At Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, Modern Sculpture Meets Wild Prairie – Bloomberg

Piet Oudolf’s garden design stands toe to toe with the artworks at Calder Gardens, a new sculpture center in Philadelphia.By Rebecca McMackinSeptember 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM CSTSaveTranslateNestled inside a thicket of highways in central Philadelphia, thousands of young plants are just beginning to show the golds and reds of fall. Butterflies linger in large swaths of purple salvia amid a matrix of swaying grasses, as asters buzz with bumblebees. Surrounded by the asphalt and noise of I-676 and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, this new public landscape designed by Piet Oudolf is an unlikely urban amenity: a prairie in a city center.

Source: At Philadelphia’s Calder Gardens, Modern Sculpture Meets Wild Prairie – Bloomberg