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. ...continue reading "Leonidas Neighborhood Green Infrastructure Event – Native Plant Giveaway"

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!

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 ...continue reading "Membership Meeting at Big Lake Native Plant Trail"

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.

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. Directions_to_Cochran_Center 2024 MISSISSIPPI NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY SPRING MEETING

Cabildo/Louisiana State Museum. Until Sunday May 10, 2026 This exhibition explores the cultural meaning of Louisiana medicinal plants and how historically based understandings of them are evolving under the threat ...continue reading "Botanica: Gardens, Landscapes, and Plant Medicines in South Louisiana"

NPI is again partnering with the sustainable Mardi Gras throw non-profit, Grounds Krewe to provide native flower seeds to grow in their peat pot throws. We have gathered and dried ...continue reading "Seed Packing for Mardi Gras with Grounds Krewe"

The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society will be having our annual peak blazing star tour of the Eunice Prairie at 8:00 AM on Saturday, September 7th. The prairie is located ...continue reading "The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society Tour of Eunice Prairie and Fall meeting"