36 Hours in Philadelphia

Check out the Sunday Nov 26th NYT's article on Philadelphia. It's one of the "36 Hours in" series. Typically irreverent, the article disses history but touts the best of handbag stores, club venues, coffee shops, and zoo superstars.

2007 McGovern Lecturer Announced: Arthur Caplan, PhD

Arthur Caplan, PhD, has been selected as the 2007 MLA McGovern Lecturer in Philadelphia. Dr. Caplan, a bioethicist, is founding director of the Center for Bioethics and the Emmanuel and Robert Hart Professor of Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, and author of over twenty-five books and over 500 journal articles. His lecture will relate to ethical issues underlying the peer review system in scholarly publishing, "Peer Review in Science and Medicine: Does it, or can it work?." He is a noted speaker with a big personality and according to NPC Co-Chairs, Diana Cunningham and Susan Starr, this is one you won't want to miss! More information about the McGovern lecture and lecturer will be available in a forthcoming MLA News (November/December 2006) item. (Originally posted 10/20/06)

Gardeners & Nature Lovers - Phila is Spring at Its Best

Philadelphia area gardens and parks are in full bloom in May! Blossoming fruit and dogwood trees, brilliant azealas and wigelias, flowering bulbs and hedges paint a breathtaking landscape.

Some Favorites - Close By
Our Philadelphia Squares are the pride of William Penn's "greene countrie town." Bartram's Garden is the oldest botanical garden in the country. Benjamin Rush Medicinal Garden is located at the historic College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Fairmount Park, the largest in-city park in the world, is replete with 18th & 19th century mansions, statuary, and our famous Boat House Row (you'll find lovely, easy riverside biking trails as well as some of the most challenging mountain biking in the region - Wicked Wissahickon Trail). The Phila Zoo (another Philly first in the nation) is a 42 acre Victorian garden with over 30,000 plant species and 1.600 animals.

Favorites - Farther Afield
Chanticleer is a unique and witty pleasure garden a 1/2 hr drive or train ride from the city. Longwood Gardens, aptly named "The Garden of a Lifetime," is well worth an afternoon or day trip to southern Chester County. Longwood's 1,050 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows, 20 outdoor gardens, 20 indoor gardens within 4 acres of heated greenhouses, 11,000 different types of plants and spectacular fountains are unforgettable (90 minute drive). Winterthur - An American Country Estate (close by Longwood) has 60 acres of naturalistic gardens and famous fairy-tale children's garden, Enchanted Woods.

Find Your Own Favorites
Pennsylvania Gardens
Greater Philadelphia Gardens
Top 10 Philadelphia Area Gardens and Arboretums
Pennsylvania Horticutural Society