The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association is going all in on native plants! This beautiful historic neighborhood wants to increase biodiversity and green space one block at a time, so NPI has been invited to help residents learn about ethically collecting and propagating native seeds. As always, anyone and everyone (NPI member or not) is welcome to […]
The New Orleans Fall Garden show will take place for one day, Saturday, October 4th, 2025 in City Park. The Botanical Garden will be alive with gardening gurus from all over the southeast. The event features 50+ vendors exhibiting common and exotic plants as well as various gardening paraphernalia.
The garden's Bonnie-Kate Walker will guide a walk through the 3,000-square-foot Miyawaki microforest, now in its first year of growth in the Lower Ninth Ward. The garden is a condensed bottomland hardwood ecoregion with cypress, tupelo, live oak, and hackberry. This small but mighty native forest restoration project is a community-led effort that serves as a […]
Pull & Prune 5:00-7:00 p.m.on Tuesday, October 16th at the Lafitte Greenway Roundabout (Lafitte Greenway at Norman C. Francis Parkway in New Orleans) in preparation for planting on Thursday the 16th.
Thursday, October 16, Plant 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Lafitte Greenway Roundabout (Lafitte Greenway at Norman C. Francis Parkway in New Orleans). The greenway is a 2.6-mile bike and pedestrian path that connects neighborhoods, serves as a transportation corridor, and features stormwater management practices. At the planting party NPI will help add 20 native species to the […]
VOTE NATIVE - NPI members can vote digitally or in person for NPI president, secretary, and two members of the board of directors December 4-6. To check your membership status or to join NPI, go to the NPI Join It link. VOTE ONLINE - NPI member can vote via a digital ballot that will be sent to […]
NPI MEETING WITH TOUR AND PAPER-MAKING WORKSHOP AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, 3520 LOWERLINE STREET, NEW ORLEANS - Recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus and dedicated to planting natives on its campus, Xavier University is a showplace for Louisiana greenery AND is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2025! Meet, greet, explore […]
PULL & PRUNE - Volunteer days are on the second Tuesday of the month and alternate monthly between the Lafitte Greenway Roundabout and Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center. Local garden consultants and native plants maintenance team leaders Whimscapes are on hand to direct the work. No sign up required. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, Pull & Prune 3:00-5:00 […]
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Prepping and Planting at Washington Square Park (700 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans) Join the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association and New Orleans Parks and Parkways to prep on Saturday, plant on Sunday, and create a native plants showplace in […]
