Algiers Behrman Community Garden & Club

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Algiers Behrman Community Garden & Club Parkway Partners affiliate located at 615 Opelousas Street in Historical Old Algiers Point.

A few of the worker bees 🐝 were at the garden today!!
09/29/2026

A few of the worker bees 🐝 were at the garden today!!

Happy ending to Labor Day!Will be at Garden tomorrow morning at 7am! Come see the progress and bring your ideas!!
09/07/2026

Happy ending to Labor Day!

Will be at Garden tomorrow morning at 7am! Come see the progress and bring your ideas!!

09/02/2026

Hi friends! Out of commission with a cold currently. Tis the season 🏫 👩‍🏫 🚸 🚌

We got a lot more done today.I'm not a winter person by i can honestly say, speaking for my fellow gardeners and myself,...
08/26/2026

We got a lot more done today.
I'm not a winter person by i can honestly say, speaking for my fellow gardeners and myself, we're ready for some cooler temps!☃️ ❄️ 🥶

08/25/2026

Heads up.
Tomorrow may be called on account of rain. 🌧 We'll see.

I'll be at the garden Wednesday, 7AM -10.Come join in the fun.And if you've got some donations for the free pantry that'...
08/24/2026

I'll be at the garden Wednesday, 7AM -10.
Come join in the fun.
And if you've got some donations for the free pantry that's SMASHING! 🌟 🤩 ⭐️

Hi friends & neighbors!This morning I'm asking for your suggestions, your vision, your wants for the community garden.Th...
08/24/2026

Hi friends & neighbors!
This morning I'm asking for your suggestions, your vision, your wants for the community garden.

There's no hubris here in this half cajun French, Mexican lady.
I started the grunt work and other wonderful people followed suit.
That's my specialty. And I plan on maintaining it; Keeping the w**ds at bay.

The space is about 75% cleared.
We have a huge pile of w**ds, branches, leaves that will need to be removed. Vines that need to be pulled from the fencing surrounding the property and branches trimmed here and there.
I want to keep as much of the existing beautiful flora thriving there.

Currently we have 3 large water barrels for water.

I understand the weather has been a tad unbearable but fall is right around the corner. Now is the time for planning our next moves.

I plan on planting flower seeds for my "garden" plot and sharing with y'all. I love fresh flowers in my home.

As I've stated before, this is our/your garden.
Thanks! Merci! Gracias!
Veronique

08/23/2026

Good morning.

For those of you wondering if we'll be "open" on weekends, the answer is yes.

The past weekend I was there but the word had not yet gotten out about the clean-up.
Then during the week it spread like "wild thing making my heart sing".

The APA is more than aware of our efforts and is on board and the AP Men's club is bringing more muscle in the days to come.

Once we get the garden to a beautiful restarting point, we'll address what's next!

This is the community's garden and as such will be operated as one.

It takes a village; I'm just the village idiot who got the ball rolling!

Veronique

Rich Soil I think the biggest question posed to me about the community garden clean-up is "Why now. Why now with the hot...
08/21/2026

Rich Soil
I think the biggest question posed to me about the community garden clean-up is "Why now. Why now with the hottest temperatures imaginable?"
My answer is simply this.
I've lost many people in my life but the one that stands out most is my sister Savannah who passed away at 45 years old.
Tomorrow is not promised. When I decide to do something, there's no grass gonna grow under my feet. Or in this case, w**ds.

My Dad instilled "hard work pays off" in me.
Most of us wanna make our mark in this world. Something to be remembered by when we are no longer. This is my mark for as long as i am.

Now besides inheriting my artistic talent from him, He ingrained something far greater in me.
I. Am. A. Workhorse. I love doing yardwork and I delight in the outcome of my toiling.
But don't get me wrong, I didn't always "delight" in this as a child.

I swear every weekend of my childhood I was w**ding out something.
The back patio of our home on Bayou Lafourche is what I imagined living in the jungle would be like.
My Dad had scored some beautiful old bricks and created a utopian space in our back yard.
It was beautiful; except for the w**ds.

It's a wonder i still have use of my dominant right hand with all the w**d pulling i did as a child.
My young mind silently voiced in my head, "Dude, lay down some visqueen next time"
"Give me some Round-up or DDT; I'll take my chances"!

Every year my Dad planted a garden.
And with the garden came Rows and rows of w**ds. Weeds amongst the flowers, the green beans and Okra along with other plants.
Good lawd, who knew Okra was such an irritant on my young skin. Prolly why I detest Okra to this day.

I was beyond fortunate to grow up with not only the "jungle" as a backyard playground but throw in a bayou, that's paradise.
Mowing down the slope leading to the bayou was a weekly chore and as soon as I was able bodied enough to do so, i was at the helm of the lawn mower.
The w**ds that grew here were as tall as me.
I can't count the number of times the lawn mower slipped out of my sweaty grasp heading to a watery grave.
Surely CPS would frown on such enforced hard child labor, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and doesn't warrant a case file.

All jokes aside, while you're thanking me for spearheading this project, I'm thanking my Daddy for all he imprinted in my DNA.

I Love my roots!

Veronique

And just like that, the first week of project "EGrowtional Support" is in the books.A couple of new faces joined in toda...
08/21/2026

And just like that, the first week of project "EGrowtional Support" is in the books.

A couple of new faces joined in today.

Mr. Rogers said look for the helpers!
He was right!

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615 Opelousas Avenue
New Orleans, LA
70114

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