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About the Latter Library Garden Conservancy 
The Latter Library Garden Conservancy is a non profit formed in 2011 to landscape and maintain the grounds of the Milton H. Latter Library at 5120 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. The goal is to maintain the gardens as a park for all to enjoy and enhance beautiful St. Charles Avenue. In 2011, a group of concerned New Orleanians formed the non-profit. The Conservancy’s mission is to design, implement and maintain the grounds of the library so that once again the site will be a beautiful venue for all to enjoy.  
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Today, the enhanced library surroundings provide a beautifully landscaped and irrigated park, with lush green space appropriate for events, both large and small. There are quiet, shady areas for reading and relaxing, such as the dedicated reading bench, Little Free Library, pergola, and oval garden.  Included in the design are expansive lawns for concerts, book fairs, and movie nights! The camellia garden has become a favorite for wedding photos.  Children are invited to listen to stories in a special are deer the vast American Elm tree.  Many people enjoy picnics, leashed dog walks, book group meeting, and literary events, along with age old childhood pleasure of rolling down the sloping terraces on the new Latter Library grounds.  As more and more people come to use the new green, landscaped space,  upkeep will need to be ongoing. The support of the community is vital to sustain the landscaped park grounds of Latter for generations to come.

Board Members

Lynn Alline
 
President
Business owner; retired attorney
New Orleans

Barbara Bush
Vice-President
New Orleans Town Gardeners; community activist
New Orleans


​Laura Shields
Treasurer 
New Orleans Town Gardeners;
CFO, Delta Pacific Inc.
New Orleans

Murray Pitts 
Secretary 
Friends of the New Orleans Public Library volunteer;  retired fund
​raising consultant
New Orleans


Officers were selected because of demonstrated enthusiasm for the project, expertise in needed areas, willingness to serve a minimum of 2 years, and as representatives of various interest groups.



Steering Committee

Missy Abbot, Latter Library Manager
Stephanie Barksdale
Grow Dat! Board Chair
Kathy McCrocklin Greater New Orleans Master Gardeners
Stephanie Feoli LLGC Fund Raising Chair
Sandra Freeman NO Town Gardeners
Karin Giger,
NO Town Gardeners
Tica Hartman Parks and Parkways
Cynthia LeBreton Twinbrook Neighborhood Association
Robert LeBreton Twinbrook Neighborhood Association
Kathy McCrocklin Greater New Orleans Master Gardeners
Ann McDonald Director, Parks and Parkways
Alan Mumford Landscape Images
Marianne Mumford Landscape Images
Cathy Pierson LLGC Fund Raising Committee
Lisa Schlesinger LLGC Fund Raising Committee
Mimi Smith Twinbrook Neighborhood Association
Jessica Styons Branch Services New Orleans Public Library
Flo Schorenstein Parkway Partners Director Emeritus
Dixon Stetler Friends of the New Orleans Public Library

Partners

​Grow Dat
Parks and Parkway
Friends of the Library
Master Gardeners 
​of Greater New Orleans
New Orleans Town Gardeners
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