Parks & Parkways - Topics - City of New Orleans

Applications, Guidelines, & Permits

The Department of Parks and Parkways administers a number of Applications and Permits and issues Guidelines ranging from work on individual trees to events in entire parks.

Event Rules & Regulations

The Department of Parks and Parkways oversees and/or schedules all photography sessions, weddings, film shooting, and other events that take place on City-owned public property, which includes regional and neighborhood parks, squares, including Jackson Square, the neutral ground, and more.

Design & Construction Guidelines

All design and construction firms working in New Orleans must abide by City regulations and guidelines concerning plants, planting, sidewalks, and any other public property.

Golf Course

The Joseph M. Bartholomew Municipal Golf Course offers an high quality 18-hole, par 72 layout measuring 6,800 yards at its tips in New Orleans City Park. Operated by Parks & Parkways, recent enhancements at this welcoming course include renovated greens, a double-ended driving range, large putting green, and full pro shop.

Neutral Grounds

Unlike most cities referring to the median between divided roadways as simply that, in New Orleans the socially vibrant "neutral ground" represents a distinct cultural idea as much as physical place deeply woven into the historical fabric of everyday life across the City's diverse neighborhoods.

Parks & Squares

Thousands of visitors and hundreds of thousands of residents know and enjoy New Orleans' distinctive green spaces, which include Jackson Square, Washington Square, Mississippi River Heritage Park, Brechtel Park, and Armstrong Park, and trees including the famous oaks lining major boulevards like Saint Charles Avenue.

Locate a Park

Virtually every neighborhood in New Orleans contains a park, square, or outdoor green space. These green spaces are largely regulated and maintained by two regulatory agencies, Parks and Parkways and the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission.

Trees

The trees of New Orleans are a significant part of the quality of life of the city. Not only do they provide an iconic, aesthetic touch of nature in our urban environment but they also serve a vital environmental role in reducing the heat island effect, much appreciated in our semi-tropical climate and reducing the amount of rain run-off reducing the strain on our drainage systems