Kimberly Haas tends to the lost history of the Society of Little Gardens

The Rosenbach Museum and Library reopens to the public on October 20 with pandemic safety protocols and a verdant renovation

When the Barnes Foundation moved to the Ben Franklin Parkway, they recreated the galleries Albert Barnes crafted to a T. But the Barnes’ living collections—the trees and gardens that his wife Laura crafted to enhance the total Barnes Foundation experience—were immovable. Two years after the art’s relocation, the gorgeous 12-acre Barnes Arboretum is open to the public in a way it never was before

In the early 19th Century, Philadelphians wanting to get away from it all often spent an afternoon, a day or more at one of several pleasure gardens sprinkled throughout town. Focusing on the resorts located in Center City, Harry K. gives us a tour of these places of rest and recreation, which served as the Great Adventure and the Philadelphia Zoo of that era

The fourth installment of My Favorite Place takes us to a former vacant lot on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown that’s been transformed into a sculpture garden