This site is dedicated to the city of New Orleans, her people, their spirit, and.....

New Orleans Style Garden Decor

The day after Hurricane Katrina hit I was wide-eyed in shock, along with the rest of the world, as I watched the city of New Orleans fill with flood waters.  I was devastated to think my beloved French Quarter, the stately homes in the Garden District, and other historic sites like the Cabildo (the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer that doubled the size of the United States), might be destroyed.

I was a resident in the French Quarter during Hurricane Betsy, a category 4 storm, and remember all too well its onslaught.  Hurricanes are dangerous, howling nightmares that seem to never end, but out of my innocence I stayed.  I stayed, and having survived that one, will probably always wonder if I would have left this time when evacuation orders were announced for Katrina.

Being a former resident I was well aware of the “bowl effect” that the news anchormen spoke of, and now the unimaginable nightmare of that dreaded prediction was coming true right before our eyes.  As I watched, fond memories of those earlier days spent in my French Quarter apartment flooded me as I watched that graceful lady of a city being flooded.  (more about my French Quarter courtyard here)

In the following weeks this website was created out of my aching heart as more and more devastation, death and destruction was revealed throughout the aftermath of that fateful storm.  Thankfully many of the much loved, older areas of New Orleans were spared, but I wanted all of her to be remembered in a beautiful way—in the elegance of New Orleans style garden decor.

This website is dedicated to everyone who has ever lived in, visited, or seen photos of this stately city, and would like to create a place of serenity and gentility in your garden reminiscent of those lovely French Quarter courtyards and quieter, more elegant days gone by. 

Katherine Antoine
November, 2005

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If you want just the perfect outdoor garden accent, we have it.