New Orleans Botanical Garden
New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park is a formal series of themed gardens filled with flowers, patterned gates, arbors, and sculptures. Each is a true delight! The Pavilion of the Two Sisters is a perfect pale orange building with long rows of arched windows reaching to the ground. It is modeled after a French orangery, and offers stunning views of masses of azalea and camelia flowers! What a gorgeous sight, with the blue sky behind. This would be a wonderful place to get married. The rose garden has an attractive brick pathway through hedges and roses bushes, and an abundance of sculptures, art-deco benches, and Magnolia-bud fountains by Enrique Alferez, a Mexican artist. He used plain materials such as concrete, as was done in the Art Deco period, and patterns such a leaf designs.The Japanese garden is a small rectangle with rocks and shaped shrubs. There is a small house that shelters you, and a row of green and yellow bamboo.The Stove House is a lovely greenhouse filled with catci. Inside the Conservatory of the Two Sisters, a domed building, is a collection of ancient plants such as cycads, as well as a tropical rainforest area with the loveliest ferns, orchids, waterfall, rock cave, and bromeliads. It feels like you're on a hike in Hawaii! The lily pond in front of the conservatory is filled with water lilies of all different colors! The flowers and leaf patterns vary so much! Late March to early Fall is the time to see that water lilies. In the middle of the pond is a sculpture by Rose Marie Huth called Undine- a water nymph riding a fish. The lily pond is surrounded by formal rose gardens.
The train garden, open on weekends, is pure joy for children! Here, several model trains and a streetcar zoom along on a raised garden under the trees, passing models of houses and buildings (such as St. Louis Cathedral) from historic areas of New Orleans, and hiding as they pass through tunnels and a railcar building.
Also in City Park, don't miss these magical places: Storyland and Carousel Gardens.
Entrance to the garden.
Grass runway connecting the Conservatory with the Pavilion.
Pavilion of the Two Sisters with its arched windows, modeled after a French orangery.
Arched windows of the Pavilion, from the inside.
Flowers tumbling from an arbor.
Brick arbor and blue sky.
Rose garden, with art-deco fountains and hedges.
Satyr on sculptural column, by Alferez.
Reclining Nude, by Alferez.
Water Maiden sculpture in fountain, by Alferez.
Rose garden.
Brick pathway leading to arbor.
Yellow and green bamboo at the Japanese Garden.
Japanese Garden.
Walking Maidenhair, in the tropical rainforest.
Orchids in the tropical rainforest.
Orange-pink orchid.
Dark yellow orchid.
Cave and waterfall, inside the Conservatory.
Waterfall in the tropical rainforest inside the Conservatory.
Tropical flower.
Dark pink orchid.
The Conservatory and lily pond.
Water lily flower and variegated leaves.
Mauve water lily flower.
Dark pink water lily flower with bright leaves.
Sculpture named Undine, in lily pond.
Water lily catching the light.
The Stove House, a collection of cacti in a greenhouse.
Scene from the train garden- a tiny water tower.
A train comes out of the railcar building.
Model train zooming by- a very exciting thing for children!
Model train passing St. Louis Cathedral!
Two trains! Which one will win?
Blue and yellow locomotive driving by.
Model streetcar!
New Orleans Botanical Garden is located at 7 Victory Ave, New Orleans LA 70124, call (504) 483-9386.
Open Tues-Sun 10-4:30, closed Mon. The train garden is only open on weekends.
Admission is $25 for visitors, $15 for residents, $7 for children aged 3-17, and free for children under 3.
There is plenty of free parking on the street outside.
Last Updated: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 01:50:18 GMT
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