Eye-catching seasonal displays and a dedication to tree and lawn care are at the heart of the Conservancy’s mission.

Madison Square Park’s landscape was first designed by Ignatz Pilat, a noted horticulturist and landscape-gardener working throughout New York City in the mid-1800s.  He is best known as working alongside Fredrick Law Olmsted as Central Park’s head landscape gardener. During the restoration of Madison Square Park in the late-1990s, internationally renowned public garden designer, Lynden B. Miller, re-imagined the grounds and gardens, which had long been neglected. Her principle of providing year-round vitality through a variety of perennials remains a guiding force behind the work of our full-time gardener.  Some of the park’s signature plants include hydrangeas, hollies and dogwoods.

The Conservancy’s responsibility also extends across Fifth Avenue to historic Worth Square, where our gardener maintains the planting bed surrounding the obelisk dedicated to General William Jenkins Worth.