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Tours, plant sales top New Orleans home and garden calendar | Home/Garden
Brother Martin Holiday break House Tour Dec. 3 3 houses will be open Dec. 3 for the Brother Martin Superior College Females of the Protect Vacation Dwelling Tour. From noon to 3 p.m., contributors can view 105 and 242 Mulberry Push and 303 Vincent St. in Previous Metairie. Desserts and cocktails will be supplied at many stops, with the Crusader Band providing musical entertainment. Vacation distributors will also be on hand. Tickets start out at $30, $65 for patrons. Proceeds go to the Women of the Protect Endowment at the faculty. For information, take a look at brothermartin.com. PRC plans house tour, patron party The Preservation Resource Middle kicks off…
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Plant sales, tours top New Orleans home and garden calendar | Home/Garden
Metropolis Park lists volunteer attempts A selection of cleanup times and initiatives are on faucet at Metropolis Park to increase and maintain the intensive city environmentally friendly room. All those coming up include things like: Litter Cleanup Krewe: 10 a.m. Tuesday. Litter removing all through the park. Also Dec. 20 and 27. Graffiti Cleanup Krewe: 10 a.m. Dec. 22. Volunteers paint in excess of graffiti and crystal clear particles. Also Dec. 29 Massive Lake Native Plant Trail Restoration Challenge: 8 a.m. Friday. Horticulture routines include things like weeding, elimination of plant particles, mulching, shoveling and other responsibilities to retain indigenous plant beds. Also Dec. 23 and 30. City Forest Guidance Initiative: 9 a.m. Dec. 17. Forestry…
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Home and garden calendar for Nov. 12-19 in the New Orleans area | Home/Garden
White variegated Leyland Cypress, photographed Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, at the Shady Pond Tree Farm in Pearl River. Advocate staff photo by SCOTT THRELKELD Tree giveaway Saturday Orleans Parish residents can receive one of 700 free trees from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Department of Parks and Parkways, 1 Green Parade Lane, in New Orleans. The Big TREEsy Giveaway includes more than 35 types of trees. Also, a host of Plaquemines Parish citrus trees will be available for sale for $45, including Meyer lemon, grapefruit, Key and Persian limes and navel, blood and Hamlin oranges, as well as Arbequina olive. Celeste and LSU yellow figs will be $35,…
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West Jefferson property transfers for Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 | Home/Garden
Below is a compilation of properties sold in West Jefferson Parish from Nov. 3-9, 2022. Data is compiled from public records WEST JEFFERSON Transfers for Nov. 3-9 AVONDALE Church St. 204: Derrick Christian and Kenya C. Christian to Aracely J.Z. Rivas, $22,000. BARATARIA Privateer Blvd. 3105: Keenon Leblanc to Chantel L. Hatten, $128,000. BRIDGE CITY Belt Bridge subdivision, lot 13, square 9: Randy Fanara and Paula C. Fanara to Patrick R. Wilbratte, $95,000. GRAND ISLE Amaris Isle Plantation subdivision, lot 43: Amaris Isle Plantation LLC to Carlos M. Aguilar and Zamira S. Aguilar, $55,000. Amaris Isle Plantation subdivision, lot 44: Amaris Isle Planatation LLC to Carlos M. Aguilar and Zamira S.…
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Dan Gill: How to protect your tropicals from the cold | Home/Garden
Because we just experienced a light freeze in southeast Louisiana, it’s time to talk about cold protection for tropicals in our landscapes. Fortunately, in most areas, freeze damage has been light or did not occur. The early cold weather doesn’t necessarily portend severe freezes this winter, but it does mean it’s time to get prepared for the coming cold. There is an upside to this cold weather. Temperatures in the 30s help to “harden off” landscape plants. Harden off is a gardening term used to describe how plants become more tolerant of adverse conditions when gradually exposed to them. Cold-hardy landscape plants can tolerate severe freezes better if they have…
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East Jefferson property transfers for Oct. 27 -Nov. 2, 2022 | Home/Garden
Below is a compilation of properties sold in East Jefferson Parish from Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, 2022. Data is compiled from public records. EAST JEFFERSON Transfers for Oct. 27 to Nov. 2 HARAHAN Mounes Division / Elmwood Industrial Park subdivision, lot 16B1, square B: Santangelo Investments LLC to JNO Enterprises LLC, $1,200,000. Mounes Elmwood Industrial Park subdivision, lot 7A, square B: Elmwood Citrus LLC to Common Ground Properties LLC, donation. Park Ave. 180: David A. Barnes to Alison L. Barnes, donation. JEFFERSON 3401-07 Jefferson Highway: Laksh LLC to 3401 Jefferson Highway LLC, $1,290,000. Brooklyn Ave. 145: Terry A. Gillies to Gillies Revocable Trust, donation. Brooklyn Ave. 260: Deborah A. H. Dupeire…