Crazy for Coreopsis – Plant Giveaway
Sankofa Nature Trail & Wetland Park 6401 Florida Avenue, New Orleans, LAFor info on growing coreopsis see this article written by Tammany Baumgarten, president of NPI-GNO.
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Big Lake Trail – Matrix Planting
New Orleans City Park Big Lake Native Plant Trail Friedrichs Avenue, New Orleans, LAWe will be joined again by the New Orleans Town Gardeners for an exciting new planting along the Big Lake Native Plant Trail. This large area was cleared and prepared ...continue reading "Big Lake Trail – Matrix Planting"
Rosa Keller Library Garden Workday
Rosa Keller Library 4300 S Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LAJoin us to plant, weed, and install edging at the Keller Library. Come when you can and stay for as long as you want. Afterwards, lunch at el Pavo Real ...continue reading "Rosa Keller Library Garden Workday"
Gentilly Resilience District (GRD) Neighborhood Engagement Day
Between 4-5pm, community members will be encouraged to meet at 2100 Leon C. Simon Dr., across the street from Ben Franklin High School by the Mosquito Control Board, to plant their seed balls and scatter seeds for the creation of a new Native Wildflower Meadow. Help will be needed there as well, instructing on scattering and ...continue reading "Gentilly Resilience District (GRD) Neighborhood Engagement Day"
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!
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 ...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"