Grab Your Ticket and Meet Us at PLANTMANIA !
Welcome
GREATER NEW ORLEANS PLANT EXPO!!
Saturday and Sunday
October 4 and 5th, 2025
The Harbor Center
Slidell, LA
Plantmania Expo 2025
Welcome!
Plantmania Expo welcomes plant lovers to the Big Easy !! Join us for fun, excitement and all things green in the Greater New Orleans area. Our Expo will be held at the fantastic Harbor Center located in Slidell, LA just minutes from downtown New Orleans.
Plantmania Expo is a 2-day indoor market style event featuring rare, exotic and popular house plants from growers from across the WORLD. As well as, plant related crafts and free educational / breakout sessions including General Plant Care 101, Passive Hydroponics, and much more !
Don't miss this opportunity to come together with plant enthusiasts, collectors and experts from all over to celebrate and share rare, unique and exotic plants from around the world.
Grab your tickets NOW !
Expo Schedule
Saturday October 4th and Sunday October 5th
8am -Doors open for VIP/Early Bird Shoppers
10am-Doors open for General Entry
5pm -Saturday Oct 4th Expo Ends/Doors Close
4pm - Sunday Oct 5th Expo Ends / Doors Close
Meet our Guests - Coming soon
Fidel Pineda @thepondon
Fidel "The Pon Don" is a plant grower who found healing through plants through his journey of sobriety. Specializing in passive hydroponics, he teaches others how to grow plants in passive-based systems with minimal maintenance. Fidel believes that nurturing plants mirrors personal growth helping others thrive both in their indoor jungles and in life.
With long-term goals of creating a Begonia and Anthurium hybrid, Fidel combines a passion for plant genetics with a commitment to innovation, aiming to contribute something unique and beautiful to the world of horticulture with his long-term studies of growing in passive hydroponics.