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Growing on the High Plains: High Line, Low Line

I've been walkin' on the railroad...and it's not what you would expect!

Did you know that, in cities across the world, out-of-use elevated freight rail lines have been resurrected as rustic gardens and public parks? It's true! From Paristo Chicagoto New York City, defunct industrial corridors have made for quite the elysian green spaces. 

On a recent trip to the Big Apple, I was thrilled to visit The High Line—one of the city's most unique public parks. Hovering over Manhattan’s West Side, it skirts through Chelsea and the Meatpacking District, providing a  juicy variety of plants and views certain to fill you up! 

Today's Growing on the High Plains will walk you through this fascinating, urban landscape, including one of the city's future projects, the Low Line, that sounds like subterranean magic. And who does "underground" better than New York City?

Years ago Skip Mancini left the rocky coast of Northern California to return to her roots in the heartland. Her San Francisco friends, concerned over her decision to live in a desolate flatland best known for a Hollywood tornado, were afraid she would wither and die on the vine. With pioneer spirit, Skip planted a garden. She began to learn about growing not only flowers and vegetables, but hearts and minds. If you agree that the prairie is a special place, we think you'll enjoy her weekly sojourns into Growing on the High Plains.