Preservation Growing Neighborhoods One Tree At A Time On Arbor Day Arbor Day is upon us and this year the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is sending an army of volunteers out to plant trees all across the city. Kimberly Haas has the details
Photography The Colorful Canopy: Fall In The Wissahickon All across the Northeast, a relatively mild summer has produced some of the most vibrant fall foliage in years. That’s all the excuse Brad Maule needed to immerse himself with camera in the Wissahickon woods for the past month
Art & Design Life Anew For The Living Collections At The Barnes 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
Photography Lush Spring Greens In Verdant East Germantown Awbury Arboretum may not carry the cachet or turnstile receipts of Morris Arboretum just up the hill, but as a large, free public space, it serves perhaps an even more important role to its Northwest Philadelphia neighbors. Brad Maule brings us these photos from the historic 55-acre grounds in East Germantown
Art & Design A Matter of Modern Recreation Vs Historic Trees At Penn Treaty Park As the plan to freshen up and modernize Penn Treaty Park have evolved, so has a playground included in it. But as Marlon MacAllister reports, the new playground would now spell the removal of 120-year-old sycamores—trees that were planted at the park’s dedication in 1893
Photography Springtime Philly In The Pink This year’s Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off tomorrow, so charge your camera battery and make plans to hit Fairmount Park—and a series of Japanese events
Photography Fall Foliage Crushing On The Cresheim The first weekend in November means peak fall foliage in the Delaware Valley—it’s clockwork by nature. While colorful scenes abound from West Philly to FDR Park and back up to Mayfair, perhaps nowhere in Philadelphia makes you want to zip up your autumn sweater and lace up your boots as does the Wissahickon under its annual kaleidoscope. Brad Maule left only footprints and took only these photos along the Cresheim Creek section of Wissahickon Park