The Dirt

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...

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...

Jim Foret is a man of many talents. He is currently an instructor at UL Lafayette teaching courses on plant science, urban tree...

Dr. Brandon Ballengee is an Artist and Biologist living in the country near Cecilia with his wife Aurore, a Sustainable food Educator and...

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

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

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...

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

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

By: Phyllis Griffard Blair Begnaud, Assistant Director of Sustainability at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Blair Begnaud is an...

By: Phyllis Giffard Native plant advocate Steve Nevitt distributes native prarie seeds. Steve is a past president of the Cajun Prairie...

By: Phyllis Giffard Native Plant Advocate Eric Vanbergen began promoting natives at a very young age. This month we salute Eric Vanbergen...

By: Phyllis Giffard Pam Blanchard, coordinator of the LSU Coastal Roots Program This month we salute Dr. Pam Blanchard, coordinator of...

By: Phyllis Giffard Donna Weifenbach, ANPP President in 2022 This month we take advantage of our President Dona Weifenbach’s short hiatus...

By: Phyllis Giffard Louisiana's most dedicated plant educator, Dr. Charles Allen This month we salute one of Louisiana’s most dedicated...