Native Plant Initiative of Greater New Orleans

Mississippi Native Plant Society Meeting with Doug Tallamy and Tammy Greer
2024-05-03 - 2024-05-05 | LA
An upcoming Mississippi Native Plant Society Meeting will include a Doug Tallamy appearance/presentation on Friday evening as well as a demonstration and presentation and tour of a Medicine Wheel Garden on the USM campus. A very rare and great opportunity!
Agenda and Directions attached here.
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2024 MISSISSIPPI NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY SPRING MEETING

NPI at Earth Day Celebration at UNO
2024-04-22 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | University of New Orleans, LA, United States
NPI volunteers will have a table at UNO for Earth Day celebrations on Monday, April 22 starting at 11am. UNO will also be conducting tours of the various native gardens and solar farm on campus.
Tables will be set up under the lake-facing overhang of the library.

Membership Meeting at Big Lake Native Plant Trail
2024-04-13 09:00 - 23:00 | Big Lake, City Park, 7 Freiderichs Ave
Meet, greet, swap, and learn! Discover the ins and outs of the iNaturalist website and app from Will Reinhardt, living collection manager of LSU’s Hilltop Arboretum and professional in residence in the Landscape Architecture Program. iNaturalist allows us all to be citizen scientists by sharing observations and photos for use by researchers worldwide. After Will’s presentation, we’ll walk the native plant trail to see what’s in bloom and practice our new iNaturalist know-how. The meeting will also feature a plant and seed swap, so bing some natives to share. Bring a friend, too—NPI meetings are open to everyone! Location is the New Orleans City Park Big Lake Native Plant Trail, on Friedrichs Avenue near the swan boat rentals (if you’re facing the building, the trail is just to your left).

Spring Garden Show - New Orleans City Park
2024-04-06 - 2024-04-07 | New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119
NPI will participate once again in the New Orleans Spring Garden Show at the Botanical Garden. Back again are FREE native plants, multiple species will be available as supplies last. Come See Us!FGF 2022 Garden Show
The Native Plant Program is made possible with the support of a BTNEP grant. Thank you BTNEP!

Leonidas Neighborhood Green Infrastructure Event - Native Plant Giveaway
2024-03-23 12:00 - 15:00 | LA
Come see us at the first ever Leonidas Neighborhood Green Infrastructure Event on March 23rd, 12-4pm in the schoolyard of the former Johnson/Lycee School @ 1800 Monroe@ Hickory. We will be distributing FOR FREE several native flowering plant species including Louisiana Irises, Gulf Coast Penstemon, Clasping Coneflower, Tall Coreopsis, Lemon Bee Balm and perhaps others.Giveaway UNO NPI
We are grateful for the support of a BTNEP grant that makes The Native Plant Program possible!

Native Plant Program - Giveaway @ Rosa Keller Library
2024-03-09 09:00 - 12:00 | LA
Our first of several Native Plant Distribution Events will be March 9th at the Rosa Keller Library in New Orleans at 9am. We have over 1000 plant plugs to share, so beginning at 9am, we will give visitors several great native pollinator plants including Gulf Coast Penstemon, Clasping Coneflower, Tall Coreopsis, Lemon Bee Balm. Simultaneously, we will be holding a volunteer day in the garden at the library where we will be cutting back, weeding and planting some of these same native species into the garden for Spring color. Giveaway UNO NPI
We are grateful for the support of a BTNEP grant that makes The Native Plant Program possible!

Volunteer in the Garden - Keller Library
2024-03-09 09:00 - 12:00 | Rosa Keller Library, 4300 S Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70125, United States
We will meet at 9am on Saturday, March 9th to keep the Keller garden some TLC. Kelleye and Mariah from Whimscapes Landscaping will be leading this volunteer date where we will do a Spring clean up, weeding, cut-back and plant in some new annuals to keep the show going. We will simultaneously be holding the first Native Plant Giveaway program of the year, so all volunteers are sure to walk away with some great plants as well. This is a great opportunity to learn about maintaining your own native garden and just get out in the sunshine and help us continue to showcase the beauty of native plants to the Broadmoor neighborhood.
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Keller library

LNPS Annual Conference
2024-02-23 08:00 - 2024-02-25 17:00 | Wesley Center, Woodworth, LA, 2350 Methodist Pkwy, Woodworth, LA, 71485, United States
This is the DEEP DIVE into the native plants of Louisiana. Presentations include Pollinator Research, Bluebonnet Swamp, Cajun Prairie Species and Research, Spiders and native plants and more. Special vendors will have native plants, printed artwork and apparel for sale and the Silent and PLant Auctions are not to be missed! All details and registration information at LNPS.org.

UNO Work Day
2023-12-02 09:00 - 12:00 | UNO Fine Arts Woodlot, Founders Road, New Orleans, LA, United States
Join volunteers from Orleans Audubon and UNO to continue work at the UNO Woodlot. We’ll be removing small invasive trees, mulching newly planted trees and clearing pathways to make this bird sanctuary more user friendly for people and the birds. Bring water, gloves, clippers, loppers (if you can). We recommend wearing long pants and close-toed shoes with socks. Find us at Founder’s Road and Levee Road on UNPO Campus.

Deadline to Order NPI T-shirt
2023-12-01 17:00 | LA
In order to expedite processing and ship out in time for the holiday, the deadline for online ordering is 5 pm Friday, December 1st. A PICK-UP day is scheduled for December 16th, from 8am-noon at 5315 St Anthony, New Orleans LA. We do not anticipate making any subsequent orders in the near future, so NOW is your chance

T-shirt Pick Up Day
2023-11-19 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
A PICK-UP day for your T-shirt Order is scheduled for Saturday, December 16th, from 8am-noon at 5315 St Anthony, New Orleans LA.

Membership Meeting at Rosa Keller Library
2023-11-18 09:00 - 11:00 | Rosa Keller Library, 4300 S Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70125, United States
The Sunflowers and Asters should be in full glory. Come join us for our final meeting of the year! Stay tuned for details, but we will likely do some light maintenance in the gardens, demonstrations and learning, new board elections, plant swaps and giveaways and more.

Membership Meeting at Big Lake Native Plant Trail
2023-10-28 09:00 - 11:00 | Big Lake, City Park, 7 Freiderichs Ave
Come out to see the trail and the great work NPI and City Park volunteers have been doing out there. We will tour the various areas of the trail for a fun and easy morning.

Fall Garden Festival October 7th and 8th
2023-10-07 - 2023-10-08 | City Park Botanical Garden
Come see us at the New Orleans Botanical Garden’s Fall Garden Fest. Our display will feature lots of information about native gardening.

Webinar: "Working with the Weeds" Jennifer Prout
2023-09-19 18:30 - 20:30 | LA
Some volunteer plants are great to keep in the garden and work with. Other unwanted weeds can be easier to eradicate when you understand their weaknesses. Learn how weed management is accomplished at the Big lake Native Plant Trail gardens in New Orleans City Park and other projects by horticulturist Jennifer Prout. Register on Zoom HERE

MEMBERSHIP MEETING, Longue Vue (rescheduled)
2023-06-03 09:00 - 11:00 | LA
Saturday, June 3rd, 9am – 11am
Longue Vue House & Gardens
7 Bamboo Rd., New Orleans
Our May 6th Meeting was rained out, so we were able to reschedule this opportunity to meet and see the great wild garden at Longue Vue. So….if you need some gardening inspiration, this is the meeting for you! Tour the beautiful gardens of a historic New Orleans home. Bring a friend and help NPI grow! Learn more about Longue Vue at the link. We will meet in the parking lot. Parking is tight, so carpool if you can!

GIRL SCOUTS TRAILBLAZING ECO BADGE DAY, April 29th
2023-04-29 10:00 - 13:00 | LA
Saturday, April 29
10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Bayou Segnette State Park
7777 Westbank Expressway
Westwego
Join the International Crane Foundation and Girl Scouts Louisiana East to help scouts earn credit towards Outdoor & Environmental Stewardship badges. NPI volunteers are invited to speak about the importance of native plants and to hike with the scouts at the park. Email NPI to learn more.

SPRING IN THE SWAMP
2023-04-09 09:30 - 16:30 | LA
Saturday, April 8, & Sunday, April 9
9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Barataria Preserve of Jean Lafitte
National Historical Park and Preserve
6588 Barataria Blvd.
Marrero

Membership Meeting
2023-03-25 09:00 - 12:00 | UNO Administrative Building Native Garden, 6650 Milneburg Road, New Orleans, LA, 70148, United States
Our first Membership Meeting of the year will start in the native gardens at UNO’s Administration Building (6650 Milneburg Road) where a full sun garden is a riot of blooms and a Courtyard garden soothes with a sedge mix. We will walk from there over to the Woodlot and Quadrant where NPI has been involved in recent native tree plantings and invasive removals. Adjacent to the Woodlot, there is a newly planted native garden at the Fine Arts Building that we can have a look at too. There will be some seating at the Admin Building, but you might throw a lawn chair in the car if you have one handy.

UNO Urban Bird Trail - Quadrant Tree Planting, Work Day 2
2023-01-28 09:00 - 13:00 | UNO Woodlot
The Urban Bird Trail at UNO’s campus will be expanded with additional plantings of native trees to an open quadrant adjacent to previous plantings at the Woodlot. Bring Gloves, shovels and good cheer as we work alongside area youth to enhance the wildlife habitat at this lake front haven.

Native Plant Giveaway - Lower 9th Ward
2023-01-28 09:00 - 12:00 | 1235 Deslonde Street, 1235 Deslonde Street, New Orleans, LA, 70117, United States
The Lower 9th Ward Homeownership Association and Neighborhood Association are partnering with NPI to give away two of our favorite species of native flowering plants, Cardinal flower and Lemon Bee Balm.
Cardinal flower will grow in part shade and likes plenty of moisture. It loves rain gardens or just plain wet areas of the landscape and hummingbirds LOVE it. Cardinal flower is a short-lived perennial, meaning that it will come back year after year for a few years, but not forever. This plant relies on the re-seeding of it’s many very fine seeds for its longevity. If happy, it will produce offspring in addition to the original plant for a long time in your garden.
Lemon Bee Balm, Monarda Citriodora, is a favorite with all sorts of pollinators and people too. It blooms in the Spring for a long period of time and will set lots of seed that produce offspring the following year. It likes a normal garden in a sunny area.

Zoom Lecture by Jennifer Prout Sept. 19th
2023-01-23 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
Strategies for controlling weeds in a native garden

Membership Meeting May 6th 9am
2023-01-23 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
Longue Vue House

Spring Garden Festival April 1st and 2nd
2023-01-23 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
New Orleans Botanical Garden

Membership Meeting March 25th 9am
2023-01-23 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
Membership meeting:
UNO Admin Garden & Woodlot – Meet at Admin Garden, 6650 Milneburg Road
garden is adjacent to parking lot

LNPS Meeting Feb 3rd-5th
2023-01-23 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
LNPS 2023 Annual Conference Woodworth, LA

Fall Garden Festival October 7th - 8th
2023-01-10 08:00 - 17:00 | LA

NPI Membership Meeting Saturday May 6th, 9am
2023-01-10 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
Where: Longue Vue House

Spring Garden Festival April 1st - 2nd
2023-01-10 08:00 - 17:00 | LA

NPI Membership Meeting March 25th 9am
2023-01-10 08:00 - 17:00 | LA
Membership meeting: UNO Admin Garden & Woodlot
Meet at Admin Garden, 6650 Milneburg Road
Garden is adjacent to parking lot
