URBAN GARDENER AT PARKWAY PARTNERS

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URBAN GARDENER AT PARKWAY PARTNERS

 

Join your friends on Saturday, June 11 for 2nd Saturday.

urbangardener1Urban Gardener, Caroline O’Brien will discuss Organic Gardening. Learn about soil amendments, weed and pest control and crop layout to produce fresh organics from your own garden.

Saturday, June 11 | Gates open from 9am-noon

Caroline O’Brien speaks at 10am inside Parkway Partners

1137 Baronne St in Central City

For sale at the greenhouse: Angelonia, Bee balm, Cleome, Passion flower, Pentas, zinnias and native milk weed.

Peppers, squash, eggplant and sugar cane.

Keep mosquitos at bay with lemon balm, citronella, Rosemary, geraniums, peppermint .

Termites are flying! Have your trees treated TODAY to avoid destruction of your urban forest. *Orders are first come, first served.

Place your orders and pay online.

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Mission:

Parkway Partners is a non-profit organization that empowers citizens to preserve, maintain and beautify greenspace in New Orleans.

History:

The organization was founded by citizen action in 1982 in response to massive budget cuts to the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways. Parkway Partners began its work by adopting out neutral grounds to citizens for maintenance. Today it supports extensive programming throughout Orleans Parish, including:
•+45 community gardens/urban farms
•11 public schoolyard gardens
•+11,500 trees planted since Hurricane Katrina
•+600 neutral grounds adopted
•Thousands of trees preserved through annual treatment and fertilization
•Development and restoration of multiple parks, including Cancer Survivor’s Plaza, Lee Circle, Jackson Square, Washington Square and Palmer Park
•Monthly educational series, 2nd Saturdays
•Annual Tree and Plant Sale in partnership with the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways
•Annual Tree Troopers educational series, since 2006

http://parkwaypartnersnola.org/

PRUNING WITH A PURPOSE THIS SATURDAY

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Pruning With Purpose by Lee Rouse at Parkway Partners this Saturday, January 9, 2016

Parkway Partners | 1137 Baronne | New Orleans

This Saturday, January 9,
Gates are open from 9 am – noon at Parkway Partners.

leerouseLee Rouse, LSU Ag Center Horticultural County Agent will make a classroom presentation and a hands-on demonstration at 10 am in the garden about “Pruning With Purpose.” Learn how to protect your plants from stress and disease, and maximize their beauty through proper pruning techniques.

For sale at the greenhouse: citrus and fruit trees, Louisiana Super Plants, Amazon Dianthus, Columbine, Foxglove, Frostproof Gardenia, Drift Roses, and Queen Palms. Spruce up your vegetable garden with winter vegetable starts, including lettuces, greens, broccoli and herbs.

Parkway Partners | 1137 Baronne | New Orleans

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City Takes Quick Action

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treedown2015dec18The tree in front of 3309 Grand Route Saint John has been dying for quite some time. Recently, small parts of the tree have been falling on cars parked under or near the tree. This morning, a large branch ended up in the street.

I called 311 and within 30 minutes, Chief Urban Forester Bob Richards with the City of New Orleansbobrichards-bw-2015dec18 drove up in a white City pickup truck. He hopped out, grabbed the chain saw he brought with him and within just a few minutes had the pieces of the large branch loaded up in the truck.

Bob said he’ll be sending in a work order for the rest of the tree since it is clearly dead and poses a hazard to citizens. Many thanks to 311 and Bob Richards for their quick action on this hazardous situation.

This situation drives home the importance of planting the correct tree between the sidewalk and the street.

Please consider the trees in the list below when considering a tree to plant between the sidewalk and the street:

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The most important consideration in planting trees and shrubs is the planting depth. Don’t plant too deep! Plant all trees and shrubs about one inch above the surface of the existing soil. No dirt should be placed on top of the existing roots and nursery soil so as to not smother the root system. Mulch well, leaving a two inch gap around the caliper(s) of the plant.For the most efficient use of water, construct an earthen berm two to three inches high around the drip zone area of the plant after planting. Water in well after planting!

PLANT IT LOW, IT WON’T GROW | PLANT IT HIGH, IT WON’T DIE

Want more information on what to plant between the sidewalk and the street?
Contact Parkway Partners at:
Phone: (504) 620-2224
Fax: (504) 620-2225
[email protected]

The Department of Parks and Parkways maintains all City trees. These include trees on public property such as neutral grounds and in parks, and trees between the sidewalk and street.

Employees at the Department of Parks and Parkways perform an enormous number of tasks to maintain and upgrade public green spaces, and to re-green and beautify New Orleans. These include:

Tree Trimming, Planting & Removal
Permitting Work on Public Trees
Mowing, Edging, Weeding, Trimming and Planting on Neutral Grounds
Maintaining equipment and facilities in Parkways parks
Annual Tree Sale
Work closely with neighborhood groups and volunteer groups both local and from out of town

The Parkways team consists of licensed arborists, licensed horticulturalists, golf course professionals, licensed landscape architects, grounds keeping specialists and the hard-working arboreal and grounds maintenance teams.

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I am extremely grateful to the representative at 311 and to Bob Richards at Parks and Parkways for their quick action on the dead tree at 3309 Grand Route Saint John that was clearly posing a hazard to citizens.

Charlie London
Content Strategist for…
https://fsjna.org | http://katrinafilm.com
http://faubourgstjohn.nextdoor.com
http://facebook.com/faubourgstjohn

http://faubourgstjohn.net

Green Keepers

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*Green Keepers*, an educational series offering instruction to New
Orleanians so they can better understand how green infrastructure works,
and their role in using these practices to most effectively live with
stormwater, rather than in spite of it.

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Tired of this every time it rains?

We are, too. That’s why we are hosting our first educational series, Green Keepers, about green infrastructure and how it can drastically improve how we live with stormwater in New Orleans.

Did you know that our city is home to many experts on the subject of stormwater management?  These talented people will be presenting at Green Keepers, so sign-up and learn how to make changes at home, in your community, and across this beautiful city so that we can live WITH our stormwater, rather than in spite of it.

Click HERE for the schedule and curriculum.

Sign-up HERE.  Remember we have a maximum enrollment of 40 people.  By enrolling you are committing to attend every session.

We extend our gratitude to the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans

for funding this project through its Green Infrastructure Initiative!

Sign-up HERE.

Tuesday, September 9 | 5-8 pm | Botanical Gardens Garden Study Club

Session 1: Introduction to Green Infrastructure | presented by Joe Evans, Evans + Lighter

What is Green Infrastructure anyway? Why is it important? Learn how our stormwater system currently works, and how Green Infrastructure can alleviate the stress we put on pumps and traditional drainage system?

Session 2: Plants for Green Instructure | presented by Dana Brown, Dana Brown & Associates

How can the right trees and plants can help alleviate flooding issues? Which plants are best, and which are worst?  We will start in the classroom and then tour City Park, discussing the best and worst plant materials for Green Infrastructure.

Wednesday, September 10 | 5-8 pm | Rosa F. Keller Library & Community Center

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Session 1: Vertical Gardens & Rooftop Gardens | presented by Emily Bullock, Spackman, Mossop and Michaels

What are vertical gardens & rooftop gardens?  Can they work in New Orleans?  Can I build them at home? Bullock will take us on a tour of her firm’s design and installation at Keller Library which captures and reuses rainwater.

Session 2: Concrete and Permeability | presented by Dana Eness, The Urban Conservancy

Hey, what’s wrong with the concrete paving that covers my driveway and yard?  (Well, actually a lot.)  Come and learn more about the enormous impact concrete and other impermeable surfaces have on our flooding problems.  Don’t worry, we’ll teach you about solutions!

Saturday, September  13 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Magellan Street Garden

Only Session: Green Infrastructure at Urban Farms & Community Gardens | presented by Dan Etheridge, Colective + Tony Lee, Garden Founder & Lead Gardener

Dan Etheridge will discuss the garden’s design and how the water systems function. Tony Lee will talk about his experience as a grower before and after his garden was redone.

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Wednesday, September  17 | 5-8pm | Botanical Gardens Garden Study Center

Only Session: Bioswales & Rain Gardens | presented by Dana Brown, Dana Brown & Associates

Learn about these beautiful and effective ways to store rainwater, how to construct them, and which plants are most effective. After a classroom session we will tour projects Brown’s firm has installed in City Park, learn how they work, and learn how to install similar projects at home.

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Saturday, September 20 | 11 am-2:30pm | the ReFresh Community Farm

Session 1: Small-Scale Water Catchment | presented by Hilarie Shackai, Gentilly Rainwater Harvesting Program

Learn hands-on how to build and install rain barrels at home! Shackai will take us outside and install a rain barrel for the brand new ReFresh Community Farm to use in watering their crops.

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Session 2: Large-Scale Water Catchment | presented by Joe Evans, Evans + Lighter

After a classroom discussion we will tour one of Evans’ designs/installations and learn how to capture large amounts of rainwater and reuse it for watering landscapes and other purposes.

 

Sign-up HERE.

Trees, Bees and Buckmoth Caterpillars

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THIS SATURDAY, April 13th

Backyard Beekeeping

Gates are open from 9am – noon

 

Urban beekeeping expert, Russell Harris, speaks at 10am.  Come learn how to start your own colony of bees and keep this indispensible species thriving in New Orleans. 

 

Available at the Greenhouse: Vegetables, herbs, LA SuperPlants and lots of color.  Special sale on trees.

 

Arrive early to get a seat!

 

 

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They have arrived.  
 
The noxious Buckmoth Caterpillars have been active in Oak Trees throughout New Orleans.  
 
You still have time to sign up for tree treatments at Parkway Partners, including spraying for the Buckmoth Caterpillar.
 
   
 
Spraying for these pests protects your trees, and yourself and your pets from their painful sting.


Contact Burdette to sign up for Buckmoth Caterpillar spraying, Termite treatment and tree Fertilization.

 
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Got Trees?
 
In partnership with St. Claude Main Street and the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways, we will soon be planting street trees along St. Claude Avenue in the Bywater and Marigny in an effort to ReLeaf these neighborhoods. 
 
If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Susannah for more information.
 
Or if you are a business on St. Claude, contact Michael at St. Claude Main Street for the great incentive he is offering businesses on the corridor.
 
 
 
Parkway Partners | 1137 Baronne St. | New Orleans | LA | 70113

Garden Up

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photos by Charlie London
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Lots of helpful neighbors turned out to
help renew the Faubourg St. John Community Garden!


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Click on the flyer by Michael Cohn for a PDF.

Please join your neighbors at the Faubourg St. John Community Garden at the corner of St. Philip and North Dupre for a clean up day on Saturday, March 23rd from 9 to noon.

There will be tasks for all ages and abilities, including weeding, raking, mowing, painting, general carpentry repair along with general clean up of the site.

Channel your inner gardener while giving back to the community.

Free coffee, snacks and fun. Please bring a rake, broom, shove or basic repair tools to help give the garden a fresh start!

See you March 23rd from 9 a.m. until noon.

Pictured above is Faubourg St. John’s Community Garden
at St. Philip and North Dupre.

Parkway Partners Poinsettias

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Parkway Partners is a non-profit organization whose mission is to empower residents to improve their communities through the preservation, maintenance and beautification of neutral grounds, urban gardens, green spaces, playgrounds, parks and the urban forest in New Orleans.

Learn more about Parkway Parters at http://parkwaypartnersnola.org/

Parkway Partners December Newsletter

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Check your home landscape for Buck Moths pictured left. They are a sure sign of the need to treat your trees..

Parkway Partners offers the Save Our Trees program to care for trees: spraying, termite treatment and fertilization. Information will be mailed and posted to our website in January.

The insects are commonly found in deciduous trees like Oaks, Willows, Wild Cherries, and shrubs like azaleas, and are known to strip a landscape of its leaves. Older trees are especially prone to dying from an infestation, while younger trees often recover. However due to the caterpillars’ intense sting, people usually prefer to eradicate their landscape of these unwanted pests.

Now is the time to prune your trees.

Young trees should be studiously addressed to achieve the desired shape and encourage the dominant leader without bark inclusions. Please see the American Grove article for further information.

To view the rest of the December, 2012 issue of the Parkway Partners newsletter, please visit the link below:
http://tinyurl.com/ParkwayPartners2012dec

Be a Tree Trooper

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by Charlie London

Parkway Partners to Announce Five-Year Plan to Further Reforest Orleans Parish and Strengthen Neighborhoods.

30th Anniversary Celebration Will Kick Off Even Greater Public-Private Preservation,
Beautification and Maintenance

TIME: 10:00AM
WHEN: Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012
WHERE: New Orleans Healing Center
2372 St. Claude Ave.

I contacted Jean Fahr of Parkway Partners who said that New Orleans is the most deforested city in America because of Hurricane Katrina. Parkway Partners has already put over 10,000 trees in the ground and is going to put over 10,000 more over the next five years.

How can you help? Be a Tree Trooper!

Parkway Partners, in collaboration with The City of New Orleans’ Department of Parks and Parkways, has created the highly respected Tree Troopers Training. This 12-hour training course is held once a year and is free and open to the public!

Topics range from tree selection, to proper planting and pruning techniques, watering, pest and disease control, and garnering community support.

Trained Tree Troopers then take their knowledge back to their communities and spearhead tree plantings, maintenance and pest control, thus improving their own neighborhoods. Besides replanting trees, this program is a community builder, bringing neighbors together while teaching environmental responsibility and ownership.

Parkway Partners always tries to enlist trained Tree Troopers when it plants trees in a neighborhood, as this better ensures the survival and longevity of the trees.

Monday, September 10 – Wednesday, September 12, 4-7pm at The New Orleans Healing Center, and Saturday, September 15 at Parkway Partners, time TBD.

For more information, please click here or on the tree above.