Join volunteers from Orleans Audubon and UNO to continue work at the UNO Woodlot. We'll be removing small invasive trees, mulching newly planted trees and clearing pathways to make this bird sanctuary more user friendly for people and the birds. Bring water, gloves, clippers, loppers (if you can). We recommend wearing long pants and close-toed […]
This is the DEEP DIVE into the native plants of Louisiana. Presentations include Pollinator Research, Bluebonnet Swamp, Cajun Prairie Species and Research, Spiders and native plants and more. Special vendors will have native plants, printed artwork and apparel for sale and the Silent and PLant Auctions are not to be missed! All details and registration […]
We will meet at 9am on Saturday, March 9th to keep the Keller garden some TLC. Kelleye and Mariah from Whimscapes Landscaping will be leading this volunteer date where we will do a Spring clean up, weeding, cut-back and plant in some new annuals to keep the show going. We will simultaneously be holding the […]
Our first of several Native Plant Distribution Events will be March 9th at the Rosa Keller Library in New Orleans at 9am. We have over 1000 plant plugs to share, so beginning at 9am, we will give visitors several great native pollinator plants including Gulf Coast Penstemon, Clasping Coneflower, Tall Coreopsis, Lemon Bee Balm. Simultaneously, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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
Come see Gretna City park with us! We will be given a tour of some of the newest features of this large-scale flood mitigation project that increased the capacity of existing ponds, included more than 300 new trees, and created mainly native planted areas throughout the park. The wetlands, bog gardens, bioswales and other gardens […]
