Hosted by BTNEP, this event offers an immersive and unique view of Bayou Lafourche and a chance to explore one of the most important waterways of our estuary, offering a 15-mile paddle starting in Napoleonville, and a 9.5-mile paddle starting in Labadieville/Thibodaux. Both paddles will end at the Nicholls Bayou Side Park pavilion located across […]
NPI membership meeting at the Bucktown shoreline. Jason, from the office of ecosystem and coastal management of Jefferson parish, will give a guided tour for members. More details to come.
Come join a team of volunteers to help clean up the native plant garden at the Keller Library, 4300 S. Broad. Bring your gloves, hats, water and love of native plants for a 2 hour fun session. You may come away with some native seeds!
Agenda includes election for two-year terms for NPI vice president, treasurer, and one board member. Special speaker: Margaret Fegan shares her NPI-sponsored attendance at the 2024 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference in North Carolina. After the election and Margaret's talk, we'll stroll the nature center grounds to identify native plants. As always, anyone (NPI members or not) […]
Put your gardening skills to work (and learn some new ones) on Fridays 9:00-11:00 a.m. at the Big Lake Native Plant Trail in New Orleans City Park (the trail is near the boat and bike rental on Friedrichs Avenue). Pull weeds, prune, plant, and work with some of the most knowledgeable gardeners around. City Park provides […]
At the University of New Orleans Fine Arts Woodlot (corner of Founders Road and Levee Road on the UNO Campus). Become a conservation hero in just three hours: pack up your garden tools, roll up your sleeves, pull on your gloves, and join the team to make life better for the birds, insects, and other critters at […]
Mark your calendars for education programs, plant sales, music, and more: it's THE spring event for plant people! The NPI booth will help gardeners corral those dad-blasted bad weeds that are whooping it up in our gardens by showcasing the NPI website's Good Weed, Bad Weed database. Saddle up and lend a hand, partner: VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED on […]
Greater New Orleans Iris Society (GNOIS) and Longue Vue House and Garden are hosting Bayli Q. Brossette, the Curator of Briarwood, the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve, for a Sunday morning, 10:30 AM. April 6 talk in the Playhouse at Longue Vue. Admission is free. Briarwood is an important historical site for Louisiana irises and native […]
On Tuesday evening, April 8, from 4 PM to 7 PM, we return to Longue Vue for an early gathering in the Wild Garden. This event is free to members of Greater New Orleans Iris Society and Longue Vue with registration. Simply go to https://13403a.blackbaudhosting.com/13403a/Iris-Day. This is a laid-back event, with refreshments, a chance to […]
SECOND WEDNESDAY EVERY MONTH: ROSA KELLER PULL & PRUNE - Local garden consultants Whimscapes are leading the native plants maintenance team at Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center (4300 South Broad in New Orleans). You're invited to join the monthly "Pull & Prune" 4:00-6:00 p.m. on April 9 and May 14, The garden features a bioswale with native plants […]
