Philadelphia’s gardens featured in the New York Times
Friday’s story in The New York Times featuring some of Philadelphia’s most beautiful gardens struck me because of the claim locals make that the city has the country’s largest concentration of public gardens. I have no way of validating that contention or not. Greater Philadelphia Gardens features 28 public gardens and it doesn’t matter if that’s more or less than the number of public gardens in other American cities. What’s interesting is that Philadelphia has such a long history of public gardens and retains its position as one of the great American cities for public gardens.
The author takes the reader on a tour of four of the most prominent ones including Bartram’s Garden, the country’s oldest existing botanic garden, founded in 1728. There is also a wonderful slide show. I’ve included a picture of one of the photos below. If you want to see a map of the 28 gardens, you can visit the GPG website for a static one or explore GardenJot’s page of world gardens to see an interactive version.
Poppies in Bartram's Garden
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