Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens

In 1980, Russell Page (1902-1985), the famous garden designer, began to extend the gardens, incorporating new features and, by careful planting, he related the sculptures to their immediate surroundings. Since 1985 development of the gardens has been continued by Francois Goffinet, an internationally acclaimed garden designer.

The gardens at PepsiCo are an art form in their own right, as well as a setting for sculpture. Form and texture are carefully planned, using the living and ever-changing materials of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants, with their different colors, shapes and scents.

Immediately surrounding the building the style of gardening is formal, with clipped hedges, trained trees and fountains. Many of the smaller pieces of sculpture have been placed here. Beyond this, the landscape is on a grand scale, the setting for monumental sculptures among collections of trees, specialty gardens and woodlands. The “Golden Path,” a creation of Russell Page, winds through this area. The path acts as a ribbon, tying in features around the gardens and presenting a continuous series of viewpoints.