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Donation Spotlight: Compost from Westward Productions!

April 7, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

Donation Spotlight: Compost from Westward Productions!

We are grateful to Westward Productions for their donation of compost to the Green Light New Orleans Backyard Garden program. Westward recently wrapped filming “The First,” where the production operated a green set and office dedicated to minimizing carbon emissions and single … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Green Light New Orleans, Green Light Spotlight, Gulf Coast, Uncategorized Tagged With: Community, garden, greenlightgardener, GreenLightNewOrleans, growyourown, Living Sustainably, Spotlight, teaching garden

April Garden

April 5, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

April Garden

It's April and the weather is just perfect! Here's what we've been up to at the Edible Teaching Garden. We grew seedlings of Brandywine Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Parsley, Cilantro, and Bell Peppers last month and have been putting them in our freshly composted beds. We give the … [Read more...]

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Volunteer Spotlight: Jackie and Ben

March 27, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

Volunteer Spotlight: Jackie and Ben

Nearly every day, there is an awesome volunteer at Green Light New Orleans helping install rain barrels, paint garden beds, schedule light bulb routes, etc. But twice a week, we are graced with two very exceptional volunteers named Jackie and Ben. They showed up one day eager to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Green Light New Orleans, Green Light Spotlight, Green Light Volunteer, Teaching Garden Tagged With: Action, Community, green light volunteer, GreenLightNewOrleans, stormwater management, teaching garden, Volunteer

February Garden

February 27, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

February Garden

Wow! This beautiful weather is just perfect for growing plants! Still mild enough for our salad greens and root vegetables and warm enough for our fruiting plants. We are currently waiting for our seedlings to grow a bit sturdier in their pots before putting them in the garden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Green Light Gardener, Teaching Garden Tagged With: greenlightgardener, GreenLightNewOrleans, growyourown, mentor, teaching garden, urban farming

Whole Foods Sponsored a Garden- You Can Too!

January 8, 2018 By Amelie Desormeaux

Whole Foods Sponsored a Garden- You Can Too!

Whole Foods graciously donated $400 to build a backyard garden for Barbara Mack, this covers all of her materials, plants, a garden class, and at least 2 years of follow-up support. Barbara is a New Orleans Resident that has been waiting patiently for her Green Light Garden since … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food, Green Light Gardener, Green Light New Orleans, Green Light Spotlight, Green Light Volunteer Tagged With: #WholeFoodsNOLA and #community #giveback

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