LNPS Annual Conference
2024-02-23 08:00 - 2024-02-25 17:00 UTC | Wesley Center, Woodworth, LA, 2350 Methodist Pkwy, Woodworth, LA, 71485, United States
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 information at LNPS.org.

Volunteer in the Garden - Keller Library
2024-03-09 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Rosa Keller Library, 4300 S Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70125, United States
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 first Native Plant Giveaway program of the year, so all volunteers are sure to walk away with some great plants as well. This is a great opportunity to learn about maintaining your own native garden and just get out in the sunshine and help us continue to showcase the beauty of native plants to the Broadmoor neighborhood.
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Native Plant Program - Giveaway @ Rosa Keller Library
2024-03-09 09:00 - 12:00 UTC
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, we will be holding a volunteer day in the garden at the library where we will be cutting back, weeding and planting some of these same native species into the garden for Spring color. Giveaway UNO NPI
We are grateful for the support of a BTNEP grant that makes The Native Plant Program possible!

Leonidas Neighborhood Green Infrastructure Event - Native Plant Giveaway
2024-03-23 12:00 - 15:00 UTC
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.Giveaway UNO NPI
We are grateful for the support of a BTNEP grant that makes The Native Plant Program possible!

Spring Garden Show - New Orleans City Park
2024-04-06 - 2024-04-07 | New Orleans Botanical Garden, 5 Victory Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70119
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!

Membership Meeting at Big Lake Native Plant Trail
2024-04-13 09:00 - 23:00 UTC | Big Lake, City Park, 7 Freiderichs Ave
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 presentation, we’ll walk the native plant trail to see what’s in bloom and practice our new iNaturalist know-how. The meeting will also feature a plant and seed swap, so bing some natives to share. Bring a friend, too—NPI meetings are open to everyone! Location is the New Orleans City Park Big Lake Native Plant Trail, on Friedrichs Avenue near the swan boat rentals (if you’re facing the building, the trail is just to your left).

NPI at Earth Day Celebration at UNO
2024-04-22 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | University of New Orleans, LA, United States
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.

Mississippi Native Plant Society Meeting with Doug Tallamy and Tammy Greer
2024-05-03 - 2024-05-05
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.
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2024 MISSISSIPPI NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY SPRING MEETING

Spring Meeting - Gretna City Park
2024-06-15 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | Gretna City Park, 3201 Claire Ave, Gretna, LA, 70053, United States
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 are full of native irises, grasses, and pollinator friendly wildflowers meadows.
NPI member Katie Clark will also be demonstrating tips and tricks for great nature photography.

Night Out with Natives - hosted by Urban Conservancy
2024-06-21 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | Big Lake, City Park, 7 Freiderichs Ave
Kick off your Solstice eve by joining us for drinks and nibbles, native plant love, and great company at Night Out with Native Plants!We’ll gather at the native plant trail on Big Lake for a guided tour from Tammany Baumgarten of the NPI Native Plant Initiative of Greater New Orleans and a scavenger hunt to test your knowledge and make new discoveries.Bring a date, bring friends, or come solo to join the native plant community. Then off to your other evening plans!Friday, June 21, 6:30-7:30-ish pm, at the native plant trail in City Park, on Big Lake by the boat house.

Medicinal Plants for Gardens of the Southeast - LSU - Hilltop Arboretum
2024-06-25 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Hilltop Arboretum, 11855 Highland Rd., Baton Rouge, LA, 70810
At this workshop, Jennifer Blanchard will share her two decades of experience in botanical research and environmental sciences studies and her enthusiasm about propagation and the use of native medicinal plants in the landscape. Learn about the value-added benefits these plants provide to human health and the environment as we indulge in a tea-tisane tasting from plants grown at Hilltop. Leave inspired by a palette of plants that you may introduce into your garden to promote your own well-being!
Register at lsu.edu/hilltop$10 for students, LMNGBR & Hilltop members$15 for non-members

For more information about this event, please contact us at LSU Hilltop Arboretum at 225-767-6916, visit www.lsu.edu/hilltop, or email hilltop@lsu.edu
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Greaux Native Extravaganza 2024
2024-06-29 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Rose Garden & Pet Center will present June 29, from 10am to noon, their FIRST EVER “Greaux Native Extravaganza” – A one-day event with local horticulture presentations, games, refreshments, and OF COURSE native plant sales… all to encourage our local community to GREAUX NATIVE!
Members of the following organizations will be in attendance or have an educational display at this event:
Acadiana Native Plant ProjectGreater New Orleans Native Plant InitiativeBarataria PreserveDana Brown Associates (in association with NGICP)
Rose Garden & Pet Center is located at 5420 Lapalco Blvd, Marrero

Botanica: Gardens, Landscapes, and Plant Medicines in South Louisiana
2024-07-31 09:00 - 2026-05-10 16:00 UTC | Cabildo/Louisiana State Museum, The Cabildo, 701 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130, New Orleans, Louisiana
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 of historical and contemporary gardens and natural environments.
Botanica is rooted in a series of interviews conducted by Rachel Breunlin and Monique Verdin as part of the Bayou Culture Collaborative, which operates under the auspices of the Louisiana Division of the Arts Folklife Program and the Louisiana Folklore Society. The Collaborative seeks to document cultural traditions as Louisiana faces land loss and a changing environment. As part of that project, Breunlin and Verdin interviewed a range of gardeners and plant specialists, including Tammy Greer, a United Houma Nation medicine wheel steward; mutual aid medicine makers from the Bvlbancha Collective; and Maypop Herb Shop folk herbalist Rachael Reeves. Through these interviews, excerpted at listening stations, along with historic and contemporary artifacts, photographs, and paintings from the Louisiana State Museum’s collection as well as from a few private lenders, the exhibition explores the history and understanding of medicinal plants, such as yaupon, Auricularia (jelly ear) mushrooms, and cleavers, in a range of rural and urban communities that draw on different cultural traditions, including those of Native peoples, Louisiana French cultures, and African Americans. Botanica weaves together these strands to immerse museum visitors in a world of Louisiana plants, traditional healing cultures, and the people, past and present, who make up those cultures.
This exhibition will be open at the Cabildo until May 10, 2026.

Seed Packing for Mardi Gras with Grounds Krewe
2024-08-24 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | NOLA Brewing, 3001 Tchoupitoulas
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 the seed and need help packing those seeds in to envelopes. Stay tuned for sign ups.

The Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society Tour of Eunice Prairie and Fall meeting
2024-09-07 08:00 UTC
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 at 650 E Magnolia in Eunice (parking lot: 30.4988, -92.4079).
The tour will be followed by our “fall” meeting — starting at 10:30 AM — and we’re glad to say we’re again being welcomed by the Acadian Baptist Center over in Richard, LA (between Eunice and Church Point) 1202 Academy Dr, Eunice, LA. The meeting will be preceded by talks and followed by lunch in their dining room — and I have no doubt that it’ll be just as good as last time!
The Acadian Baptist Center has about 90 acres planted with a variety of native species, comprising a range of different plant communities — including a significant prairie planting that we’ll be sure to check out again!
Hopefully we will get a good show of Liatris (épinette de prairie), Arnoglossum (plantain chauvage) and Silphium (plante-boursole). As always, please bring plants to donate to the plant auction!

BTNEP Native Plant Giveaway | Saturday, September 14, 2024, 8 - 12 pm
2024-09-14 08:00 - 12:00 UTC
Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program (BTNEP) will give away native plants at the BTNEP native plant nursery/Nicholls Farm, 906 Thoroughbred Park Dr., Thibodaux, LA 701301

Creating Overwintering Habitat for Beneficial Insects
2024-09-15 13:30 - 15:30 UTC

more Seed Packing for Mardi Gras at NOLA Brewing
2024-09-21 11:00 - 13:00 UTC | NOLA Brewing, 3001 Tchoupitoulas
A second round of seed packing for Mardi Gras throws is scheduled with Grounds Krewe at NOLA Brewing. Family and dog friendly!

PLANTFEST! Teaser 2024
2024-09-29 14:00 - 15:30 UTC
Featuring: Dr. Jenneke Visser
Sunday, September 29, 2-3:30 pm

Dr. Jenneke Visser, coastal scientist and devoted Hilltop Hodge Podge volunteer will present her “Top 25 Garden Plants” on Sunday, September 29, from 2-3:30 pm in the Beverly Brown Coates Auditorium at LSU Hilltop Arboretum, 11855 Highland Road in Baton Rouge. To put the “tease” in this annual PLANTFEST! pre-quel, one of each of the plants discussed will be raffled off for purchase. Enter the raffle for your chance to bring home your favorite plant prior to the sale!
Join us for a post-program “walkabout” through the Hodge Podge Nursery where the plant arena will be set up with plants in their final nestling place for PLANTFEST! What better occasion to start your plant list and check it twice, to determine which plants will be naughty or nice in your yard!
Dr. Jenneke Visser has worked in and researched coastal Louisiana for more than 25 years. In addition to teaching at University of LA Lafayette and serving as Associate Director of the Institute for Coastal and Water Research, she has been an advisor on several coastal wetland restoration planning efforts and has made significant contributions to restoration outcome forecasting. Jenneke is a reliable and dedicated Hilltop volunteer and co-authored the Friends of Hilltop Arboretum’s “Native Plant Designation: Definitions, Methodology, and Procedure”.
Registration is free for members of the Friends of Hilltop at the Azalea ($50) level and above; $25 for the public and members below the Azalea level; and $20 for students. For additional information about PLANTFEST!, to register for the Teaser, or to become a member, visit www.lsu.edu/hilltop or email hilltop@lsu.edu.

LSU Hilltop Arboretum PLANTFEST! 2024
2024-10-02 - 2024-10-06
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 (members-only sale)
Saturday and Sunday, October 5-6, 2024 (public sale)

BATON ROUGE, LA – The LSU Hilltop Arboretum will hold its annual fall PLANTFEST! on Saturday, October 5, from 9am-4 pm and Sunday, October 6, from 12-4 pm at LSU Hilltop Arboretum, 11855 Highland Road in Baton Rouge. Current Friends of Hilltop members will receive an invitation to the Members-Only Sale on Wednesday, October 2, from 9 am – 6 pm where shoppers will have the first pick of plants.

Celebrating decades of masterfully connecting people and plants in the unique, natural space that is the LSU Hilltop Arboretum, PLANTFEST! will feature over 300 species of native and traditional trees, shrubs, perennials, vines, ferns, ornamentals, and grasses, for purchase, sourced from reputable and trusted nurseries in Louisiana. Hilltop “plant experts” will be on hand to assist with your plant selections and offer advice, whether you are looking to compose a stunning plant vignette, attract butterflies, or grow more natives in your landscape. Purchase a commemorative PLANTFEST! t-shirt and browse our unique collection of gently used eclectic wares at the “Yarden” sale. Visit the children’s tent for crafts, fall-inspired activities, and take-home treats for your young ones. We believe there is truly something for everyone at Hilltop! All purchases are tax-free during the sale.
Become a Friends of Hilltop member by Thursday, September 26, to receive access to the Members-Only Sale and discounts at PLANTFEST! Members at the $50 Azalea level and above will receive free admission to the PLANTFEST! Teaser on Sunday, September 29.

A list of plants being offered at PLANTFEST! will be published online the week prior to the sale www.lsu.edu/hilltop.

Fall Garden Fest City Park New Orleans
2024-10-05 09:00 - 2024-10-06 16:00 UTC
Join us this fall for plant and garden product exhibits and sales, educational programs, music, arts & crafts, cooking demonstrations and MORE. 1 Palm Drive New Orleans, LA 70124 504-482-4888

PULL and PRUNE at the Keller library
2024-10-09 16:30 - 18:30 UTC
All interested volunteers ready to pull weeds and prune plants are invited to participate at Keller Library, 4300 S. Broad, New Orleans on Wed., Oct. 9th, 4:30 – 6:30 pm. Bring water, gloves, hat, etc.

Paddle Bayou Lafourche, Saturday October 12, 7 am to 3 pm
2024-10-12 07:00 - 15:00 UTC
Hosted by BTNEP, this event offers an immersive and unique view of Bayou Lafourche and a chance to explore one of the most important waterways of our estuary, offering a 15-mile paddle starting in Napoleonville, and a 9.5-mile paddle starting in Labadieville/Thibodaux. Both paddles will end at the Nicholls Bayou Side Park pavilion located across the street from the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute at 914 E. First St. in Thibodaux. The first shuttle/launch from Napoleonville will begin at 7:15 am, and the second shuttle/launch from Labadieville/Thibodaux will begin at 9:30 am. We anticipate paddlers will arrive at the Nicholls pavilion around 12 – 1 pm. The paddle will be followed with free food and refreshments, and live music by the Cajun Music Preservation Society at the pavilion.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS OCTOBER 4, 2024! To ensure you receive an event t-shirt, please register by September 27, 2024.
This year’s registration is $50 per paddler, and $20 for paddlers 12 and under. ALL minors (17 and below) must be registered by and accompanied by an adult of 18 years or older. All paddlers will be responsible for coordinating their own kayak/canoe/pirogue and life vest for use. Participants will not be allowed in the water without a life vest. If you need to rent a kayak, please contact Geaux Paddle at geaux-paddle.com or by phone at 985-324-0576 and mention BTNEP’s Paddle Bayou Lafourche.

If you have any issues registering or need more information, please email us at info@btnep.org or call us at 985.447.0868.

NPI membership meeting
2024-10-26 09:00 - 11:00 UTC
NPI membership meeting at the Bucktown shoreline. Jason, from the office of ecosystem and coastal management of Jefferson parish, will give a guided tour for members. More details to come.

Native plant garden clean up at Keller Library
2024-11-20 15:00 - 17:00 UTC | Rosa Keller Library, 4300 S Broad Avenue, New Orleans, LA, 70125, United States
Come join a team of volunteers to help clean up the native plant garden at the Keller Library, 4300 S. Broad.
Bring your gloves, hats, water and love of native plants for a 2 hour fun session. You may come away with some native seeds!

Membership Meeting at Audubon Nature Center, 11000 Lake forest Blvd., New Orleans
2024-12-07 09:00 - 11:00 UTC
Agenda includes election for two-year terms for NPI vice president, treasurer, and one board member.
Special speaker: Margaret Fegan shares her NPI-sponsored attendance at the 2024 Cullowhee Native Plant Conference in North Carolina.
After the election and Margaret’s talk, we’ll stroll the nature center grounds to identify native plants. As always, anyone (NPI members or not) is welcome to attend the meeting and stick around afterwards to share native plants and seeds. However, this time, space is limited to 40 people in the meeting room. It will be first come first served.

Volunteer Work Day
2025-03-23 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | UNO Fine Arts Woodlot, Founders Road, New Orleans, LA, United States
At the University of New Orleans Fine Arts Woodlot (corner of Founders Road and Levee Road on the UNO Campus). Become a conservation hero in just three hours: pack up your garden tools, roll up your sleeves, pull on your gloves, and join the team to make life better for the birds, insects, and other critters at the Woodlot.

2025 Spring Garden Show
2025-04-04 09:00 - 2025-04-06 16:00 (America/Chicago) | City Park Botanical Garden
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 Friday afternoon (April 4) to load in display and supplies and set up the booth, to staff the booth on Saturday and Sunday, and to load out display and supplies on Sunday. Sign up to volunteer here!

Talk at Longue Vue by the Curator of Briarwood, the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve
2025-04-06 10:30 (America/Chicago)
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
plants. Take a look at the GNOIS website page on Bayli and Briarwood,
and come meet her. https://louisianairisgnois.com/bayli/.

LOUISIANA IRIS DAY AT LONGUE VUE
2025-04-08 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
On Tuesday evening, April 8, from 4 PM to 7 PM, we return to Longue Vue for an early
gathering in the Wild Garden. This event is free to members of Greater New Orleans Iris Society and Longue Vue with registration.
Simply go to https://13403a.blackbaudhosting.com/13403a/Iris-Day.
This is a laid-back event, with refreshments, a chance to stroll through the irises and other
plants in the Wild Garden and talk to like-minded folks.
Be sure to register!!
