High Line Green-Up
In keeping with planting designer Piet Oudolf’s appreciation for a landscape’s inherent multi-season interest, High Line plants are not trimmed back at the onset of cold weather as is typical in most gardens. Instead, the textured grasses, skeletal plant stalks, and dried seed heads define the High Line’s winter landscape. Now that spring has arrived, the plants must be trimmed back to make way for new growth.
Spring Cutback is a monumental task – one that took us 1,200 hours to complete last year. This year, we have twice as much work to do. The High Line doubled in length when the new section opened last June, giving us one mile of parkland with more than 100,000 plants to prepare for spring this year. Spring Cutback is an all-hands-on-deck scenario, requiring the hard work and dedication of many volunteers over the course of six weeks.
RECENT NEWS
April 18, 2012
BLOG: High Line Green Corps Offers Local Teens Hands-On Experience
This past week, we piloted a new program we call Green Corps, offering a paid alternative spring break to 10 local teens who spent a week getting hands-on experience with our gardeners and learning more about green jobs.
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April 17, 2012
BLOG: Spring Cutback Ends, Spring Begins with Earth Day
A full day of community festivities will mark the end of High Line Spring Cutback and the beginning of spring at the park.
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April 17, 2012
BLOG: Plant of the Week: Redbuds
It’s the perfect time of year to highlight a genus of shrubs whose unique blooms are currently on view throughout the park.
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April 11, 2012
BLOG: Spring Cutback: The Finishing Touches
We are in our final week of High Line Spring Cutback.
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April 10, 2012
BLOG: Plant of the Week: Lady Jane tulips
These bright colorful candy-striped tulips are popping up in the planting beds near West 18th Street.
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April 3, 2012
BLOG: Spring Cutback: We've Reached the Halfway Point
Over the past two weeks, we tackled the northern end of the park, between West 23rd and West 28th Streets, as well as the Chelsea Thicket, between West 20th and West 22nd Streets.
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March 30, 2012
BLOG: Plant of the Week: Pagoda yellow dogtooth violet
Erythronium 'Pagoda,' or Pagoda yellow dogtooth violet, is a hybrid of two native American varieties. These delicate plants bloom mid-spring with 3 to 5 bright yellow lily-like flowers on a stalk.
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March 21, 2012
BLOG: Plant of the Week: Spike winter hazel
You can’t miss the plant as you pass through the space; this tall shrub is currently covered with thousands of small yellow flowers sending a distinct fragrance into the air.
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March 19, 2012
BLOG: Spring Cutback Volunteer Profile: Pat Jonas
Meet one of our most dedicated volunteers, Pay Jonas. Pat is returning to lend a hand with her second year of Spring Cutback.
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March 16, 2012
BLOG: Plant(s) of the Week: Dawn bodnant viburnum & white squill
This week we share with you two of our gardeners' current favorites.
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March 16, 2012
BLOG: Spring Cutback Update: Week 2
A look back at an eventful second week of Spring Cutback.
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March 9, 2012
BLOG: Spring Cutback Update: Week 1
A look back at an eventful first week of Spring Cutback.
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March 6, 2012
BLOG: High Line Spring Cutback Begins!
Spring Cutback kicked off with a ceremonial cutting with Co-Founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond, High Line Gardeners, teens from the Lab School for Collaborative Studies, and some of our generous supporters.
Learn more and see more photos about our kick-off.
March 1, 2012
BLOG: Plant of the Week: Jet Trail Flowering Quince
This drought-tolerant shrub is known for its prolific spring blooms which cover it in delicate white flowers.
March 1, 2012
BLOG: Spring Cutback Volunteer Orientation Re-Cap
The volunteers recently completed their orientation session, where they were introduced to the unique challenges of maintaining a park in the sky.
Read more and see photos on the High Line Blog.
February 22, 2012
BLOG: Plant of the Week: Corsican Hellebore
Spot this beautiful bloom along the High Line and imagine yourself on a faraway Mediterranean beach. This native of Corsica and Sardinia doesn’t grow wild anywhere else in the world, although you’ll find this ornamental in many gardens.
February 16, 2012
BLOG: Plant of the Week: Woodland Crocus
Like the Giant Pussy Willow, Crocus tomasinianus, or woodland crocus, heralds the coming of spring. This delicate purple bloom is one of the first to pop up early in the year, sometimes even being spotted while snow is still on the ground.
February 9, 2012
BLOG: Volunteer Opportunity: High Line Green-Up Spring Cutback
The first signs of spring are already popping up along the High Line. To make way for new growth, we are now turning our attention to the biggest horticultural undertaking of the year: High Line Green-Up Spring Cutback.
