The Dirt

As a Louisiana native, Louise Prejean's maternal grandmother had a camp on Lake Dauterive in the Atchafalaya Basin which lead to her love of native plants.

Marcus Descant, known as the Urban Naturalist, is a Louisiana native who has cultivated a passion for gardening and environmental sustainability in the Lafayette area

Emma's destiny was probably clear when she asked for a garden for her sixth birthday.

I have served on the board of ANPP for the past year and proudly represent ANPP on the board of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation.

ANPP salutes our tireless treasurer, Dr. Paul Klerks.

Dan Weintritt has been supportive of the Acadiana Native Plant Project (ANPP) since its inception in late 2016.

Hayden and Joni are landscape architects and teach landscape architecture at LSU's Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture.

Pete started growing plants while in college, but his botanical focus has changed over the many years since then.

Dave Patton (pictured here with his newly constructed chimney swift chimney) is a nature lover and avid birder.

Karen joined ANPP back in 2018 just after the greenhouse was moved to Arnaudville.  She retired from teaching at Acadiana High ...

This month we salute Malcolm and Gail Quillman Vidrine of Eunice. They are both authors, and educators and are long time advocates for...

Lawrence is a tireless volunteer in nearly every aspect of our mission. He worked for 25 years with the NOAA Fisheries Service as a ...

Janine Kharey is an experienced educator, multimedia artist, Master Naturalist, Master Gardener, and founder of Wild Ones Greater Baton ...

ANPP is thrilled to feature Matt Boutte as this month's Native Plant Advocate.

Abbie and Mark are advocates for native plants at Moncus Park, a 100-acre nonprofit park conservancy in midtown Lafayette.

Featured Native Plant Advocate and Volunteer: Gail Evans Gail Evans is a passionate promoter of native plants and pollinators. After ...

Congratulations and welcome to Heather Warner-Finley, an original ANPP founding member and our new president

I met Larry Allain in Dr. Mike Zavada's Paleobotany class in graduate school in the early 1990's.

When I met Phyllis in early 2017, we were learning to propagate mistflower under the tutelage of June Walker at June's greenhouse in...

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...