The LaSalle Park Garden is a productive project where volunteers plant a variety of vegetables year round and provide educational outreach for park visitors. LaSalle Park is a popular place for residents of Metairie and the surrounding areas. It offers a walking path, urban forest nature trail and sports fields.
This garden is designed to encourage healthy eating habits and home gardening. It is a joint project with the Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans and Jefferson Beautification, Inc. Its primary purpose is to serve as a venue for community education. School children, garden clubs and other organizations as well as park visitors can tour the garden to learn about the planting and care of a garden and the value of growing food to eat. The harbested produce is taken home by visitors and the master gardener volunteers.
Visitors learn about seasonal vegetable planting, plant suitability for the climate, proper horticultural practices, nutrition, compostng, disease and insect control as well as harvesting. The area features both ground level and elevated beds which provide teaching visuals about soil drainage.
In addition, there is a pollinator garden showcasing a variety of annuals and perennials, designed to attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. There are a variety of plants including Louisiana Super Plants and natives.
