Native Plant Initiative of Greater New Orleans

Planting at Lafitte Greenway Roundabout
2025-10-16 16:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
Thursday, October 16, Plant 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Lafitte Greenway Roundabout (Lafitte Greenway at Norman C. Francis Parkway in New Orleans). The greenway is a 2.6-mile bike and pedestrian path that connects neighborhoods, serves as a transportation corridor, and features stormwater management practices. At the planting party NPI will help add 20 native species to the roundabout garden: the Greenway is about to get a whole lot greener! BONUS: The Crescent City Farmers Market happens on the Greenway at Lafitte Avenue and Norman C. Francis Parkway 3:00-7:00 p.m. on October 16 too!

Pull & Prune at Rosa Keller Library
2025-11-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Rosa F. Keller Library & Community Center, 4300 South Broad in New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 70114-1389, United States

Vote for NPI board members
2025-12-04 - 2025-12-06
VOTE NATIVE – NPI members can vote digitally or in person for NPI president, secretary, and two members of the board of directors December 4-6. To check your membership status or to join NPI, go to the NPI Join It link.

VOTE ONLINE – NPI member can vote via a digital ballot that will be sent to all NPI members on Thursday, December 4. Digital voting ends at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 6.
VOTE IN PERSON – NPI members can vote in person at the December 6 meeting (see the For Your Calendar section above).

December NPI MEETING WITH TOUR AND PAPER-MAKING WORKSHOP AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY
2025-12-06 09:00 - 12:00
NPI MEETING WITH TOUR AND PAPER-MAKING WORKSHOP AT XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, 3520 LOWERLINE STREET, NEW ORLEANS – Recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree Campus and dedicated to planting natives on its campus, Xavier University is a showplace for Louisiana greenery AND is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2025!
Meet, greet, explore the Native Art Garden at the Art Village, and learn how to make paper from native plants from a Xavier professor (see the campus map for Art Village and parking locations). As always, anyone and everyone (NPI member or not) is welcome to attend the meeting and to share native plants and seeds.

Prune and Pull Lafitte Greenway
2025-12-09 15:00 - 17:00
PULL & PRUNE – Volunteer days are on the second Tuesday of the month and alternate monthly between the Lafitte Greenway Roundabout and Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center. Local garden consultants and native plants maintenance team leaders Whimscapes are on hand to direct the work. No sign up required.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, Pull & Prune 3:00-5:00 p.m. at the Lafitte Greenway Roundabout (Lafitte Greenway at Norman C. Francis Parkway in New Orleans). The greenway is a 2.6-mile bike and pedestrian path that connects neighborhoods, serves as a transportation corridor, and features stormwater management practices.

Prepping and Planting at Washington Square Park
2025-12-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-12-14 11:00 - 13:00
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Prepping and Planting at Washington Square Park (700 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans) Join the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association and New Orleans Parks and Parkways to prep on Saturday, plant on Sunday, and create a native plants showplace in one of the city’s most visible public spaces. No sign up required.

Gardening in Longue Vue's Native wildflower path
2025-12-18 08:30 - 10:30
Join us the second to last Thursday of each month, 8:30 – 10:30 at Longue Vue, 7 Bamboo Road.
Gardening work will take place along the path of Native Wildflowers. Come dig alongside the garden staff in beautiful Longue Vue’s gardens!
Bring your water bottle, gloves, hats, and any other proper attire.
For questions and to sign up, please email Lee at lgradiz@longuevue.com

Volunteer Call for Longue Vue's Wildflower Path
2025-12-18 08:30 - 10:30

Prune and Pull Rosa Keller Library
2026-01-13 15:00 - 17:00
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, Pull & Prune 3:00-5:00 p.m. at Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center (4300 South Broad in New Orleans). The garden features a bioswale with native plants and trees that reduces stormwater runoff, brightens the neighborhood with year-round blooms and pollinators, and showcases the teamwork of NPI, the New Orleans Public Library system, the Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans, and the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways.
