New Orleans City Park Named Among Best Things to Do with the Kids in New Orleans
Posted May 20, 2019 at 1:54 PM by Amanda Frentz
This month USA Today 10 Best named New Orleans City Park among the ‘Ten Best Things to Do with the Kids in New Orleans’. With its many attractions, events, and open green spaces, City Park’s 1300 acres is a dream destination for anyone year-round.
The website singled out: the New Orleans Botanical Garden, the New Orleans Museum of Art, Storyland, Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, and pointed out the 1300 acres for...
New Orleans City Park Named one of the Best City Parks in America
Posted May 15, 2019 at 2:51 PM by Amanda Frentz
This month Thrillist compiled The 18 Best City Parks in America. New Orleans City Park is proud to be named one of 18 ‘best city parks’. With its many attractions, events, and open green spaces, City Park’s 1300 acres is a dream destination for anyone year-round.
The website singled out: Storyland, Carousel Gardens Amusement Park, the New Orleans Botanical Garden, Couturie Forest, the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Sydney...
Earth Day and Swing in the Oaks
Posted April 10, 2019 at 10:03 AM by Amanda Frentz
Join us for a big celebration with two free events in the Park: Earth Day and Swing in the Oaks.
Celebrate the earth and learn how we can build a healthier relationship with our natural spaces. The event will have exhibitors, activities for children, live music, crafts, cooking demonstrations, and of course delicious food. The event will take place in the New Orleans Botanical Garden. This celebration promises: -Guidance on leading a...
14,000 tulips have bloomed at Big Lake in New Orleans City Park.
Posted February 20, 2019 at 1:31 PM by Amanda Frentz
They're blooming!
14,000 tulips have bloomed at Big Lake in New Orleans City Park. Planted in mid-January 2019, the flowers started blooming last week and are in full bloom now. The City Park Horticulture Department plants each bulb by hand with great care and it takes the team of six over 20 hours from start to finish.
New this year: We redesigned the ropes between the blooms and the public. Now you...
Great Backyard Bird Count
Posted February 15, 2019 at 12:23 PM by Amanda Frentz
We want to see how many birds the public can find this weekend for the Great Backyard Bird Count! Launched in 1998 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, the Great Backyard Bird Count was the first online citizen-science project to collect data on wild birds and to display results in near real-time. Now, more than 160,000 people of all ages and walks of life worldwide join the four-day count each February to...