Garden on Mars

05/07/2024

08/04/2022

This past weekend, Garden on Mars hosted the first meeting of a new gardening group for members of the Lower Ninth Ward! Attendees learned tips on gardening, nutrition, and more AND got to bring home a free crowder pea plant! We are so excited for what is to come with this group!

07/12/2022

Our most recent harvest: figs! Figs are a delicious and sweet summer treat that are a good source of calcium and potassium, meaning they support healthy bones! Do you like figs? Let us know in the comments below!

06/29/2022

Last night, our founder Jeanette Bell spoke on a panel at the A Greener New Orleans event put on by SPROUT NOLA. She talked about Garden on Mars, her other past projects, and the current state and future of urban agriculture in New Orleans. Thank you to Sprout Nola for putting on this event!

09/10/2020

We are truly grateful for the continued attention to the plight of the Lower Ninth Ward. Thank you, Reuters!

(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward bears plenty of scars of Hurricane Katrina that devastated the city 15 years ago - overgrown vacant lots, broken foundations where houses stood and empty streets where people once lived.

06/02/2020

Today is the day!!

Please reach out and help if you can.

GiveNOLA Day, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation, is a one-day online giving event. For 24 hours, everyone who loves our region can support their favorite local causes by donating to one or more of 700+ participating nonprofit organizations.

06/01/2020

We are counting down to Give NOLA Day!

June 2, 2020

Thank you for thinking of us!