| Last updated on May 7, 2003 |
The mission of the New Orleans Botanical Garden is to cultivate, promote, and inspire the knowledge, love, and appreciation of plants through educational programs and exhibits and to evaluate, introduce, and distribute new plant materials suitable for cultivation in the Gulf-South Region of the United States.
Description:
The New Orleans Botanical Garden strives to be the center of horticultural excellence for the Gulf South. The garden's upcoming plans are simple: to preserve the past of this valuable WPA garden while enhancing it to achieve an accredited public educational facility where visitors can study first hand the green culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region. A botanical garden is to plants what an art museum is to art. The Garden and City Park receive no operating funds from the city or state. As such, volunteers are critical to help us maintain the garden as a revenue source to help with operation of the park and its attractions.
History:
Originally known as the City Park Rose Garden, the garden opened in 1936 as New Orleans' first public classical garden combining both art and nature. It is one of the few remaining examples of public garden design from the WPA and Art Deco Period.
Reborn as the New Orleans Botanical Garden in the early 1980s, today's garden contains over 2,000 varieties of plants.
Contact person: Andrea Painter, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (504)483-9485
Address:
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Mailing- 1 Palm Dr
New Orleans, LA 70124
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Web Site: http://www.neworleanscitypark.com/garden
Directions:
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The garden entrance is located at the Pavilion of the Two Sisters on Victory Avenue in City Park behind the New Orleans Museum of Art and across Victory Avenue from the City Park Tennis Center. Volunteers should enter at the. . . (more)
Nearest Bus Stop: Esplanade and Wisner, 5 minute walk |
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