What’s Out There Weekend New Orleans April 1-2, 2017, Features Free Expert-led Tours of Parks, Gardens, and Open Spaces

Media Contact: Nord Wennerstrom | T: 202.483.0553  | M: 202.225.7076 | E: nord@tclf.org

Part of a nationwide program that reveals the stories of places that are part of our daily lives

Washington, D.C. (March 15, 2017) – The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) announces What’s Out There Weekend New Orleans April 1-2, 2017, featuring free, expert-led tours of the city’s parks, gardens, landscapes and open spaces.  These tours enable people to discover the design history of places they may pass every day but don’t necessarily know about. Expert guides provide rich stories, personal anecdotes, and keen observations about each site, landscape architecture, city shaping, and garden design. TCLF has already produced an online What’s Out There Cultural Landscapes Guide to New Orleans with nearly 70 sites, along with a print publication that is available for purchase. All of the tours are free, but registration is required and capacity is limited. 

Saturday, April 1 Tours: Sites, Tour Guides, and Times

• Longue Vue House and Gardens | Amy Graham l 9:00-10:00am
• Beauregard-Keyes House and Garden Museum | Ann Masson l 9:00-10:00am
• New Orleans City Park | Lake Douglas l 10:30-11:30am
• Lafitte Greenway Bicycle Tour | Susannah Burley l 11:00am-12:00pm
• Bayou St. John and Pitot House | Lake Douglas l 11:30am-12:30pm
• Crescent Park | Mark Ripple and Amanda Rivera l 1:00-2:00pm
• Hermann-Grima House and Gallier House | Steve Smith l 1:00-2:30pm
• Lafayette Square | Keith Bleichner l 2:00-3:00pm
• Piazza d'Italia | Keith LeBlanc l 3:00-4:00pm
• St. Anthony's Garden | Alfred Lemmon and D. Ryan Gray l 3:00-4:00pm
• Congo Square and Louis Armstrong Park | Leo Watermeier l 4:00-5:00pm

Sunday, April 2 Tours: Sites, Tour Guides, and Times

• Audubon Park | Richard Campanella l 9:00-10:00am
• Washington Square Park | Gretchen Bomboy l 10:00-11:00am
• Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 | Arthur Smith | 10:00-11:30am
• Vieux Carré Historic District, Jackson Square, French Market, Woldenberg Park, and Moon Walk | Max Conrad l 11:00am-2:00pm
• Coliseum Square | Mary Len Costa, Lou Costa, John Wettermark, and Brooks Graham | 11:00am-12:00pm
• Margaret Place Park | Mary Len and Lou Costa l 12:00pm-1:00pm
• Dillard University | Gaylan Williams | 2:00-3:00pm
• Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood | Jeff Thomas | 3:00-4:00pm
• Lafitte Greenway Walking Tour | Gaylan Williams | 4:00-5:00pm
• Longue Vue House and Gardens | Amy Graham l 5:00-6:00pm

What’s Out There New Orleans dovetails with TCLF’s web-based What’s Out There, the nation’s most comprehensive searchable database of historic designed landscapes. The database currently features more than 2,000 sites, 11,000 images, and 1,000 designer profiles. What’s Out There is optimized for iPhones and similar handheld devices, and includes What’s Nearby, a GPS-enabled function that locates all landscapes in the database within a 25-mile radius of any given location. 

“New Orleans’ rich and distinct identity is embedded in its diverse landscape legacy,” said Charles A. Birnbaum, TCLF’s president and CEO, “and the What’s Out There Weekend program is an engaging way to discover the city.”

The event is presented in association with local and national partners, with generous support provided the Turner Family Foundation, Victor Stanley, the Zemurray Foundation, Shaun and Foster Duncan, Sheila and Thomas Lemann, New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp., NOLA Parks for All, Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans, and the Louisiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, along with additional sponsors.

About The Cultural Landscape Foundation

The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1998 to connect people to places. TCLF educates and engages the public to make our shared landscape heritage more visible, identify its value, and empower its stewards. Through its website, publishing, lectures and other events, TCLF broadens support and understanding for cultural landscapes.