We dig it! through Urban Farms, Schoolyard Gardens, Parks, Trees
Parkway Partners improves green spaces for the health and vitality of New Orleans while providing food access through community gardens and urban farms. We support education through our schoolyard gardens and monthly educational programs for adults. We plant trees and restore parks.
Keywords: Plant Trees, ReLeaf New Orleans Initiative, Adopt a Neutral Ground, 2nd Saturday Program, educational opportunity, Plant Sale, Community Gardens, Save Our Trees, Green Keepers, Green Infrastructure, parks
Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Parkway Partners has been around since 1982, almost 35 years!
What is your primary product or service?
Parkway Partners is a non-profit organization that empowers citizens to preserve, maintain and beautify greenspace in New Orleans.
The organization was founded by citizen action in 1982 in response to massive budget cuts to the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways. Parkway Partners began its work by adopting out neutral grounds to citizens for maintenance. Today it supports extensive programming throughout Orleans Parish, including:
+45 community gardens/urban farms
11 public schoolyard gardens
+13,500 trees planted since Hurricane Katrina
+600 neutral grounds adopted
Thousands of trees preserved through annual treatment and fertilization
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
The organization was founded by citizen action in 1982 in response to massive budget cuts to the New Orleans Department of Parks and Parkways. Parkway Partners began its work by adopting out neutral grounds to citizens for maintenance. Today it supports extensive programming throughout Orleans Parish.
Provide detailed directions to your location
We are located in Central City in New Orleans at 1137 Baronne St.
What type of payments do you accept?
Cash, checks, and credit cards
Which areas do you service?
All of New Orleans
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
We are a non-profit with a volunteer Board of Directors