NPI-GNO is missing our members! On Sunday May 16th at 9:00 am, we will have our 1st in-person meeting since last year!  Let’s meet in the courtyard of the Rosa F. Keller Library & Community Center, corner of General Pershing and Napoleon Ave., weather permitting,  (watch the NPI Facebook page for notifications.)  Off-street parking is available in the library’s lot ...continue reading "NPI In-Person Membership Meeting"

Come join us in picking up trash, clearing overhanging branches, and pulling non-native weeds from our bioswales. Meet up at the Greenway Plaza, where we will be divided into groups and ...continue reading "Laffite Greenway Volunteer Opportunity"

 Help us launch our effort to provide expanded habitat for migrating birds at UNO! We will remove invasive species from the Fine Arts WOODLOT and prepare the area for 50 bird-friendly native trees and shrubs to be planted this winter.   Please bring water, gloves and wear long pants, close-toed shoes, and socks. Shovels and clippers ...continue reading "UNO Woodlot Restoration Kick Off"

Join us for our last Membership Meeting of the year.  We will meet again on the side patio of the Rosa F. Keller Library at 4300 S. Broad.  Those inserted can join us early at 8:30 for some cutting back and tending of the Prairie plantings and native gardens that we have been working on ...continue reading "Membership Meeting and Plant/Seed Swap"

We will be planting at least 16 additional native species to the Woodlot to support more birds and wildlife on campus....Winterberry hollies, Possumhaw, Eastern Red Cedar, Yaupon, Itea, Waxmyrtles, American Hornbeam and more.... See you there!

The Louisiana Native Plant Society meets annually, the first weekend of February, in Central Louisiana.  Details, Speaker agendas and bios and info about the Field Trip are posted at lnps.org.  It's great opportunity to learn from and network with native plant enthusiast throughout the state.  Registration info should be available on their website soon.

We will meet on the site of our latest project at the UNO Fine Arts Woodlot where we have recently helped plant additional native woody species to attract and support wildlife on the campus.  More plantings are scheduled in adjacent areas.  We will tour the site and discuss the existing native plants, the preparation that ...continue reading "Membership Meeting – UNO Woodlot"

details to be announced

Where: New Orleans Botanical Garden Parking: Street Parking and Parking Lot Admission: $10/Adults; $5/Children 5 to 12; free for kids under 5 and Friends of City Park members

The Power of Design. Longue Vue’s house and gardens were designed, in tandem, to blend beauty with community responsibility. Upon moving to the site in 1923, Edith and Edgar Stern famously activated their home towards civic engagement during their lifetimes then left us the gift and responsibility of continuing their work in beautiful built and ...continue reading "Longue Vue Design Symposium"

Families involved and interested in Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition will gather to share educational activities and games. Various stations will allow small groups to participate in artistic creation, small planting projects, music and readings. Environmental awareness and interfaith connection are the focus on this day. We hope to have interest in kayaking and ...continue reading "The Children Shall Lead Us: Annual Earth Day Celebration"

Members: email npi.gno2019@gmail.com with questions and comments that you would like to be considered at the board meeting.  Please email 3 days before the meeting at the latest.