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 of climate change and land loss. Guest curators Rachel Breunlin and Monique Verdin collaborate with herbalists, artists, gardeners, and scholars to place into context stories […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Open House at the Iris Island Nursery, inside City Park, is the event we point to all year. An acre of blooming Louisiana iris cultivars and species! You can’t see a sight like this anywhere else! 10 AM – 4 PM, Saturday, April 12. Free! We need some member help with the Open House. […]
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 […]
This members only Field Trip will include a pontoon boat ride down Pass Manchac during which we will learn about the natural history of the physical environment; environmental history (social, economic, and cultural aspects); impacts of cypress deforestation and ecosystem restoration; and physical and socioeconomic impacts of and solutions to wetland loss and coastal erosion. […]
