The High Line to Celebrate Fall at the Woodland Edge This October

This October, through themed tours, a time-lapse projection, Facebook Live videos, and even food, Friends of the High Line will celebrate moments of transformation in the Woodland Edge-an area on the High Line between Gansevoort and 14th Streets that reflects the culmination of the horticulture team's years of observation, planning, and collaboration with planting designer Piet Oudolf. This month-long series of programming will showcase the heritage, design, plant ecology, and cultural history of the Woodland Edge on the High Line.

The celebration will culminate with a panel about the future of horticulture on November 6 that will feature High Line planting designer Piet Oudolf, author and photographer Rick Darke, and Rebecca McMackin, Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Copies of Piet and Rick's new book, Gardens of the High Line: Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes will be available for purchase and signing. The panel will be moderated by Friends of the High Line Director of Horticulture Andi Pettis.

Throughout the month, visitors to the High Line can pick up a guide to the Woodland Edge celebration in the park, or visit bit.ly/2x2TTj7 starting October 1 for an online version of the guide. Special signage in the Woodland Edge will also highlight selected vignettes in the landscape chosen by the Friends of the High Line horticulture team.

Celebration-specific offerings include:

Horticulture tours: Celebrating Autumn on the High Line-October 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM

These weekly tours will take a closer look at several compositions in the autumn garden and examine how these moments are achieved over time. High Line horticulturists will discuss the ongoing collaboration between designer and gardener and the specific skills that go into creating and maintaining a naturalistic garden.

Time Lapse: Five Seasons-November 2-4, 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Artist and filmmaker Thomas Piper captures the complex evolution of Piet Oudolf's planting designs in loops of time-lapse photography, projected publicly for the first time on the High Line.

Celebrating Fall at the Woodland Edge Panel-November 6, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

The panel, Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes, will be moderated by Friends of the High Line Horticulture Director Andi Pettis and will feature High Line planting designer Piet Oudolf, author and photographer Rick Darke, and Rebecca McMackin, Director of Horticulture at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Copies of Piet and Rick's new book, Gardens of the High Line: Elevating the Nature of Modern Landscapes will be available for purchase and signing.

High Line Food-All October

Select High Line Food vendors will also participate in the Woodland Edge celebration by offering visitors fall-themed items. Vendors include:

- People's Pops, which will sell peaches & cream, apple pie, and pumpkin spice latte ice pops
- Melt, which will sell Jack ice cream sandwich (molasses cookies and pumpkin ice cream)
- L'Arte del Gelato, which will sell pumpkin and cinnamon gelato
- La Sonrisa, which will sell hot apple cider
- Terroir at the Porch, which will sell Flagship Brewing Oktoberfest beer, and poached pear salad
- La Newyorkina, which will sell salted caramel paleta

Facebook Live-October 4, 11, 18, 25, 1:00 PM:

Tune in at 1:00 PM each Wednesday in October, starting October 4, to interact with Friends of the High Line gardeners who will be in the Woodland Edge. Visitors to the Friends of the High Line Facebook page will be able to ask questions about Woodland Edge vignettes, maintaining plants on the High Line, and more.

Friends of the High Line raises 98% of the High Line's annual budget. Owned by the City of New York, the High Line is a public park maintained, operated, and programmed by Friends of the High Line, in partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.