Hello Jim and Steph! So happy to see our Manhattan island through your eyes. We do treasure the green spaces we have in this concrete jungle. Thank you!
Some cognitive dissonance this morning to see you and Steph in my town! I have lived in Manhattan for over 40 years and the transformation of green spaces has been truly wonderful. The Parks Department has really upped its horticultural game in the last 20 years with an emphasis not just on the big parks but on pocket parks all over the city. The private sector has also made a big contribution by forming non-profits to build or support new green spaces and to maintain them. I live in Hudson Square which is south of the Village, north of Tribeca and west of Soho. Just this summer the local BID, an organization funded by local businesses, revamped some tree pits on our street including plantings of native plants (prairie dropseed and echinacea). When I moved here everything was pretty industrial -- the Hudson River waterfront was parking lots on rotting piers, the High Line was a rail trestle that looked as though it was going to fall down any moment and the few street trees were sad and struggling. Hudson River Park, the High Line and Little Island are all beautiful and, as you noted, there are pockets of greenery all over the place. I was happy to see that the new Google building on Houston Street has all sorts of plantings including along what was a pretty dreary stretch of Washington Street. I don't know how far south you reached, but one of my favorite places in the neighborhood is the pocket park of St. Luke's in the Fields in the Village. It as a big old witch hazel that blooms late winter and smells delicious. Thanks for another great video -- I am greatly enjoying your travels.
I am tickled as well to see Jim and Stephanie in my old stomping grounds! Props for pointing out the hoary skullcap. It is one of the stars of my NJ garden. Not only is it a lovely pollinator magnet while in bloom, but even after the spent flowers are quite attractive.
The yellow hibiscus like flower is not Hibiscus , it is actually Abelmoschus manihot , which is related to okra. We love it too. Maureen Hackett, Director, Horticulture, Bryant Park Corp, The 34th St Partnership
I have a friend who is fortunate enough to have access to a roof top garden space in Manhattan. It is amazing what people can grow on their balconies and elevated spaces. He grows roses, hydrangeas, bulbs, dahlias. A gardener by heart will find a way!
Thank you for this wonderful tour in an environment so different from what we normally see on your channel. Your knowledge of the city brought back memories of, when as a child, my Dad would take us into the city. He also had a great knowledge of the city and loved to share it with me,. I haven't been back to NYC in a very long time, but this tour is making me consider planning a trip. Great job Steph and Jim.
Love how the grasses move on the high line. Really creates magic. Yes, Stephanie! Love the meadow reference. Walking that space feels like taking a deep breath with the bustle of the city all around you. The sense of well being those spaces create in a city like NYC is vital to the people there. I"m sure of it.
Great video, especially since I have never been to New York myself. I live in a more rural town in Illinois, plenty of green all around. Love to see all the parks and plantings in a big city, the High Line is a place I'd love to visit. Chicago is the only big city I visit ever so often. A lot of people talk nonsense, when it comes to big cities, probably because they never even go there. Sure there are all the sky scrapers and the traffic, but also unexpected green spaces.
As a native New Yorker now living here in Chapel Hill NC so glad you and Steph have gotten to tour the Hudson yard area one of my favorite places in NYC. I was fortunate enough to see the gardens from the top of the Vessel when first opened years ago. Topographical view of this landscape area in this part of the city was amazing. And the Highline 🤗… I’m always amazed by all the cultivars that is able to grow on was once a train track area. Jim and Steph, you guys are going to love Little Island!
This was really fun. With so much crap going on in the world, it's encouraging to see that we humans are finally putting such a strong emphasis on nature. I'm looking forward to the rest of your tour.
Hi, thank you so much for the N, Y city tour I grew up right across from the old train tracks ,lived there 47 years, I’m in Florida and miss N Y , so much has changed for the great city,but I do like Florida and love gardening! Thanks for all u do 💕🙏🏽
Outstanding - this west coast lady has never been to NYC, but it is high on my list. What a wonderful thing you are doing - showing us the big city through the eyes of the gardener.
It’s so pleasing to see the increase in gardens in huge urban cities such as NYC! I need to visit Bryant Park next time I’m there! I need this type of inspiration for my urban garden with similar gardening zone ! Thanks to you both ! 🥰🌸🇨🇦
I am from NYC and Long Island. All of Long Island is zone 7a and 7b. Manhattan is definitely warmer. The west side where the High Line and Hudson Yards are located is extremely windy. I like the transition to using planters as barriers. It is very pretty. Thanks for a glimpse of familiar areas. By the way the New York Botanical Garden and the New York Zoo are in the Bronx and are 500 acres. It's worth the trip up there because they are both amazing place and since they are adjacent, you can see both in one day.
Jim, so happy to see you up my way in the north enjoying the beautiful city of New York. Two of my favorites are Bryant Park and the High Line. Much to see in NYC.
The yellow Hibiscus was quite striking, nice foliage too. I got all the city I'll ever need during my college years in Chicago, too much noise for me. Thanks for taking us along though. Joey Santoro has some vids on how Chicago has used floating, anchored beds in the river to help clean it up and re-establish habitat. Good to see cities bringing nature back!
I took myself to NYC for my 50th birthday in 2023. I wanted to see The Phantom of the Opera before it closed on Broadway. I did other things of course, but one thing on my list that I didn't get to was the Highline. Y'all have me wanting to go back now. I am definitely not a city girl, but I wanted another day at the Met anyway.
I appreciated the editing at the beginning of the video, which used images to tell the story of your travels. Thank you for highlighting these NYC spaces, which embody Olmsted's belief that in urban settings, pastoral spaces are essential for people's well-being. I hope someday you do a video about the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum, which is a much (MUCH) larger project than the Highline.
Hi Jim, I garden in Manhattan (uptown near Columbia University) and have watched your channel for years. Thank you for the beautiful tour of these green spaces in my city! I was so happy to see the this video and hear you talk about what you found. There are a lot of not-so-hidden gems in the UWS if you're ever uptown by the way, like the 90th Street Garden, West Side Community Garden and the Lotus Garden. ... Just ONE note haha - I kept cringing every time you said "Lower Manhattan"! You spent this entire video in Midtown or Chelsea! The only thing you showed that was actually lower (below 14th), was Little Island 😂
Thanks so much for showing Bryant Park and the High line. Worthwhile noting also that Lynden Miller was key in getting Bryant Park improved from a neglected space to a beautiful park, and designed the garden there (and at Madison Park, and parts of Central Park too, all worth visiting). Thank you from someone who watched the NY city parks transform for the better over 35 years of working there. Next month Piet O is giving a talk at the High line I'm looking forward to that. And looking forward to your video on Little Island too!
I’m so jealous of all the travel and gardening experiences the two of you get. I have saved all of the public places you have toured to add to my retirement bucket list.
Too much noise for me, but wow. They've done a great job with those areas. From golden rod, milkweed, and coneflowers to the trees. Whoever is in charge of that is really doing fantastic! I'm truly impressed!
There really is no place like NYC. I used to visit more often to tour the art museums. When you come up out of the train stations and step on to the streets it's like someone shoots you full of adrenaline. Everything feels alive and in bold color. Last time I was there I walked the High Line and wow. What a creative use of an old structure with beautiful plantings throughout. You're making me want to visit!
Nice tour! I had no idea some of those plants could grow so far north. Very different environment from my zone 8, here in Georgia. Funny to see everyone in long sleeves and jackets, while we are still hot and crispy here in the south! 😊
Long Island is zone 7 a and b. Manhattan is warmer. The mitigating effect of the ocean waters keeps the edge of New York warmer. The zone start dropping very fast as you o inland and north.
Aw man, I would have loved to bump into you! (BTW, from a 63-year-old native NYer, Bryant Park and Hudson Yards are smack dab Midtown, not lower Manhattan. Lower Manhattan is delineated BELOW 14th Street 😉.)
Hello Jim & Steph. Welcome to New York! I lived here more than half of my life & never got to visit the Hudson yard. 😂 If your downtown hope you get to see Battery Park & Pier 15 South Seaport. They revamped that whole area. Enjoy your visit 😊.
Thank you so much for this beautiful NY garden tour. Nice to see my former home “town”. Not sure who was holding the camera when the music was playing - the steps seem to be in sync with the music. 💕🌟
And Brooklyn Botanical Garden and Wave Hill and the Conservatory Gardens in Central Park and the perennial gardens in Ft. Tryon Park-- I am sure we are not listing all of the great public gardens in the city.
Pollinators in NYC: I lived in a 17 story building on Manhattan and there were always bees in the rooftop garden. I was stunned to see them up that high.
We’re located 100 miles up the river from the city, and I used some of Piet Oudolf’s ideas in our small space. I highly recommend his book “Gardens of the High Line” for gardeners in our area. I also got to see his plans for re-doing an area at RHS Wisley outside of London. Like yours, his influence is widespread. It would be great if you could get together with him and do a joint video!
Thank you for showing us New York, very interesting but I don’t think it would EVER be on my bucket list as a place to visit. My son visited New York and he said the people aren’t very friendly there, quite the opposite. 🥺🌺💚🙃
If you are the kind of person that can't make a decision while looking at a menu or crossing the intersection, then yes New Yorkers will let you know. I love that about New York!
I refuse to have anything to do with NY. Particularly NYC. I won’t order anything from companies based there and I dang sure won’t visit. I’m missing out on a few museums but that’s OK.
Hello Jim and Steph! So happy to see our Manhattan island through your eyes. We do treasure the green spaces we have in this concrete jungle. Thank you!
Some cognitive dissonance this morning to see you and Steph in my town! I have lived in Manhattan for over 40 years and the transformation of green spaces has been truly wonderful. The Parks Department has really upped its horticultural game in the last 20 years with an emphasis not just on the big parks but on pocket parks all over the city. The private sector has also made a big contribution by forming non-profits to build or support new green spaces and to maintain them. I live in Hudson Square which is south of the Village, north of Tribeca and west of Soho. Just this summer the local BID, an organization funded by local businesses, revamped some tree pits on our street including plantings of native plants (prairie dropseed and echinacea). When I moved here everything was pretty industrial -- the Hudson River waterfront was parking lots on rotting piers, the High Line was a rail trestle that looked as though it was going to fall down any moment and the few street trees were sad and struggling. Hudson River Park, the High Line and Little Island are all beautiful and, as you noted, there are pockets of greenery all over the place. I was happy to see that the new Google building on Houston Street has all sorts of plantings including along what was a pretty dreary stretch of Washington Street. I don't know how far south you reached, but one of my favorite places in the neighborhood is the pocket park of St. Luke's in the Fields in the Village. It as a big old witch hazel that blooms late winter and smells delicious. Thanks for another great video -- I am greatly enjoying your travels.
I am tickled as well to see Jim and Stephanie in my old stomping grounds! Props for pointing out the hoary skullcap. It is one of the stars of my NJ garden. Not only is it a lovely pollinator magnet while in bloom, but even after the spent flowers are quite attractive.
The yellow hibiscus like flower is not Hibiscus , it is actually Abelmoschus manihot , which is related to okra. We love it too. Maureen Hackett, Director, Horticulture, Bryant Park Corp, The 34th St Partnership
I have a friend who is fortunate enough to have access to a roof top garden space in Manhattan. It is amazing what people can grow on their balconies and elevated spaces. He grows roses, hydrangeas, bulbs, dahlias. A gardener by heart will find a way!
Thank you for this wonderful tour in an environment so different from what we normally see on your channel. Your knowledge of the city brought back memories of, when as a child, my Dad would take us into the city. He also had a great knowledge of the city and loved to share it with me,. I haven't been back to NYC in a very long time, but this tour is making me consider planning a trip. Great job Steph and Jim.
Love how the grasses move on the high line. Really creates magic. Yes, Stephanie! Love the meadow reference. Walking that space feels like taking a deep breath with the bustle of the city all around you. The sense of well being those spaces create in a city like NYC is vital to the people there. I"m sure of it.
😂 Jim standing in Times Square talking about the plants! The High Line is such a wonderful public space. Great tour, thanks you two!
Yes, how awesome was that, wonderful treat.
Hello, gardeners and friends 🧡 have fun gardening. 🙏.
Great video, especially since I have never been to New York myself. I live in a more rural town in Illinois, plenty of green all around. Love to see all the parks and plantings in a big city, the High Line is a place I'd love to visit. Chicago is the only big city I visit ever so often. A lot of people talk nonsense, when it comes to big cities, probably because they never even go there. Sure there are all the sky scrapers and the traffic, but also unexpected green spaces.
Nice to see Stephanie in front of the camera! I’m so proud of our NYS gardens!
You've combined two of my favorite things....NYC and gardens! Thank you for the beautiful and informative tour through my happy place ❤!
As a native New Yorker now living here in Chapel Hill NC so glad you and Steph have gotten to tour the Hudson yard area one of my favorite places in NYC. I was fortunate enough to see the gardens from the top of the Vessel when first opened years ago. Topographical view of this landscape area in this part of the city was amazing. And the Highline 🤗… I’m always amazed by all the cultivars that is able to grow on was once a train track area. Jim and Steph, you guys are going to love Little Island!
This was really fun. With so much crap going on in the world, it's encouraging to see that we humans are finally putting such a strong emphasis on nature. I'm looking forward to the rest of your tour.
OMG aphids even in the streets of NYC. Those little buggers will show up everywhere!!
Hi, thank you so much for the N, Y city tour I grew up right across from the old train tracks ,lived there 47 years, I’m in Florida and miss N Y , so much has changed for the great city,but I do like Florida and love gardening! Thanks for all u do 💕🙏🏽
Outstanding - this west coast lady has never been to NYC, but it is high on my list. What a wonderful thing you are doing - showing us the big city through the eyes of the gardener.
It’s so pleasing to see the increase in gardens in huge urban cities such as NYC! I need to visit Bryant Park next time I’m there! I need this type of inspiration for my urban garden with similar gardening zone ! Thanks to you both ! 🥰🌸🇨🇦
I am from NYC and Long Island. All of Long Island is zone 7a and 7b. Manhattan is definitely warmer. The west side where the High Line and Hudson Yards are located is extremely windy. I like the transition to using planters as barriers. It is very pretty.
Thanks for a glimpse of familiar areas.
By the way the New York Botanical Garden and the New York Zoo are in the Bronx and are 500 acres. It's worth the trip up there because they are both amazing place and since they are adjacent, you can see both in one day.
Thank you for the great tour!
Thank you Jim and Stephany. 🌺💚🙃
thx for visiting!
Jim, so happy to see you up my way in the north enjoying the beautiful city of New York. Two of my favorites are Bryant Park and the High Line. Much to see in NYC.
This was so fun! Love the city and I'm always in awe of the great plantings within the concrete jungle :)
Excellent video! What a great tour you gave us. I've only seen the Highline in pictures. It was so nice to have your video and comments. Thank you!
Ahh❤ bring me so many memories I love my home town..New York and Connecticut where I spend some time too…Beautiful thanks you so much for sharing
Great urban landscape - looks like great effort put into making it more native for pollinators.
The yellow Hibiscus was quite striking, nice foliage too. I got all the city I'll ever need during my college years in Chicago, too much noise for me. Thanks for taking us along though. Joey Santoro has some vids on how Chicago has used floating, anchored beds in the river to help clean it up and re-establish habitat. Good to see cities bringing nature back!
Bryant Park is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. 😊
I took myself to NYC for my 50th birthday in 2023. I wanted to see The Phantom of the Opera before it closed on Broadway. I did other things of course, but one thing on my list that I didn't get to was the Highline. Y'all have me wanting to go back now. I am definitely not a city girl, but I wanted another day at the Met anyway.
Jim, Steph,
Love it--thank you! 😊
I appreciated the editing at the beginning of the video, which used images to tell the story of your travels.
Thank you for highlighting these NYC spaces, which embody Olmsted's belief that in urban settings, pastoral spaces are essential for people's well-being.
I hope someday you do a video about the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum, which is a much (MUCH) larger project than the Highline.
Hi Jim, I garden in Manhattan (uptown near Columbia University) and have watched your channel for years. Thank you for the beautiful tour of these green spaces in my city! I was so happy to see the this video and hear you talk about what you found. There are a lot of not-so-hidden gems in the UWS if you're ever uptown by the way, like the 90th Street Garden, West Side Community Garden and the Lotus Garden.
... Just ONE note haha - I kept cringing every time you said "Lower Manhattan"! You spent this entire video in Midtown or Chelsea! The only thing you showed that was actually lower (below 14th), was Little Island 😂
Great tour of urban gardens !!! Thanks!
Thanks so much for showing Bryant Park and the High line.
Worthwhile noting also that Lynden Miller was key in getting Bryant Park improved from a neglected space to a beautiful park, and designed the garden there (and at Madison Park, and parts of Central Park too, all worth visiting).
Thank you from someone who watched the NY city parks transform for the better over 35 years of working there.
Next month Piet O is giving a talk at the High line I'm looking forward to that.
And looking forward to your video on Little Island too!
That's awesome!
Wasn't Bryant Park called needle park in the 70's?
@@Moonflowers11 yes indeed. It was a mess at that point
What an interesting tour -- thanks!!
I’m so jealous of all the travel and gardening experiences the two of you get. I have saved all of the public places you have toured to add to my retirement bucket list.
I always hoped you guys would one day visit the New York Botanical Gardens in the best borough of NYC-the Bronx! Here you are, just a few miles away!!
Too much noise for me, but wow. They've done a great job with those areas. From golden rod, milkweed, and coneflowers to the trees. Whoever is in charge of that is really doing fantastic! I'm truly impressed!
There really is no place like NYC. I used to visit more often to tour the art museums. When you come up out of the train stations and step on to the streets it's like someone shoots you full of adrenaline. Everything feels alive and in bold color. Last time I was there I walked the High Line and wow. What a creative use of an old structure with beautiful plantings throughout. You're making me want to visit!
Awesome
Nice tour! I had no idea some of those plants could grow so far north. Very different environment from my zone 8, here in Georgia. Funny to see everyone in long sleeves and jackets, while we are still hot and crispy here in the south! 😊
Long Island is zone 7 a and b. Manhattan is warmer. The mitigating effect of the ocean waters keeps the edge of New York warmer. The zone start dropping very fast as you o inland and north.
So fun! I was just there last weekend and thought the gardens are beautiful. Amazing pots with beautiful begonias too.
Thank you for taking us to New York !! Great city🌳
NYC is on my bucket list of places to visit!
What a fantastic tour of plantings in NYC! I loved it! Thanks!
Love seeing the plants of NYC! Thanks for sharing.
These city gardens look well-tended and judiciously pruned, quite like your smaller garden in Raleigh.
Aw man, I would have loved to bump into you! (BTW, from a 63-year-old native NYer, Bryant Park and Hudson Yards are smack dab Midtown, not lower Manhattan. Lower Manhattan is delineated BELOW 14th Street 😉.)
Great walk about. I like the idea of taking a train into the city from another place of stay.
Thank you for this tour, especially of the high line. Wow!
Thank you for a lovely tour
Awesome video. Can’t wait to see more. Thank you
NYC and Long Island both benefit from coastal waters. They fit into 7a/7b.
I just said that! LOL
Thank you for this tour. I’ll never get to New York City. It was nice to see all the beautiful gardens there.🌸🌾🌻
The High Line (34 street down) is awesome as well.
Hello Jim & Steph. Welcome to New York! I lived here more than half of my life & never got to visit the Hudson yard. 😂 If your downtown hope you get to see Battery Park & Pier 15 South Seaport. They revamped that whole area. Enjoy your visit 😊.
Thank you so much for this beautiful NY garden tour. Nice to see my former home “town”. Not sure who was holding the camera when the music was playing - the steps seem to be in sync with the music. 💕🌟
Wow, fascinating. I know the High Line but didn't realize there was so much other gardening going on in NYC!
You need to make to the Bronx Botanical gardens if you can
And Brooklyn Botanical Garden and Wave Hill and the Conservatory Gardens in Central Park and the perennial gardens in Ft. Tryon Park-- I am sure we are not listing all of the great public gardens in the city.
Pollinators in NYC: I lived in a 17 story building on Manhattan and there were always bees in the rooftop garden. I was stunned to see them up that high.
We’re located 100 miles up the river from the city, and I used some of Piet Oudolf’s ideas in our small space. I highly recommend his book “Gardens of the High Line” for gardeners in our area. I also got to see his plans for re-doing an area at RHS Wisley outside of London. Like yours, his influence is widespread. It would be great if you could get together with him and do a joint video!
Are there any hardy yellow hibiscus for Zone 6 available?
Have you guys toured private/public gardens in New Orleans?
Manhattan is our American gem. It's beautiful in its own way, just ask Walt Whitman.
Just to clarify, Bryant Park is in midtown Manhattan.
Very neat botanical tour of the very urban NYC ❤
One never knows where you’ll find the beautiful plantings! 😂
Do the plantings on the High Line ever received supplemental water?
Yes the High Line is watered using drip irrigation.
So cool to see NYC through this lens!
Beautiful
What is the plant with the yellow flower at the beginning of the video?
Sunset Hibiscus (Abelmoschus manihot)
Thanks for a great tour
Welcome to NYC! So many green spaces in NYC to explore. Great to see some of them highlighted here.
Nice Plant tour at Manhattan. Thank you!
I’m surprised they planted birch trees . I THINK birch trees need a good amount of water plus they’re susceptible to the birch tree boers . 🌺💚🙃
Everything is on irrigation. NYC gets a good amount of rain, usually.
We walked the High Line a couple weeks ago and loved it! So many pretty plants.
Wow! Mid-Town Manhattan brings back such memories growing up in NY and as a teenager working out there.
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Stephany ! 🌺💚🙃
Yes..she’s a gem😊
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Thank you for showing us New York, very interesting but I don’t think it would EVER be on my bucket list as a place to visit. My son visited New York and he said the people aren’t very friendly there, quite the opposite. 🥺🌺💚🙃
I’ve been several times and never had anyone be unfriendly.
You REALLY should visit NYC ...I'm a suburb/country girl myself, but NYC TRULY is an AMAZING city to see!! (HONESTLY! Think outside the box).
If you are the kind of person that can't make a decision while looking at a menu or crossing the intersection, then yes New Yorkers will let you know. I love that about New York!
lol, your loss!
I refuse to have anything to do with NY. Particularly NYC. I won’t order anything from companies based there and I dang sure won’t visit. I’m missing out on a few museums but that’s OK.
That’s sad..and unfortunate..it’s a great city..don’t let anyone tell you otherwise..but I guess you already have
@@agmin2098 many great cities in the world. Unfortunately, some that once were great, no longer are. Most of the ones that are left, are in Asia.
You couldn't pay me to go to manhattan, or new york for that matter.
That too bad..your missing a beautiful state and city
gardenplanbyai AI fixes this (AI Garden Planner). Seeing Manhattan through city plants.