Penstemon Party ***Now April 17th***
620 Heritage Avenue, Terrytown, LA 70056 620 Heritage Ave, Terrytown, LAThe date for the Penstemon Party has been changed to Saturday April 17th! See ya'll there!
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Gentilly Resilience District’s Neighborhood Engagement Day
This event is open to the public and is intended to purpose to give the community an understanding of the massive water infrastructure project that will soon begin outside their doorsteps. Native plants will play a part in the stormwater management of this area. A bioswale will go in around Filmore Park, and Courtney was awarded a public art project ...continue reading "Gentilly Resilience District’s Neighborhood Engagement Day"
Art in Bloom 2021- Home Grown
NOMA One Collins Diboll Circle, New Orleans, LAThe New Orleans Museum of Art and the Garden Study Club of New Orleans invite you to participate in Art in Bloom 2021 | Home Grown presented by IBERIABANK |First Horizon. One of the most anticipated springtime events in New Orleans, for five days at NOMA, from May 5–9, Art in Bloom will showcase spectacular floral designs created by garden clubs, ...continue reading "Art in Bloom 2021- Home Grown"
ST. ANTHONY GREEN STREETS AND PUBLIC ART – Filmore Playground
Filmore Park 5500 Wildair St., New Orleans, LouisianaRESCHEDULED Originally scheduled for April 17th, postponed due to weather, is now rescheduled for May 15th. ST. ANTHONY GREEN STREETS AND PUBLIC ART Saturday, April 17 | 10 a.m. to Noon @ Filmore Playground, 5500 Wildair St. We are excited to resume in-person community events for both St. Anthony Green Streets and the Public Art ...continue reading "ST. ANTHONY GREEN STREETS AND PUBLIC ART – Filmore Playground"
ST. ANTHONY GREEN STREETS AND PUBLIC ART – Gatto Playground
Gatto Playground, 1929 Wildair St 1929 Wildair Street, New Orleans, LAWe are excited to resume in-person community events for both St. Anthony Green Streets and the Public Art Projects in the Gentilly Resilience District. On May 15, Artists Langston Allston, Courtney Egan, Brendon Palmer-Angell and Ashley Pridmore will lead hands-on creative activities for all ages focused on the themes of water, remembrance, adaptation, and ecology. ...continue reading "ST. ANTHONY GREEN STREETS AND PUBLIC ART – Gatto Playground"
NPI In-Person Membership Meeting
Rosa Keller Library 4300 S Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LANPI-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"
Laffite Greenway Volunteer Opportunity
Greenway Plaza 500 N. Norman C. Francis Parkway, New OrleansCome 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 sent down both directions of the Greenway. While we will be able to provide some pruners, saws and trash pickers, we encourage you to bring ...continue reading "Laffite Greenway Volunteer Opportunity"
UNO Woodlot Restoration Kick Off
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"
Membership Meeting and Plant/Seed Swap
Rosa Keller Library 4300 S Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LAJoin 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"
UNO Woodlot Planting
UNO Fine Arts Woodlot Founders Road, New Orleans, LAWe 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!
LNPS Annual Meeting
Wesley Center, Woodworth, LA 2350 Methodist Pkwy, Woodworth, LAThe 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.
Membership Meeting – UNO Woodlot
UNO Fine Arts Woodlot Founders Road, New Orleans, LAWe 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"