NEW ORLEANS — The city’s first New Orleans Garden & Farm Festival will take place on Saturday, November 21, 2026, at dozens of participating gardens and farms. The public is invited to explore the unique growing spaces tucked away inside their own neighborhoods, with free admission at all locations.
This inaugural festival is an initiative of the St. Malo Outpost & Healing Garden, Eat Local, New Orleans Food Policy Council, Imbue Farm, Sprout, City Planning Commission Urban Agriculture Program, and New Orleans Health & Human Services Department.
The New Orleans Garden & Farm Festival features a decentralized trail spanning over 50 community gardens, urban farms, and neighborhood growing spaces. Join in by working in your neighborhood community garden or take a tour around town! There will be gardening workshops, yoga classes, musical performances, farm tours, and everything in between. We invite all New Orleanians to come meet the farmers and gardeners carrying on the long tradition of cultivating food and community through tending the soil!
“Our goal is to build lasting relationships between community members and the passionate growers in their backyards,” said Amy Amos, Producer at St. Malo Outpost & Healing Garden. “New Orleans has an incredibly vibrant urban growing culture. By opening up these gates right before the holidays, we want neighbors to see where local food comes from, learn how to start growing themselves, and support the growers who enrich our neighborhoods.”
“Urban farms and gardens play so many important roles in our city, from feeding people to connecting neighbors to reducing localized flooding,” said Grace Treffinger, Urban Agriculture Liaison at the City Planning Commission. “A priority of the Urban Agriculture Program is to support and uplift all of the dedicated growers stewarding these spaces. This festival will bring local growers deserved recognition while also connecting more people to their local farms and gardens.”
“When Amy approached us to share her vision for the event, we jumped at the chance to support. Urban farms and gardens connect residents closer to our local food system and to each other. This festival is a great opportunity to introduce more people to the power of growing food in our own neighborhoods,” said Samantha Fleurinor, New Orleans Food Policy Council.
The festival will take place Saturday, November 21, 2026. Because each site is independently managed, location open hours and activities will vary and will be updated in the interactive map schedule. To view the farm directory, sign up to volunteer, or look at the trail routes, visit www.nogardenandfarmfestival.org.