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Now is a good time to work in your yard and install rain gardens, bioswales, French drains and maybe some rain barrels! Check out https://t.co/wOrj5eK2JB to learn more! 💚 questions are always welcomed too! Just email [email protected] https://t.co/xL6LlYrVJP

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Giving a 💚special shoutout💚 to a dedicated Water Wise Neighborhood Champion, Winfred Dalcour, who has been nurturing and championing the growth of these newly installed trees around the Treme Center. Not only did he keep them watered before they went… https://t.co/77C73dGOrP

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Due to COVID-19, we are going virtual with the 101 Green Infrastructure Workshop on Tuesday March 24 from 6-8pm. Email [email protected] to RSVP and receive a google hangout link for the workshop. This workshop is free and open to public. https://t.co/lUnPPV6SDi

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Yesterday
we practiced social distancing while putting 67 native trees in the ground in the 7th Ward! @hcsnola had already ordered the trees and we knew if they didn’t go in the ground they wouldn’t survive. This tree planting initiative was made possibl… https://t.co/0OXOnIATUE

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Here they come! #lousianairis 💛 the Louisiana iris is a stunning native plant that likes to keep its “feet” wet, meaning it can handle wet soil conditions. The iris is used in many of our rain garden and bioswale applications. Follow @gnoirissociety … https://t.co/oobUcc239E

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While our organization is more focused on #flooding, #greeninfrastructure and #climatechange, this is all linked together. What you see here was collected near Point Comfort,Texas in Lavaca Bay. These are plastic pellets that were illegally dumped into t… https://t.co/YpAl84j9KS

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It’s refreshing to see developers not over paving the front or side yards. Instead this developer used #57 limestone aggregate in place of concrete. But we think we can even do better than this. Currently, developments in Orleans Parish over 5,000 square… https://t.co/yDbdLcP80j

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Thank you Council District D for hosting us, Bunny Friend Neighborhood Association, Healthy Community Services, Greater Treme Consortium and Water Wise Neighborhood Champions. We look forward to working in partnership to address flooding concerns in the … https://t.co/NK7C6qc4do

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Got excessive pavement?
Removing excessive pavement can be pricey, but the @urbanconservancy Front Yard Initiative can help provide some subsidies to help lower the costs of removing pavement on your property. Why remove pavement? Well, it can help wit… https://t.co/KpufDSSQej

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Thank you to @gnoirissociety for your donation of irises for #waterwisetreme 💜💚 https://t.co/7MQB7xEBXR

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We’re back at Ida’s Orchard this Saturday with some more updates 💕 come lend a hand from 9am-2pm on Saturday November 2 at 1806 Gallier St! https://t.co/f0rSg9f897

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Water Wise Gulf South is an umbrella organization that includes community based organizations whose leadership are born and raised in New Orleans and have been advocating in their communities for over 20 years. These leaders are Cheryl Austin who is the… https://t.co/gwwx2rgAwn

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Join us this Saturday for a community clean up of Ida’s Orchard at 1806 Gallier Street 🥰🥰🥰 https://t.co/xPwTHIHR9v

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Join us today from 4 until 🌅 at the Treme Center to participate in green infrastructure maintenance! Also a great opportunity to meet and network with @groundworknola and the Green Team! 💚 https://t.co/rlZhlKXvKF

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Check out these events in September from Water Wise Gulf South! https://t.co/8s5bPJzjUk

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Join us this Saturday for a 101 Green Infrastructure Workshop💚 Upper 9th Ward residents stay after for the part two Green Infrastructure Visioning Workshop to identify large scale projects to advocate for in the neighborhood to help reduce flooding a… https://t.co/bZ7tZq1d1o

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That is some THICK Louisiana clay soil in the wheel barrow🤪 today we had some help from members of @lagreencorps installing a french drain for a resident in the 7th Ward 💚 tomorrow we will finish up the installation at the Work n Learn 💥 (Scroll down… https://t.co/cAqEJjsgMI

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Join us this Saturday to get dirty or to just get informed about French drains 😎😎😎 https://t.co/JV6tDM84XY

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Due to muddy conditions that make the French drain near impossible from being installed today, we had to reschedule the Work n Learn to this Saturday from 9am-11am. Stop by and learn how to install a French drain! 💙 https://t.co/Sa28wvUw9I