I cannot tell you the difference between a porch and a gallery. My father always said "the front gallery" and "the back gallery" and "the side gallery." I think if it is open air and becomes part of the garden it must be a gallery. And, it is sooo southern and decadent.
Southern Gallery
Porch
A Louisiana Gallery
Porch of Learning
Parlange in Pointe Coupee Parish
Cottage
Gallery
Enjoying Spring Weather on the Gallery
Longue Vue_side gallery between Main house and Playhouse
Nuns on gallery
Silence and beauty
Holy Rosary Rectory-New Orleans
A Cottage in Uptown New Orleans
Toby's Corner at First and Prytania
A Summer Gallery
Madewood Plantation Front Gallery
Oak Alley Side Gallery
Laura Plantation's Front Gallery
Front Gallery Built to Catch the Breezes off the Mississippi River - Bocage Plantation