City Park Opportunities: https://neworleanscitypark.com/info/volunteer

Looking for some volunteer activities to do on your own time?

Then come on out to City Park to help our community! Right now the Park needs assistance with litter pickup - just choose any spot you like and every little bit you can do will truly help us out tremendously!

Looking for other options? There is always work to do in the forested areas of Couturie Forest & Scout Island. Needs include: removing invasives such as Cayratia japonica and Chinese Tallow, and clearing back any vegetation encroaching on the trails. Vines that are taking over the smaller, native trees in the forests can also be cleared and removed from around the trees. Anything that is cut back or removed can be left in the area, as long as it is off the trails. Contact Tyler Havens for more information thavens@nocp.org.

Hummingbirds
Please e-mail Seth Nehrbass, SNehrbass@gmail.com, if you would like to volunteer with hummingbird-attracting projects at the New Orleans Botanical Garden at City Park. Current projects include maintaining the Hummingbird Garden (we usually meet weekly, Tuesdays at 9am, for 2 or 3 hours, and usually can fit in more volunteers) and cleaning and refilling hummingbird feeders. As the feeders typically need to be cleaned and refilled every 2 or 3 days, we have room for many volunteers to help. Each feeder cleaning should net you at least 1 volunteer hour, as you can pull Cayratia japonica (bush-killer vine - an invasive species) until your total time (traveling and working) adds up to at least one hour (or two, or three, or as much time as you would like to volunteer). We will train you the first time, and we have an online spreadsheet to allow you to sign up whenever you like.

Invasive plant removal at the New Orleans Botanical Garden

Please e-mail Seth Nehrbass, SNehrbass@gmail.com, if you would like to volunteer with invasive plant removal projects at the New Orleans Botanical Garden at City Park. Current projects include pulling Cayratia japonica (bush-killer vine - an invasive species) in the New Orleans Botanical Garden, but we expect to work elsewhere in City Park in the future. Once you are oriented and trained (which just takes a few minutes), you can go at your convenience and work until your total time (traveling and working) adds up to at least one hour (or two, or three, or as much time as you would like to volunteer). We will train you the first time.

Volunteers do not need to be Master Naturalists, so please share this information with your friends who are NOBG fans (including Master Gardeners, who also get volunteer credit for helping).