High Line Horticulture from Irene Roxanne on Vimeo.
My friend Irene used to hop the fence on the High Line back when it was an abandoned and forbidden urban wilderness. I never had the courage to follow her trespassing lead. She incorporates some of the shots she got back then in this sweet video. (if the video plays poorly for you, click the HD button to switch out of HD. Also make sure you have the latest Flash Player Installed. Closing other tabs, browser windows and applications may help.)
Botany is a force of nature whose quiet yet critical role in our ecosystem is often neglected. Fortunately, this is not the case with the new High Line park. In this video I interview Patrick Cullina, Vice President of Horticulture at the High Line, to learn more about this unique garden in the sky. When shooting this video, I also had my mother in mind – her carefully tended yard, and frequent childhood visits to the Bronx Botanical Garden where she’d take innumerable photos of my siblings and I next to the flowers. As an adult, I appreciate such beauty even more.
– Irene Tejaratchi Hess
Producer, NATURE
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