The Garden Gate, which offers garden and home decor as well as gifts and jewelry, is allowing select nonprofit groups to use its location at 2918 Metairie Road, Metairie (833-6699) as a special events venue for no charge.

Garden Gate owner Chad Harris says he came up with the idea as a way to give something back to the community. ‘By providing a place for local charities and organizations to hold fundraisers and other events, we not only learn about several important issues, we can become intimately involved,’ he says.

The Metairie Road location already has played host to a benefit concert for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. The grounds include a charming cottage, which serves as a retail store for Garden Gate, and landscaped outdoor gardens.

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