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Budding Artists: Week Five
This week we wrapped up our five week long programming at the library. It was bittersweet because everyone agreed that we only wished it could go on and on, but we had a wonderful last day all the same. We read a story about a green house and then the children received a lesson on…
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Budding Artists: Week Four
We had such an amazing morning at the Norman Mayer branch of New Orleans Public Library because, today we made bug hotels! We talked about the importance of bugs in the ecosystem and how there are a variety of different bugs that do different tasks to help a garden grow. Children and their caregivers arrived…
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Garden Tour and Planting Day at Galvez Garden
What a wonderful turnout for our Spring Garden Tour and Planting Day! We were thrilled to have so many visitors show up despite the unexpected cold front today! The President and members of the board of the Master Gardener’s of Greater New Orleans paid us a visit and we’re so grateful they made the time…
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Budding Artists Program: Week Three
This week we had a wonderful time exploring the topic of seeds! Children learned about how plants grow from a single seed. We learned all about what a seed needs to grow and how they need sunlight, water, and soil in order to sprout. Learners had a chance to paint their own planters out of…
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Galvez Garden: Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans Project Site
Happy to share that the Galvez Garden is listed on the updated MGGNO website! Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans support educational garden projects in the Greater New Orleans area. Louisiana Master Gardeners volunteer in these projects. To view our project site or volunteer for Master Gardener hours, visit their website at the link below.…
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The Incubator gets a “Thumbs Up” in the Gambit
We’re delighted to report that the Incubator has been recognized in our local paper! Alongside Glass Half Full, the NOLA Artist Incubator received a “Thumbs Up” from the Gambit this week! Thanks for the shout out! THUMBS UP The NOLA Artist Incubator, a nonprofit focused on education, art and sustainability initiatives, received a $10,000 grant…
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Budding Artists: Week Two
We had so much fun at the library on our second week of programming last Thursday! We learned about the importance of trees and made our very own trees using collage and organic materials. Everyone had a lovely time picking out their favorite sticks to use for tree trunks and branches in our activity. And,…
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Cultivating the Community Garden
The NOLA Artist Incubator has been hard at work establishing a vegetable garden to grow food for the community of St Roch. We’re pleased to update you on our progress! A total of nine beds have been assembled and placed in the garden. Currently we have planted seeds of corn, sunflowers and squash in the…
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Budding Artists: Week One
We’re delighted to share that we have reached full capacity for our programming through the month of March! Today we had our first week of classes, and so much fun at the library! We completed two projects with learners while exploring beneficial insects through art and literature. Specifically we learned about caterpillars and butterflies, and…
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Progress on the Native Plant Initiative
We’re delighted that with everything going on we were able to work more on the Native Plant Initiative at Galvez Garden! We planted several new flowering native species and our sign was delivered. We’ll need to install the new signage, but check out the progress and how these native plants add to the garden! We…
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