This weekend the annual Fall Garden Show took place at the Botanical Gardens. Hosted by LSUAg, City Park Conservancy, Louisiana Master Gardeners, and the Botanical Gardens, this event is highly anticipated and regarded by the community.
The MGGNO Class of 2023 “Nurturing Natures Pollinators” educational exhibition took BEST IN SHOW for the event. Angela Theresa Henderson organized the exhibit.
Galvez Garden Volunteer Organizes BEST IN SHOW Exhibit
You may recognize Angela as one of our dedicated volunteers at Galvez Garden. In addition to volunteering at our community garden she works at Okra Abbey, a community garden in the Pigeon Town neighborhood that also grows food to share with the community. We could not be more proud of her and excited for this exceptional achievement as a 2023 Master Gardener Graduate! Way to go Angela!
As part of their exhibition, a competition was held for Master Gardeners to create pollinator planters for educational purposes and to create wildlife habitats. The “Pollinator Planter Challenge” was judged in three categories:
— Best combination of host and nectar plants
— Most original container and design
— Most creative and complete identification of plant materials including light and moisture requirements
Executive Director Takes Home Blue Ribbon
Our Executive Director chose to participate in the challenge and was awarded “Most Original Design” for her three dimensional planter that she created from recycled materials.
Executive Director of the NOLA Artist Incubator
Her planter included the following pollinator plants:
Anise Hyssop Agastache foeniculum (Full sun to partial shade) Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds
Bee Balm Monarda didyma (Full sun to partial shade) Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds •Host plant: Black Swallowtail
Bronze Fennel Fennel Foeniculum vulgare (Full sun) Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, and other pollinators
Petunia Petunia x hybrida (Sun or part shade) Attracts: Hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects.
Lantana Lantana camara (Full Sun) Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, and other pollinators •Host plant: Hairstreaks Butterfly
Lobelia Lobelia erinus (Part shade) Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, and Hummingbirds •Host plant: Pink-washed Looper Moth
Nasturtium Tropaeolum majus (Full sun to partial shade) Attracts: Butterflies, Bees, and other pollinators •Host plant: Great Southern White Butterfly
Parsley Petroselinum crispum (Full sun to part shade)•Host plant: Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Anise Swallowtail Butterfly
The organization delights in volunteering in the educational portion of the garden show and is so pleased that Lissie’s passion for the arts and sustainability was recognized at the annual event. For more information about this exceptional exhibition and resources about growing for pollinators, check out the link below!
Resources
NOLA Artist Incubator 