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Invasive Plant of the Month - Yellow Flag Iris
This is the first installment of articles to feature invasive plants of Louisiana.
Lawrence Rozas
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Native Plant Advocate of the Month: 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...
Vilma Fernandez
Aug 20, 20232 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 ...
Vilma Fernandez
Aug 20, 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
Dona Weifenbach
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Cindy Boudreaux - Silver Louisiana Certified Habitat
In 1997, Cindy and her husband bought 11 acres which they thought was a beautiful piece of land planted with rye grass—NOT!
ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Acadian Odyssey Memorial Park in Loreauville - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
The Loreauville Acadian Odyssey Monument Park is located at 119 Bridge St., Loreauville, LA.
ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Eustoma exaltatum, Catchfly Prairie Gentian
The first time I saw this beautiful plant was in a Cameron Parish drainage ditch between an abandoned parking lot and coastal marsh near ...
Dona Weifenbach
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Eric Vanbergen and Ascension Episcopal School
This Cajun Prairie-themed pollinator garden is a bronze-level LCH that was planted by Eric in 2019 when he was a high school student there.
ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Cindy Boudreaux Silver Louisiana Certified Habitat
In 1997, Cindy and her husband bought 11 acres which they thought was a beautiful piece of land planted with rye grass—NOT!
ANPP Volunteers
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Aimee LaFleur - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Aimee LaFleur on her bronze-level certified habitat!
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Erin Bass - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Erin Bass for her bronze-certified habitat in the Comeaux Place neighborhood near downtown Lafayette.
Kelly Guilbeau
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.
Dona Weifenbach
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Larry Allain - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Larry Allain for his gold certified habitat, Cajun Prairie Farm, in Arnaudville in St. Landry Parish.
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Brian Gaspard - Louisiana Certified Habitat
Brian and his family reside in rural Vermilion Parish.
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Acadian Baptist Center - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
Acadian Baptist Center is a Christian camping and retreat center located near Richard.
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20232 min read
How City Ordinances May Affect Your Native Plant Landscape (and what you can do)
Recently, a friend called me in some distress.
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20233 min read
Rachael Bernard - Silver Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Rachael Bernard on her silver certified habitat located in Lafayette!
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Cyrilla racemiflora, Swamp Titi
I love this article written by Bill Fontenot about Cyrilla racemiflora. It is from the Nature Dude Blog dated December 2017.
Dona Weifenbach
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Arie and Taylor Desormeaux - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
In 2020, Arie and Taylor Desormeaux purchased a 75-year-old home on nearly 2 acres in the heart of Lafayette.
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
Diana Lombana - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
Congratulations to Diana Lombana for her gold level Louisiana certified habitat in Lafayette Parish!
ANPP Volunteers
Jun 1, 20231 min read
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