New York, New York

After our first brief introduction to the city yesterday, we were keen to get out and explore today. While working on the Formal Ornamental team back at Wisley, I got talking to Volunteer Mary Bussell who set us up with a visit to a roof top garden on an apartment building in Manhattan. 

Jane and Jim Dillon run the planting and maintenance of the roof garden on the 20th floor which is used by all the residence of the building. After spending only a day in the New York, it became clear that you would need somewhere private to escape the hustle of the city. 

The views from the roof were quite incredible, I don't think that any of us had prepared ourselves for that.

We spent the rest of the day being tourists and took in all the sights that you dream of in New York, it was tiring but well worth it.

Lawrence Wright, New York, 10/05/2015