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History did n’t just happen via the founding fathers and Independence Hall , John Bartram , America ’s first plant life hunter hold out here , and his farm is theoldest outlive botanic gardenin the country . ThePennsylvania Horticultural Society , the force behind thePhiladelphia Flower Showand many of the urban center ’s unripened initiatives uses the proceeds from the prime show ’s more than 300,000 attendees to foster broad ranging projects that heighten the metropolis ’s sense of community through gardening . Each summer , for the past three year , PHS has create tremendously popular pop - up garden in empty center urban center lots . If your sojourn extends to a Tuesday , when it ’s available via guided PHS enlistment , be sure to visitPECO ’s Green Roof , a 45,000 square foot unripe ceiling with stunning city views .
PECO Green Roof
The newest public space is the garden at the newBarnes Foundationdesigned by the Philadelphia basedOlin Partnership . It ’s possible to see much of the space without the ripe just the ticket necessary to view the Barnes collection and the museum and garden ’s national spaces . Next door to the Barnes is another Olin designed public garden at theRodin Museum . A short walk away is the beautifully set Logan Square and its centerpiece The Swann Fountain . Across the parkway , behind the art museum , is an all-embracing azalea garden as well as a sculpture garden featuring works by Sol LeWitt and Isamu Noguchi . An excellent guide to public spaces has been curated by theCultural Landscape Foundation based on their ‘ What ’s Out There’series .
Part parking lot , and part site specific environmental / land prowess , Athena Tacha’sConnectionsin Matthias Baldwin Park at Hamilton and 19th Streets is arresting in its use of terracing , plants , and monolithic standing stones . The piece was fund by Philadelphia’sAssociation for Public Artwhich has been commissioning works that integrate art and public space for more than 140 years .
Matthias Park
Liberty Lands , a neighborhood affiliation owned , designed , and managed park , build on the internet site of a ruined tannery as well as thePiazza at Schmidt ’s , just a few blocks away , with its Sunday flea marketplace run by Brooklyn Flea , are great places to wind up down a visit and drop an subject air Sunday good afternoon .
Liberty Lands
With a car , it ’s also possible to spend a day at a phone number of world class public garden all less than an hour from the city : Longwood Gardens , Chanticleer , Winterthur , andMt . Cuba Centereach provide a unequaled view of public gardens from aboriginal woodlands to pleasure gardens to over the top plant displays . Devotees of Japanese garden will be delighted withShofuso Japanese House and Gardenswhich is believe to be one of the best in America .
Also worth a visit : Morris Arboretum , The Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore , Camden Children ’s Garden , Nemours Mansion and Gardens , Tyler Arboretum
erect garden at Fairmont
