Native Plants Reach a Local Landmark with UNO Certification At 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 6, at the University of New Orleans (UNO) Amphitheater garden, the Louisiana Certified Habitat Program will reach a landmark when the Native Plant Initiative of Greater New Orleans (NPIGNO) certifies the 100th New Orleans area habitat. The certified habitat program […]
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Come and find us this weekend at the New Orleans Botanical Garden for the Spring Garden Show! We will be on the lawn in front of the Pavilion of the Two Sisters. Detailed Brochure 2022
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Earlier this month, NPI took a road trip to Arnaudville for Acadiana Native Plant Project’s (ANPP) Yard-to-Habitat workshop. ANPP’s website states that the workshop is “designed to help homeowners and landscapers transform property, from small yards in town to big pastures in the country, to native habitat for pollinators, birds and other wildlife and improve
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“How We Turned a Barren Construction Site Into A Gold Level Habitat In Less Than One Year” Tracey Banowetz Background Our interest in using native plants in our landscaping began over twenty five years ago as two of our hobbies – gardening and birdwatching – intertwined. For Dave, reading Noah’s Garden by Sara Stein back in
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http://www.briarwoodnp.org/ Caroline Coroneos Dormon (1888-1971) by Amy Graham of Longue Vue Gardens “I could no more have stopped studying birds, flowers, and trees and drawing them than I could have stopped breathing!” “Our swamp debutante (the iris) has become a horticultural queen, reigning in gardens around the world”, 1951 Considered Louisiana’s first conservationist and one
