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Lawrence Rozas
- Oct 4
- 2 min
Invasive Plant of the Month: Yellow Flag Iris, Iris pseudacorus
by Lawrence Rozas This is the first installment of what I hope will become a regular feature of the monthly newsletter. My purpose for...
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Vilma Fernandez
- Aug 20
- 2 min
Native Plant Advocate of the Month: Dr. Brandon Ballengee
Dr. Brandon Ballengee is an Artist and Biologist living in the country near Cecilia with his wife Aurore, a Sustainable food Educator and...
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Vilma Fernandez
- Aug 20
- 1 min
Featured Native Plant Advocate and Volunteer: Gail Evans
Featured Native Plant Advocate and Volunteer: Gail Evans Gail Evans is a passionate promoter of native plants and pollinators. After ...
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ANPP Volunteers
- May 8
- 1 min
ANPP is awarded LWF's Conservation Organization of the Year
ANPP is awarded Louisiana Wildlife Federation's Conservation Achievement Award We are excited that ANPP has been named Organization of...
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Dona Weifenbach
- May 8
- 2 min
Advocate for May 2023: Phyllis Griffard
When I met Phyllis in early 2017, we were learning to propagate mistflower under the tutelage of June Walker at June's greenhouse in...
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Dona Weifenbach
- May 8
- 2 min
How to Kill a Chicken Tree
Chinese Tallow tree removal: from invasive nuisance to birdhouse and habitat An ANPP member asked me recently about the poison free...
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Lawrence Rozas
- May 8
- 4 min
How to Plant a Tree
On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, Abbie Judice, Moncus Park Environmental Coordinator, organized this Conservation Club activity for members...
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Kelly Guilbeau
- Apr 24
- 1 min
Native plant of the month: Quercus pagoda (Cherrybark oak)
from September 2022 newsletter Cherrybark oak is a relatively fast growing, long-lived large deciduous tree with attractive dark bark...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Apr 15
- 1 min
Brian Erberich and Peg Ramier in St. Landry Parish
Congratulations to Peg Ramier and Brian Erberich for getting their 21-acre property gold certified by the Louisiana Certified Habitat...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Apr 15
- 3 min
Invasive Plant Species Removal in Moncus Park
Abbie Judice, Moncus Park Environmental Coordinator, organized a Conservation Club activity on Wednesday, March 22 to learn about, and...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Apr 15
- 3 min
Linda Barber Auld, NOLA BugLady
When I asked Linda if she would like to be featured as native plant advocate of the month and select the plant of the month for ANPP's...
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Linda Barber Auld
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Asclepias viridis, green milkweed
Throughout the years, Asclepias viridis or green milkweed has acquired several common names such as spider milkweed, American silkweed,...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Janice Eaton and ANPP's founding mothers
Yes, it sounds like a great name for a rock band! Janice Eaton was the first president of the Acadiana Native Plant Project. She is...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Apr 15
- 1 min
Spring Ephemerals
Spring is here and flowers are popping up everywhere, in this case, flowers that no one planted, they just appear every spring and go...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Native Plant Advocate of the Month: Jim Foret
Jim Foret is a man of many talents. He is currently an instructor at UL Lafayette teaching courses on plant science, urban tree...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Feb 16
- 1 min
Plant of the Month: Carpinus caroliniana, Ironwood
The weather is still cool and we have another month to plant trees so this month, Carpinus caroliniana, also known as ironwood or...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Native Plant Advocate of January 2023: Dr. Brandon Ballengee
Dr. Brandon Ballengee is an Artist and Biologist living in the country near Cecilia with his wife Aurore, a Sustainable food Educator and...
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Phyllis Griffard
- Dec 30, 2022
- 2 min
Our 2023 Plant of the Year: Mamou
One of our New Year's Resolutions is to raise the profile of some of our most beloved native plants by featuring them in our outreach and...
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ANPP Volunteers
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
A new irrigation system!
Greenhouse renovations are complete. We are planting seed trays, making cuttings and divisions, potting tree seedlings. As we thin out...
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