What is Okra Abbey?

Okra Abbey is a community garden and sacred space in the Pigeontown neighborhood of New Orleans. We grow food to share with our neighbors, and we foster friendship through shared stories, scripture, prayers, and meals. Our garden serves as a sanctuary where people grow together in community.

Okra Abbey is a mission of the Presbytery of South Louisiana and a New Worshipping Community of the Presbyterian Church (USA). 

Our Hope

Our hope is to build up a community that reflects the diversity of our neighborhood and the Kingdom of God. We hope to provide a welcome that is wide enough to include and center the most vulnerable members of our community and a welcome that is compelling enough to reach those who are not in need of a free meal. We desire for Okra Abbey to be sacred space for all our neighbors and a place where all find rest, refuge, spiritual recreation, and community.