The Dirt

A Blog of the Acadiana Native Plant Project

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...