
Covenant House New Orleans provides social enterprise programs for
our kids. Through our landscape program, we offer training and work
experience for our residents to help them obtain the skills needed to
become a productive and employable part of the community.
White Dove Landscaping Services

White Dove Landscape is a full-service landscaping program that offers
landscape design, installation and maintenance for commercial and residential
properties. In addition to planting designs, White Dove provides ideas
for the rest of your space including wood and masonry elements.
Headed by a licensed landscape contractor, White Dove Landscaping serves
as a training program for resident youth ages 16-21 interested in the
field of horticulture and landscape design.
Fees from our professional landscape services go toward the support
of Covenant House New Orleans and the White Dove Landscaping Program.
For a consultation or to learn more, call us at 504-982-1915 or 504-584-1108.
To view some of White Dove’s work, click
here.
Covenant Farms

An exciting new opportunity for youth is participating in our Covenant
Farms program in the Treme/Lafitte area of New Orleans. We are transforming
vacant lots in Treme into micro-farms, growing fresh food for use in
our café and for a green market where the community can purchase
quality, local produce and other products. Herb gardens, heirloom vegetables,
flowers and even eggs and honey are planned. Youth participating in
this program will learn new skills in garden preparation, planting,
growing, harvesting and selling. They will also take classes focusing
on the urban garden movement, food security and growing and cooking
fresh, wholesome food.
The first garden is located at 2231 Orleans Avenue and at present,
11 more gardens are planned. Our partner, Food and Farm Network will
help plan and develop these micro-farms and our very own White Dove
Landscaping will provide installation labor. Covenant Café will
also use Covenant Farms produce.
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