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A Fall Festival of Arts + Garden Events in New Orleans • October – November 2009

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A New Fall Festival Showcasing the 

City’s Cultural and Natural Treasures 

Courtesy of Louise Bourgeois 

New Orleans, traditionally known for its live music and deep bowls of gumbo, is 

evolving into a city that respects its past, but is transforming itself into a contemporary, 

cosmopolitan city with a full and diverse menu of cultural, gardening, architectural, 

design and culinary offerings. Over the next two months, the city’s leading arts and 

gardens cultivators will be showcasing programs and events to establish New Orleans 

as one of the nation’s top cultural and garden destinations. 

arts+gardens+new orleans, sponsored by the Botanical 

Garden of New Orleans at City Park and the Contemporary 

Visual Arts Association of New Orleans (CVAANO), 

is a two month tour de force of the best arts and garden 

destinations and events in the city. This fall festival 

includes the launch of the “Heart of the Gardens” 

campaign and a new gardens based tour of the city 

including Longue Vue House and Gardens and the mellow Bayou St. John, 

Esplanade Ridge and Treme neighborhoods. Special exhibitions are being 

presented at area museums and art centers. Self-guided tours will bring 

visitors and residents to see unheralded public art works, gardens and markets 

throughout our vibrant, though still recovering, neighborhoods. 

The Botanical Garden and CVANNO want visitors and residents to 

share the pleasures of the city’s growing arts attractions and year round 

semi-tropical gardens, landscape and environment. Fall brings sasanquas 

and camellias, followed soon by winter blooming Japanese magnolias and 

azaleas, then spring gardenias, and magnolia grandiflora, and summer 

blooming hibiscus, oleander, crepe myrtle and fruit trees. Live oak trees 

provide a year round green canopy. 

The huge arts block party, Art for Art Sake, also kicks off the fall season 

on the first Saturday of October. The St. Claude Arts District opens on the 

second Saturday of October, October 10th, with close to two dozen, mostly 

artist-run, galleries. 

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The Botanical Garden, Longue Vue and Gray Line New Orleans 

Tours kick off the Heart of the Gardens tours and events with a Bon 

Voyage brunch and preview tours on October 11th at 11:00 am in the 

Botanical Garden. 

Special exhibitions include paintings of Louisiana landscapes, new 

architecture, earthworks and work of emerging artists at the New Orleans 

Museum of Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Louisiana ArtWorks, Ogden 

Museum, The New Orleans African American Museum, the Porch, L9 Center 

for the Arts and the McKenna Museum. The Fall Garden Show at the 

Botanical Garden on October 16 and17th includes community and artist 

designed scarecrows, many for sale. A special sculpture exhibit in City Park 

for the Voo Doo Festival will leave behind some special sculptures in the 

Botanical Garden. 

Literally hundreds of new creative young people are joining returning 

cultural producers to create an explosion of artistic talent in New Orleans. 

Planning and environmentally oriented professionals are focused on green 

building, landscaping, urban gardening and markets. As new initiatives 

continue to expand, New Orleans is becoming a national focal point, and 

model for 21st century urban centers of cultural and sustainable development. 

So hop on a bike, pack your friends in a car, catch a bus or private tour, 

and explore the exciting new and old sights, smells, sounds, tastes and joie 

de vivre of a city with a place in everyone’s heart.

Botanical Garden Invites 

The World to Enjoy The 

Gardens of New Orleans 

Launches “Heart of the Gardens” campaign and new tour on 

October 11th, at 11:00 am, in the Botanical Garden in City Park 

the Botanical Garden of New Orleans at City Park made a discovery 

not too long ago when it asked people how they felt about the garden: 

the answer came back that people loved it, but did not visit it regularly. 

Many months of garden lectures, Sunday concerts, and evening music 

events later, more people than ever are enjoying the garden. They are 

coming, not just for horticultural secrets, but also for basking in the 

Sunday afternoon sun while Charmaine Neville, Rumba Buena, Julio y Cesar, 

Sunpie Barnes or Paul Sanchez play on the Robert B. Haspel Garden Stage, 

or sipping mint juleps and mojitos while jazz and classical acts play in the 

Pavilion of the Two Sisters on Thursday nights. 

All of this while the park was turning browned-out gardens green again, 

with the help of volunteers and national foundations. Astonished visitors were 

so impressed with the transformation in the Botanical Garden, as well as 

around the city, they encouraged garden managers to share the secret of 

New Orleans’ gardens with the world. 

“We realized that the Botanical Garden is indeed the ‘Heart of the Gardens 

of New Orleans’, and started planning a campaign and tours that would 

use the Botanical Garden as a gateway for tours of the city’s gardens, green 

spaces, and neighborhoods,” said Paul Soniat, Executive Director of the garden. 

“This will give potential visitors to New Orleans, already familiar with 

our food and music, another reason to come back,” said Soniat. 

Longue Vue House and Gardens came on board immediately, joining 

a new tour that also includes the scenic Bayou St. John area, with its historic 

houses and gardens such as the Pitot House and Spanish Customs House, 

and the Esplanade Ridge/Treme area. New Orleans City Park also committed 

support, as major new park features are being readied to greet new visitors. 

Gray Line Tours provided expert guidance, and decided to develop the tour 

as their first new one since the devastation tour created after Katrina. 

“We think the gardens tour can be a major new tour, and a great way 

to move forward from the devastation tour as New Orleans rebuilds,” said 

Greg Hoffman, Vice President of Gray Line Tours of New Orleans. 

Friends of City Park and the board members of the Botanical Garden, 

and Longue Vue House and Gardens, and New Orelans City Park have all 

pitched in to make the launch on October 11th an exciting event with a great 

brunch, refreshments, Champagne toast, and preview tours. Patrons are paying 

from $50 per seat to help defray the costs of the launch and Champagne. 

Celebrate Fall in New Orleans 

Outdoor Dining in the 

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Sincere thanks to the City of New Orleans’ Parks and Parkways for its 

on-going partnership with the community and arts organizations in placing 

artwork in the public venue. Its commitment to the city’s green spaces 

assures that artwork is installed within a perfect setting. 

PARKS & GREEN SPACES 1. Palmer Park 2. Audubon Park 3. Danneel Park 4. City Park 5. Coliseum Square 6. Mississippi River Heritage Park 7. Lafayette Square 

8. Woldenberg Park 9. Jackson Square 10. Armstrong Park 11. Cabrini Park 12. Markey Park 13. Behrman Park 14. Brechtel Park 15. Pontchartrain Park 

16. Piazza d’ Italia 17. Washington Square 18. Hunter’s Field 19. Gayarre Place 20. Kruttschnett Place 21. West End Park 22. Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge 

23. Joe Brown Park 24. Lincoln Beach 25. Make It Right Site 26. Global Green’s Holy Cross Project 27. A Studio in the Woods 28. Fortier Park 29. The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden 

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ART IN PUBLIC PLACES 

19 works of art commissioned by 

the Arts Council of New Orleans 

and the Joan Mitchell Foundation 

to support the unique work 

of local artists. The project provided 

the opportunity for them to 

rebuild their artistic careers and 

contribute to the city’s recovery. 

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT 

1. 813 Howard Avenue 

DISPLACED 

Franco Alessandrini 

2. 423 Carondelet St 

ALL ABOARD 

Lou Blackwell 

3. Miss. River Heritage Park 

SCRAP HOUSE 

Sally Heller 

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 

4. Camp St. at Melpomene St. 

RISING LANDSCAPE 

Barry Bailey 

UPTOWN 

5. Children’s Resource Center 

Napoleon & Magazine Sts. 

ZOR BIRD 

Jim Sohr 

MARIGNY–BYWATER AREA 

6. Washington Square Park 

Royal St. & Frenchmen St. 

HUMs 

Marcus Brown 

HOLY CROSS AREA 

7. Jourdan St. & Dauphine St. 

LABYRINTH 

Christopher Scott Brumfield 

LOWER 9TH WARD 

8. Caffin & Claiborne Aves. 

MANDALA 

Rashida Ferdinand 

MID-CITY 

9. Perdido & S. Dorgenois St. 

CITY WATCH 

Alex Podesta 

CITY PARK-GENTILLY- 

LAKEFRONT AREA 

10. City Park 

Botanical Garden 

NO PLACE LIKE NOLA 

Ryan Ballard 

11. City Park 

City Park Ave.at Dumaine St. 

STILL STANDING 

Shannon Landis Hansen & 

Eric Hansen 

12. City Park 

Popp Fountain 

FRAGILE LAND: ROTUNDA 

Michel Varisco 

13. Longue Vue House & 

Gardens: 7 Bamboo Rd. 

UNTITLED: #6209 

Eric Dallimore 

14. Franklin Ave. & Mirtha St. 

FLOOD MARKER 

Christopher J. Saucedo 

15. West End Park 

REMEMBERING BOAT 

Raine Bedsole 

16. Dawn DeDeaux 

STePs HoME 

6363 St. Charles Ave. 

City Park Lelong Ave. 

17. Catherine Burke 

Open Air Project 

1201 Mazant at Marais St. 

2400 St. Claude Ave. 

3014 Dauphine Street 

800 Carondelet 

2601 Orleans Ave. 

112 S. Rampart St. 

18. Erica Larkin & Mitchell 

Gaudet 

Watermarks 

Elysian Fields - 12 locations 

from River to the Lake 

19. 1700 Lafreniere St. 

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN 

Paul Deo 

SCULPTURE FOR 

NEW ORLEANS 

An on-going exhibition 

placing monumental sculptures 

throughout the city from Downtown, 

Uptown and the Garden 

District to City Park and New 

Orleans Museum of Art. 

CBD – Arts District 

1. Ogden Museum 

ME, KNIFE, DIAMOND 

AND FLOWER 

James Surls 

2. Louisiana Children’s 

Museum 

GARRETT HORSE 

Karen Garrett 

3. Lafayette Square 

EYEBENCHES IV 

Courtesy of Louise Bourgeois 


BUNNY 

Tara Conley 


FLOWERS FOR THERESA 

Aria Da Capo 

6. Poydras Corridor 

ZACH’S TOWER 

John Henry 

7. Diamond Street 

BURST 

William Cannings 

8. Convention Center Blvd 

DIAMOND 

Giro Naito 

9. Hotel Le Cirque 

PLUME 

Gary Humphreys 


UNTITLED 

George Tobolowsky 


FRAY 

John Clement 


UNTITLED 

Barbara Carris 

13. N.O. Museum of Art 

FOUR AND SIX ESCARPE 

Alexander Calder 

14. N.O. Museum of Art 

OZARK BOULDERS 

Bob Tannen 

15. Xavier University 

FEEL NO EVIL 

Tom Bills 


SNAKE LADY 

Deborah Masters 


PHOTOROPE 

Dan Bergman 


PEOPLE VANE 

Herb Rosenberg 


COPPER FLAME 

Peter Lundberg 


GIRAFFE 

Ester Grillo 


SWAY 

Adam Garey 

UPTOWN 

22. Tulane University 

STARING AT THE OCEAN 

George Tobolowsky 


DASEIN COLUMN 

Steve Durow 


FULL WEIGHT 

Jeremy Jernegan 


STAIRWAY TO THE STARS 

Mark Di Suvero 


FRECKLE 

John Clement 


TIMBER 

Gene Koss 

28. Audubon Park 

TRAVELERS 

Deborah Masters 

29. Audubon Park 

CURRENT 

Beat Kriemler 

PERCENT FOR ART 

COLLECTION For more than 

20 years, the Arts Council of 

New Orleans has worked with 

city administrations and the 

community to place artwork in 

public venues to create the sense 

of place that is New Orleans. 

ALGIERS 

1. Verret and Opelousas Sts. 

IRON HOUSE 

Coral Lambert & Elijah Sproles 

2. Brechtel Park 

WOODLAND PHOENIX 

Madeleine Faust 

3. Kansas St. & Memorial Pk. Dr. 

PARK ARCH 

Steven Kline 

4. NOFD, Engine #20 

425 Opelousas Ave. 

FIRESTATION BANNER 

Douglas MacCash 

5. NORD Kiwanis Park 

CONFETTI PARK 

Steven Kline 

6. Behrman Park 

2529 Gen. Meyer Ave. 

SYNCHRONICITY 

Thomas Mann 

CENTRAL BUSINESS 

& ARTS DISTRICT 

7. N.O. Public Library 

Loyola Ave. & Gravier St. 

RAIN TOWERS 

Helen Escabedo 

8. NOFD, Engine #2 

801 Girod St. 

FIRESTATION BANNER 

Douglas MacCash 

9. Diamond St. & 

Convention Center Blvd. 

RIVER STONES 

Terry Weldon 

10. Union Passenger Terminal 

Loyola and Howard Avenues 

CURRENT WATERMARK 

Jeremy Jernigan & Steven Kline 

CITY PARK/GENTILLY/ 

LAKEFRONT AREA 

11. New Orleans Museum 

of Art 

GATES TO THE NORTH 

COURT 

Ersy Schwartz & George Dureau 

12. City Park Carousel Garden 

TOUR DU POISSON 

Patricia Hulin 

13. DeSaix Circle 

Gentilly, St. Bernard & DeSaix 

SPIRIT HOUSE 

John T. Scott and Martin Payton 

14. Pontchartrain Park 

600 blk. Press Drive 

RISING DISC 

Terry Weldon 

15. Elysian Fields Ave. 

UNO Entrance 

ALUMINUM ATTITUDES 

Arthur J. Silverman 

MID-CITY 

16. Jeff. Davis Pkwy/Canal St. 

SERPENT MOUND 

Steven Kline 

17. Creola BoldenCenter 

3600 Palm St. 

GERT TOWN MURAL 

Albert Cooper & Warrior 

Richardson 

LOWER 9TH WARD 

18. Martin Luther King Branch 

N.O. Public Library 

1617 Caffin Ave. 

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 

Martin Payton 

ANCESTORS 

Clifton G. Webb 

NEW ORLEANS EAST 

19. Alcee Fortier and Chef 

Mentuer Highway 

CROSSINGS 

David Tureau 

20. Joe Brown Park 

5601 Read Blvd. 

FAUNA TIME PIECE 

Brian Borello 

UPTOWN 

21. Kingsley House Courtyard 

1600 Constance Street 

N.O. CULTURAL GUMBO 

Larry Daniel Nevil 

22. Audubon Zoo 

PASSIVE TRANSPORT II 

Elizabeth Shannon 

23. Audubon Riverfront Batture 

A STAGE FOR VIEWING 

Steven Kline & Michael Nius 

24. Professor Longhair Square 

Tchoupitoulas & Napoleon 

FESS 

David Tureau 

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS 

New Orleans has more than 75 

public sculptures honoring a noted 

person or an historic event. 

Placed in parks and parkways, 

the artwork acts as placemakers 

and wayfinders for residents and 

visitors. Many of these decadesold 

pieces need conservation. 

Monumental Task Committee, 

Inc. is spearheading this preservation 

effort. 

CENTRAL BUSINESS 

DISTRICT – ARTS DISTRICT 


HENRY CLAY 

Hyram Powers 


BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 

Hyram Powers 


JOHN McDONOGH 

Attillo Picirilli 

4. 600 Loyola Ave. 

CANCER SURVIVOR PARK 

Victor Salmones 

FRENCH QUARTER/ 

TREME AREA 

5. Decatur St. & St. Louis St. 

BIENVILLE 

Angela Gregory 

6. Woldenberg Park 

AQUADIC PARADE 

Ida Kohlmeyer 

7. Woldenberg Park 

RIVERSONG 

John T. Scott 

8. Decatur St. & St. Philip 

Jean d’ Arc 

Emmanuel Fremiet 

9. Armstrong Park 

South Rampart St. 

LOUIS ARMSTRONG 

Elizabeth Catlett 

10. Armstrong Park 

South Rampart St. 

SIDNEY BECHET 

11. Canal St. & Elks Place 

Molly Marine 

Emrique Alferez 

ST. CHARLES AVENUE/ 

LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT 

12. Lee Circle 

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE 

Alexander Doyle 

13. Lee Circle 

N.E.W.S. COMPASS AT 

LEE CIRCLE 

Robert Tannen 

14. Coliseum Square 

Camp and Prytania at Clio 

MARGARET HAUGHERY 


MID-CITY 

15. Canal St. & Jefferson Davis Pkw. 

JEFFERSON DAVIS 

Edward V. Valentine 

CITY PARK AREA 

16. Esplanade Ave. at Bayou Rd. 

GAYARRE PLACE MONUMENT 

17. Lelong Ave. Wisner Blvd. 

P.G.T. BEAUREGARD 


The Sydney and Walda Besthoff 

Sculpture Garden in City 

Park is home to 50+ sculptures 

by some of the great master 

sculptors of the 20th century 

from around the world. 

www.noma.org 

Only a representative number 

of artworks could be included, 

for more sites visit: 

artscouncilofneworleans.org 

The essence of New Orleans is 

in its arts, its culture, its rich heritage 

and lush environment. The 

arts bring life to our community, 

and in New Orleans, the arts are 

all around us. We are reminded 

of who we are and what makes 

our city unique. 

Public art reflects the local 

environment, cultural values, 

and the artistic vitality of the 

community in which it exists. 

Public art enhances the quality 

of life for citizens by encouraging 

a heightened sense of 

place, enhancing a community’s 

prestige and enlivening the 

quality of the built environment. 

The Arts Council of New Orleans 

is a private, non-profit organization 

designated as the City’s 

official arts agency. Now in 

its 34th year, the Arts Council 

works in partnership with the 

City of New Orleans, community 

groups, local, state, and 

national governmental agencies, 

and other nonprofit arts 

organizations and businesses 

to meet the arts and cultural 

needs of the greater New Orleans 

region through diverse initiatives 

and services. 


Calendar of Events and Programs 

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Now-November 15, Contemporary 

Arts Center: Innovative new housing 

designs being built in the 9th Ward 

by the Make it Right Foundation, and 

rain garden. www.cacno.org 

Now through January 2010, 

Exhibition, Lousiana ArtWorks: 

Who Loves a Garden Still His 

Eden Keeps: Group Exhibition with 

Kenneth Baskin, Stephen Collier, Ben 

Diller, Kathryn Hunter, Kelli Scott Kelly 

and Deborah Masters. 

www.louisianaartworks.org 

October 10, second Saturdays, 

on St. Claude Avenue: 20+ new 

galleries open the fall season with an 

art walk, affordable art works, great 

young crowds. www.scadnola.com 

Now-November: Longue Vue 

House and Garden food and wine 

tastings, childrens programs such as 

“Little Masters at Longue Vue”, and lectures. 

www.longuevue.com 

Now – January 2, “African Cultural 

Connections”, The New Orleans 

African American Museum: African 

art, including pieces from SUNO 

restored from floodwaters; “Charles 

Simms: Visions of New Orleans,” 

large acrylic on canvass works painted 

en plein air of vernacular New Orleans 

culture and architecture. 1418 Gov. 

Nicholls St. www.noaam.info 

October 10, second Saturdays, 

Sankofa Marketplace: Lower 9th 

Ward: Crafts, artists’ demonstrations, 

music, fresh produce, wild caught Louisiana 

shrimp and rebuilding agencies. 

www.sankofamarketplace.org 

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October 10 & 11, Gentilly Fest: 

Live music, food from local restaurants, 

fine arts and crafts, children’s 

activities, services. www.gentillyfest.org 

October 11, “HEART OF THE 

GARDENS” Bon Voyage Launch: 

The New Orleans Botanical Garden 

launches a campaign to celebrate 

the city’s unique gardens, with a Bon 

Voyage Brunch and Tours of the 

Botanical Garden, City Park, the 

Bayou St. John, Esplanade Ridge 

and Treme neighborhoods, and 

Longue Vue House and Gardens 

with Gray Line Tours. 

www.neworleanscitypark.com 

October 14 & Wednesdays: 

Harrison Avenue Market: A family 

event with 75+ food and crafts vendors, 

across from Starbucks, 5:00 pm. 

October 17 & 18, Fall Garden 

Show at the New Orleans Botanical 

Garden in City Park, 

featuring Funky and Fabulous 

Scarecrows made by artists, school 

children, and community groups, 

many for sale. Special harvest 

culinary treats. 


October 17 – February 28 Exhibition 

of William Woodward’s 

Louisiana landscapes at New 

Orleans Museum of Art: Paintings 

from the NOMA and Historic New 

Orleans collections that recall our 

natural heritage. www.noma.org 

October 17 & November 21 

Third Saturdays, Bywater Art 

Market. Highly juried, original 

works of art at affordable prices. 

October 17 & 18: Crescent City 

Blues and BBQ Festival in Lafayette 

Square with crafts bazaar: 

Presented by the New Orleans Jazz and 

Heritage Foundation. 

www.jazzandheritage.org 

October 24, Louisiana ArtWorks: 

ArtStar Party with Open Studios, 8–11pm. 

www.louisianaartworks.org 

October 30-November 1, Voo 

Doo Festival in City Park, The 

weekend of Halloween features multistage 

live music and a unique public 

art sculpture show presented by KK 

Projects/Life is Art. 

www.thevoodooexperience.com 

and www.kkprojects.org 

October 31 & November 28–29 

Last Saturdays, Arts Market of 

New Orleans Presented by the Arts 

Council of New Orleans: Palmer Park, 

10:00am to 4:00pm with handmade, 

affordable art by over 100 artists, live 

music and more. 

www.artscouncilofneworleans.org 

All of October, Oktoberfest: 

Regional harvest feasts with new 

boutique beers. With over a thousand 

restaurants, many opened since 

Katrina, and more per head than any 

other city in America, New Orleans is 

the perfect food and party destination. 

www.nolafunguide.com 

November 1, All Saints Day: New 

Orleanians visit cemeteries with arms 

full of flowers to honor their ancestors 

and our cultural heritage. 

www.saveourcemeteries.org 

November 7 – November 31: 

Southern Landscapes from the 

Permanent Collection at the 

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. 

Work from 1890 to present exhibits 

the diversity, and vitality of landscape 

painting, including Elmore Morgan 

Jr., Lulu King Saxon, Julian Onderdonk, 

Clarence Millet, and others. 

www.ogdenmuseum.org 

November 14, Opening party 

at the Botanical Garden for the 

exhibition of holiday sculptures 

exhibition curated by KK Projects/ 

Life is Art: Contemporary art spin 

on holiday spirit and color. 

www.neworleanscitypark.com and 

www.kkprojects.org 

November 14, Education Series- 

New Orleans Botanical Garden 

Trial and Display Gardens: 

New varieties of annual plants and 

in-house trials, also including a display 

of many Salvias from the Herb Society 

of America. Tour of new varieties of 

petunias for 2010 release. 


November 28, Celebration in the 

Oaks: The annual holiday lighting 

exhibit and festival returns with old 

favorites and new attractions. 


For more events and sites see: www.findartnola.com

New Orleans Develops Lesson Plan 

for Sustainable, Green Living 

as New Orleans residents continue to rebuild following 

Hurricane Katrina, citizens, planners and developers have 

increasingly looked to green materials and construction 

techniques to drive redevelopment. Organizations, such as 

Global Green USA, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Make 

It Right, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade and many others, are taking the lead 

in developing sustainable building and landscaping models. 

Global Green USA’s Holy Cross Project demonstrates that sustainable 

building practices can provide affordable, comfortable and attractive 

housing. The project includes 3 single-family homes now finished, one 

open to the public, and two more to be built soon; an 18-unit apartment 

building and a community center, all to meet the highest national green 

building standards. Global Green’s Green Guide presents hundreds of local 

vendors who sell green building and landscaping products, (see globalgreen.org). 

Similarly, the Alliance for Affordable Energy is focusing its efforts in 

New Orleans on energy-efficiency home improvements, green building 

design, workforce training and solar technology. 

Homeowners and builders are using green landscaping and gardening 

techniques for protection against the ravages of increasing gulf coast storms. 

Global Green’s model home includes a green roof and green wall. Make it Right 

has created “rain gardens” where plantings absorb water in swales, protecting 

home sites. Make it Right’s web site offers a guide on creating rain gardens at 

makeitrightnola.org. Tulane University has also built a Green Pavilion with 

a green wall and surrounding wetlands now on view in the Botanical Garden. 

An unprecedented opportunity to rebuild a city using sustainable practices, has 

allowed New Orleans to become a national model for green building initiatives. 

We Grow Our City 

First with Gardens 

after Katrina, returning New Orleanians counted their 

neighbors by lights in homes at night, and new plantings 

in front of homes during the day. Many can recount the 

apocalyptic feel of a city browned out by flood waters. 

Newly blooming shrubs, trees and flowers in front of 

homes gave people a lift in their spirits, even in the most devastated 

neighborhoods. Neighbors also joined hands to plant public spaces, 

gardens and neutral grounds. 

The Neighborhoods Partnership Network and Preservation 

Resource Center are compiling a list of gardens, small and large, in 

every neighborhood of the city to celebrate this optimistic commitment 

to the city’s future. 

Please send your suggestions, with addresses, names of property 

owners and photos if possible to trumpet@npnnola.com, or 

mkimball@prcno.org. 

Photo: Garden of Adolf and Nadja Bynum 

HISTORIC HOME, 

COURTYARD & INN 

2306 Esplande Ave • New Orleans • (504) 821-5009 

www.degashouse.com 

Arts, Food and Flea Markets draw visitors 

to Neighborhoods Around New Orleans 

the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has seen the emergence of a 

unique grassroots movement towards sustainable building, gardening, 

landscaping, and yes, eating. Locally produced organic food is in 

high demand at markets throughout the city, some long-standing, 

others that have popped up since Katrina. Each offer a unique mix 

of arts, crafts, food and vintage and recycled items in a festive setting 

that reflects the neighborhoods that house them. Citizens are using the 

markets as drivers of revitalization and community development. 

Some of the newest, the Sankofa Marketplace of the Lower 9th Ward, 

the Broad Street Flea and Bazaar, the Lakeview, Gentilly and Gretna markets, 

have also offered information stations where agencies have provided 

assistance to returning residents. The more established markets, such as 

the French Market, Freret Street Market, and Arts Market of New Orleans 

at Palmer Park, have returned with reassuring full-force presentations of 

crafts, music or food. Farmers markets such as those at the American 

Can Company, CBD on Gravier Street, and at Uptown Square are more 

popular than ever for their sustainable, locally produced fare. The newer 

Hollygrove market has been building a steady base of customers seeking 

a box load of farm fresh groceries every week. 

With urban farming on the rise, we can expect to see more products 

emerging from the gardens of New Orleanians right in town. 

See crescentcityfarmersmarket.org/index for comprehensive list of markets. 

Broad Street Flea 

& Bazaar 

October 10th & Second Saturdays 

Bienville & Broad • 11am – 4pm 

Old & New Treasures 

Refreshments, Music & More 

Brewhaha Festival 

November 14th, 11am – 6pm 

Celebrating New Orleans Beer & Coffee History 

504.561.7495 


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Credits & Links 

Presenters and Sponsors 

Arts Council of New Orleans • artscouncilofneworleans.org 

Botanical Garden of New Orleans at City Park, Board of Commissioners • neworleanscitypark.com 

City Park, Board of Commissioners, Friends of City Park • neworleanscitypark.com 

Contemporary Visual Arts Association of New Orleans (CVAANO) • findartnola.com 

Gray Line Tours of New Orleans • graylineneworleans.com 

Joan Mitchell Foundation • joanmitchellfoundation.org 

Longue Vue House & Gardens • longuevue.com 

New Orleans Museum of Art • noma.org 

Sculpture for New Orleans • sculptureforneworleans.org 

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Produced by Creative Industry • creativeindustryusa.com 

Special section by Creative Industry 

Editor: Jeanne Nathan – Assistant Editors: Meghan Quinn, Coeli Hilferty 

Writers: Joey Lehrman, Arianne Torres Schneider 

Photography: Jeanne Nathan 

Design: Scott Bicking 

Tour Development: Morgan Molthrop, Renee Peck

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