City Park - Botanical Garden (OUTDOORS)
Open year-round, the 10-acre New Orleans Botanical Garden contains more than 2,000 varieties of plants from around the world. The seeds for the Garden were planted in 1936, when the City Park Rose Garden opened.
The Botanical Garden was funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which created New Orleans’ first public classical garden. Today, it is one of the few remaining examples of public garden design from the WPA and displays the Art Deco influences of three renowned talents of the era: Architect Richard Koch, landscape architect William Wiedorn, and sculptor Enrique Alférez.
Free admission for Louisiana residents every Wednesday, courtesy of The Helis Foundation.
Upcoming Shows
The inaugural Threadhead Thursday in April 2010 at City Park event saw hundreds of local residents and visitors to New Orleans enjoy a free concert under the stars of a beautiful night sky. 2022 music line up will feature Keith Burnstein and Corey Henry’s Treme Funktet. Lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets are welcome. We’re excited to announce that we’ve got two food trucks lined up for Threadhead Thursday! Southern’s and Johnny Sanchez. Sponsors of this concert include Backbeat Foundation and the New Orleans Botanical Garden.
