Outdoor Dinners in the Botanical Garden
Posted September 3, 2020 at 9:41 AM by Amanda Frentz
Miss restaurant quality food? Want to have an amazing experience while outdoors in the fresh air? The New Orleans Botanical Garden has answered the call with two outdoor dinners scheduled in September. Guests enter through the Oscar J. Tolmas Center, greeted with a welcome cocktail, and directed to their table. At each dinner, guests will enjoy a three -course alfresco dining experience including wine and a specialty cocktail while in the magical Botanical Garden...
New Kitchen in the Garden
Posted October 3, 2019 at 4:41 PM by Amanda Frentz
The New Orleans Botanical Garden unveils its Kitchen in the Garden during the 22nd annual Fall Garden Festival Oct. 5-6. The outdoor kitchen space will be used for classes, culinary demonstrations and special events highlighting garden produce and featuring visiting chefs and instructors.
“The main reason we built this was to increase our educational programming,” Botanical Garden director Paul Soniat says. “There’s so much emphasis now on...
Undine! Chances are you recognize this sculpture but didn’t know her name!
Posted January 23, 2017 at 4:28 PM by Amanda Frentz
Lily Pond and Conservatory Rose Beds with Undine:
At the entrance to the Conservatory of the Two Sisters in the New Orleans Botanical Garden is the garden’s collection of aquatics. This pond holds a variety of tropical and hardy water lilies and other aquatics from late March to Fall.
The pool is unfiltered. Submerged plants help to keep the water clean while fish eat any mosquito larvae....
A Shade Story :: The New Orleans Botanical Garden
Posted July 13, 2015 at 11:26 AM by Amanda Frentz
Travel around New Orleans City Park this summer and you’ll be looking for some shade to rest underneath. At the New Orleans Botanical Garden – they deliver shade!
The raised beds in the Southern Shade Garden is beauty in motion with shade loving plants such as Hydrangeas, Azaleas, numerous species of ferns and several shade loving groundcovers. Tree Ferns (Cyathea cooperii), with their spreading fronds, make striking architectural focal points...
It’s Earth Day at City Park!
Posted April 10, 2015 at 10:43 AM by Amanda Frentz
Earth Day at the New Orleans Botanical Garden promises to be a great event! The event will bring live music, educational lectures, and of course delicious food, to City Park. This celebration promises: -Guidance on living a sustainable way of life: 25 local businesses and non-profit organizations that contribute to a greener way of life will have booths and will welcome questions. Whether it is growing food, food preservation, solar energy, natural products, composting, or...
A Texture Story
Posted October 13, 2014 at 12:01 PM by Amanda Frentz
From the 1930s to today, we're proud to offer the city of New Orleans carefully cultivated gardens. Open year round, twelve acres of gardens and art await you. Whether you are a local or a tourist, make sure to take a leisurely stroll through our many gardens. We know you'll see something new each visit and always leave with a smile.
The New Orleans Botanical Garden is filled with...
Undine! Chances are you recognize this sculpture but didn’t know her name
Posted January 23, 2014 at 8:04 AM by Amanda Frentz
Lily Pond and Conservatory Rose Beds with Undine: At the entrance to the Conservatory of the Two Sisters in the New Orleans Botanical Garden is the garden's collection of aquatics. This pond holds a variety of tropical and hardy water lilies and other aquatics from late March to Fall. . The pool is unfiltered. Submerged plants help to keep the water clean while fish eat any mosquito larvae. Each of the plants in the...
Cacti and succulents at the New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park
Posted November 5, 2013 at 7:20 AM by Amanda Frentz
The New Orleans Botanical Garden is a place of wonder. At every turn there is something new to look upon no matter the season. Near the middle of the Botanical Garden is a small greenhouse containing the Garden's collection of cacti and types in this vast collection.