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Celebrating Native Plants

Guest Contribution by Megan Dwyer of  The Plant Gallery Native plants are plants that have existed for many years and that occur naturally in our local landscape. They can be trees, flowers, grasses, shrubs, and small bedding plants. Due to…

Our last tree of the season!

  We are thrilled to announce that we reached our goal of planting 600 large native trees this season! Between November 2017 and March 2018, over 527 local volunteers rallied to plant in the Mid-City, Algiers, Broadmoor, Freret and Climana…

GROWTH VS. GREEN

Southern China’s Pearl River Delta used to be lined by coastal mangrove forests that slowed down storm winds, filtered the water, absorbed carbon and lowered ambient temperatures. Today about 70% of the mangrove swamps have been infilled and paved over.…

Are Trees Really That Valuable?

Sure they are- but only when trees are planted properly and survive. This article discusses lessons learned from Sacramento’s urban forest. Let us know what YOU think about survivorship of trees in New Orleans’ urban forest. Read the article.