Rooted in Resilience: A High Line Plant Sale

Bring a piece of the High Line’s resilient beauty to your own terrace, stoop, or backyard!

Join us for our inaugural Plant Sale & Talks—a historic first opportunity to purchase plants propagated directly from our gardens by the very hands that tend them. This is your chance to take home horticultural rarities and unique selections often hard to find in commercial nurseries.

To help you find the perfect match for your space, we’ve organized our sale into four distinct categories. Throughout the event, our Horticulture team will host specialized talks to dive deep into each category, sharing the secrets of our four-season gardens.

Plants for Shady Sites
Horticulture team talk: 11 – 11:15am
Shade-tolerant plants are perfect for the “urban canyon” or a North-facing balcony. Learn how species like the Christmas fern and white wood aster create biodiversity in areas with limited sunlight while helping to slow rainwater runoff.

Plants for Wildlife Habitats
Horticulture team talk: 11:30 – 11:45am
These plants are our ecological anchors. From nectar-rich wild bergamot to butterfly milkweed, these plants provide critical food and nesting sites for the city’s birds, bees, and butterflies.

Drought and Climate-Resilient Plants
Horticulture team talk: 12 – 12:15pm
Inspired by the great American prairies, these sun-lovers are built for endurance. Species like prairie dropseed and purple coneflower thrive in poor soil and require very little water once established—making them the ultimate low-maintenance addition to your home.

Rain Garden and Wetland Plants
Horticulture team talk: 12:30 – 12:45pm
These plants are Ideal for low-lying spots or areas that catch the rain. These hard-working plants, like swamp rose mallow and blue cardinal flower, are experts at filtering pollutants and managing the deluge cycles of city weather.