We will have a selection of spectacular poinsettias in various colors and sizes including pink, white, marble pink peppermint & red to decorate your home or office for the holiday season. The sale is from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon at the Parkway Partners Greenhouse At 11:00 a.m. our own Mario Taravella will speak about winter gardening. For more information call (504) 620-2224 or visit our website.

Holiday ReLeaf New Orleans! And gift a loved one. Consider covering the cost of a tree/trees that will be planted during our ReLeaf New Orleans initiative as a special Holiday gift or tribute. We will send a notice explaining that you have purchased in their honor or we will send a card to you so you can give it to them yourself. This is a great gift for someone who loves New Orleans! Call our office at 504-620-2224 to order today!

Mario Taravello, Community Garden Liaison, is leaving Parkway Partners to live and work in Prague. He will teach English while continuing his singing career and traveling. He has been an integral part of the ReLeaf New Orleans Initiative and has been a force in the revitalization of the Community Gardens that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Mario will be missed. Those wishing to extend a personal good- bye are invited to attend a reception on Saturday, December 9 from 10 a.m. at the Parkway Partners office.

Two new schoolyard gardens at McDonogh 15 and Benjamin Franklin High Schools were provided by A Safe and Drug Free Schools Grant from the Governor’s office. Volunteers from Fannie Mae and school students hammered, nailed and carried more than 1000 bags of soil to ready the sites for their edible winter crops. The gardens support the arts, math, science and healthy diet choices curriculum. Sophie Wright and Robert Mills Lusher Schools also support schoolyard gardens.

Thanks to everyone "Feast with the Stars" 2006 was a great success! We all enjoyed the sumptuous food, lively music and of course the biggest silent auction in the city! See you next year!