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ANPP Volunteers
Jan 72 min read
Ashlee Brackeen Owner: Gulf Coast Flora
I have served on the board of ANPP for the past year and proudly represent ANPP on the board of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.
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ANPP Volunteers
Jan 62 min read
Dan Weintritt
Dan Weintritt has been supportive of the Acadiana Native Plant Project (ANPP) since its inception in late 2016.
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ANPP Volunteers
Jan 12 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocates - Hayden and Joni Hammons
Hayden and Joni are landscape architects and teach landscape architecture at LSU's Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture.
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ANPP Volunteers
May 1, 20242 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Pete Griffard
Pete started growing plants while in college, but his botanical focus has changed over the many years since then.
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ANPP Volunteers
Apr 1, 20241 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate: Dave Patton
Dave Patton (pictured here with his newly constructed chimney swift chimney) is a nature lover and avid birder.
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ANPP Volunteers
Mar 1, 20241 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate: Karen Sellers
Karen joined ANPP back in 2018 just after the greenhouse was moved to Arnaudville. She retired from teaching at Acadiana High ...
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Alyssa Carrier
Feb 7, 20241 min read
Featured Native Plant Educators: The Vidrines
This month we salute Malcolm and Gail Quillman Vidrine of Eunice. They are both authors, and educators and are long time advocates for...
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ANPP Volunteers
Feb 1, 20242 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Lawrence Rozas
Lawrence is a tireless volunteer in nearly every aspect of our mission. He worked for 25 years with the NOAA Fisheries Service as a ...
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ANPP Volunteers
Jan 1, 20241 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Janine Kharey
Janine Kharey is an experienced educator, multimedia artist, Master Naturalist, Master Gardener, and founder of Wild Ones Greater Baton ...
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ANPP Volunteers
Dec 1, 20232 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Matthew Boutte
ANPP is thrilled to feature Matt Boutte as this month's Native Plant Advocate.
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ANPP Volunteers
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocates - Abbie Judice and Mark Hernandez
Abbie and Mark are advocates for native plants at Moncus Park, a 100-acre nonprofit park conservancy in midtown Lafayette.
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Vilma Fernandez
Aug 20, 20231 min read
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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Dona Weifenbach
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Heather Warner-Finley
Congratulations and welcome to Heather Warner-Finley, an original ANPP founding member and our new president
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Dona Weifenbach
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Featured Native Plant Advocate - Larry Allain
I met Larry Allain in Dr. Mike Zavada's Paleobotany class in graduate school in the early 1990's.
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Dona Weifenbach
May 8, 20232 min read
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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ANPP Volunteers
Apr 15, 20233 min read
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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ANPP Volunteers
Apr 15, 20232 min read
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
Feb 16, 20232 min read
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
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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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