Nola Green Roots
NOLA Green Roots manages a network of community gardens throughout metropolitan New Orleans. We teach hundreds of participants, including youth, low-income residents, and senior citizens, how to plant, care for and harvest fresh fruits and vegetables at a low cost. We also run a compost service that helps local restaurants (and soon, residents) recycle food waste into living soil that nourishes our plants and helps us deliver baskets full of fresh, organic produce to our members twice a month.
Loyola service learning students can serve in the following roles:
- Garden assistant: Performs a variety of tasks to help our network of community gardens grow. Includes working in the greenhouse, constructing garden boxes, caring for plants, pH testing, building compost, harvesting crops, greeting visitors and responding to requests for information.
- Membership assistant: Performs a variety of tasks to help grow our membership and volunteer base, and to support the needs of existing members, including updating files and records, social media outreach, helping to publicize workshops and special events, greeting visitors and responding to requests for information.
- Development assistant: Performs a variety of tasks to help build financial support for our programs including updating files and records, helping to plan special events, tracking deadlines and deliverables, greeting visitors and responding to requests for information.
Students can learn about organizing and community development around food access and food justice issues, data management, horticulture, social services, membership services, volunteer services, and sustainable agriculture.
Service locations and transportation
Nola Green Roots Office
3101 Tulane Avenue, 2nd floor
15 minute drive from Loyola
This location is eligible for our cab sharing pilot program!
25 minute bike ride from Loyola
45 minutes via public transit
Take the St. Charles streetcar outbound (toward Tulane, not downtown) to the end of the line at S. Carrollton and Claiborne Avenue. Purchase a transfer for $0.25. Transfer to the #39 Tulane bus. Exit at S. Salcedo Street.
MidCity Community Garden
516 S. Salcedo Street (across the street from the office - same directions)
Wise Words Community Garden
724 S. Hennessey Street
15 minute drive from Loyola
25 minute bike ride from Loyola
35 minutes via public transit
Take the #32 Leonidas bus from St. Charles & Broadway to S. Carrollton & Tulane Ave. Walk 2 blocks.
Ninth Ward Community Garden
1301 Desire Street
25 minute drive from Loyola
60 minutes via public transit
Take the St. Charles streetcar downtown to the end of the line at Canal Street. Purchase a transfer for $0.25. Walk 4 blocks to Canal & N. Peters Street (near the Canal Street Shops). Transfer to the #5 Marigny-Bywater bus. Exit at Desire Street. Walk 4 blocks.
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Days & times
Wednesday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Preservice requirements
Students will receive on-site training and orientation.
Contact
Aspen Nero, Volunteer Coordinator
anero@nolagreenroots.com, 504.553.6257
