Autumn and the breeze sends the moon here".[1] It is a hexagonal pavilion structure attached to a covered walkway. It was used for moon watching.

Named after a quote by Zhuang Zi, "Tao is in agreement with emptiness, a state of emptiness is mentality". A three bay hall with full gables under the library tower used for Buddhist meditiation. It is attached to a front courtyard planted with bamboo.

A square three baypavilion with portico on three sides attached to the back side of the Truth and Harmony Guest House. It has a hipped gable roofline with flying eves. It was used as a stage for performances. The attached courtyard is planted with an ancient pomegranate.

Also called The Hall of Dewy Grace, a three-bay structure with full gables named for a Li Bai verse, "The spring breeze is stroking gently the balustrade and peony is wet with dew".[1] It has front and rear courtyards and a front gable. It is currently used as a teahouse.

Named for a verse from Little Hill Appeals to the Hermit by Yu Xin, "Many sweet Osmanthus fragrans trees are growing at the foot of the mountain".[1] A three-bay hall with portico on three sides and hipped gable roofline with flying eves. The yard in front this hall holds a grove of Cassia trees and scholar stones.

A three-bay hall with portico on three sides and hipped gable roofline used as a guest house. It is named after a proverb, "To conduct yourself harmoniously and support the truth."[1] The window screen have elaborately carved net motifs which allude to the garden's name.

Named from a verse by Chu Ci in The Fishermen, "If the water of Canglang River is clean I wash my ribbon, if the water of the Canglang River is dirty I wash my feet".[1] It is a three-bay terrace with a hipped gable roofline and flying eves. The doors are decorated with carvings which depict scenes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms

A three bay hall with full gables and ridge decorated with birds used as an art studio. The yard in front of this hall is planted with several pine and cypress trees from the Ming Dynasty. There is an annex attached to the side which connects with the Late Spring Cottage.

A three step bridge, the smallest in Suzhou.