The Dirt

A Blog of the Acadiana Native Plant Project

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...

Featured Native Plant Educator: Dr. Charles Allen

This month we salute one of Louisiana’s most dedicated native plant educators, Dr. Charles Allen. Dr. Allen is a botanist, plant...

Featured Native Plant Advocates: ANPP’s Mini-grant Recipients

This month we would like to let you know about two completed native planting projects initiated through ANPP’s mini-grant program. We...

Featured Native Plant Advocate and Satellite Nurseryman : James Stelly

Driving to Eunice to the backyard nursery of James and Linda Stelly, you have to look closely for a small sign off the highway that...

Featured Native Plant Advocate and Grower: Robby Maxwell

Robby Maxwell is a fisheries biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and a longtime native plant advocate who...

Dr. William Reese: Gone But Not Forgotten

My first introduction to Louisiana native plants was through a class taught by Dr. William (Bill) Reese in 1977. I was new to Lafayette...