Festival Season Approaches at City Park
September 8, 2025
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When the weather cools, the New Orleans Botanical Garden heats up with exhibits and excitement.
On Saturday, October 4, the Botanical Garden will be alive with gardening gurus from all over the southeast when the Fall Garden Festival returns to New Orleans City Park. The one-day event features over 50 vendors exhibiting common and exotic plants as well as various gardening paraphernalia.
“The Fall Garden Festival signals a seasonal shift at City Park, and we are ready to welcome all autumnal attendees,” said City Park Conservancy (CPC) Botanical Garden Director Kyre Rassamni. “This year’s event will be one day with extended hours, 9am-6pm, to provide the best experience for vendors and visitors alike!”
Gardeners of all levels will experience everything the horticultural event has to offer including plant sales, educational programs, arts & crafts, cooking demonstrations, live music, and the Botanical Garden itself in all its vibrant fall glory. Specialists, Master Gardeners and CPC personnel will also be on hand to answer all questions.
Tickets can be purchased in advance here. Friends of City Park – CPC’s principal membership program – Members receive free admission. By supporting events like the Fall Garden Festival, you help sustain and enhance CPC’s mission to preserve and improve City Park spaces for recreational, educational, cultural and beautification purposes.
Pelican Greenhouse will be one of the vendors on hand on Saturday offering annuals, perennials, succulents, tropicals and more. Outside of the Fall Garden Festival, Pelican Greenhouse will host plant sales November 1 and December 6 – from 8am-3pm – at 2 Celebration Drive as well as every Sunday – from 8am-noon – at the Crescent City Farmers Market located in the City Putt Plaza.
The annual fall fundraiser is sponsored by CPC and LSU AgCenter’s Cooperative Extension Service. The event is supported by Louisiana Master Gardener volunteers.