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Alyssa Carrier
Jan 25, 20242 min read
Tis the Season: 2021 February Garden Tips
by Lawrence Rozas, President February is an ideal time for the proactive native gardener to accomplish several tasks that will pay off...
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Alyssa Carrier
Jan 25, 20244 min read
To Fertilize. Or Not.
by Lawrence Rozas, President and Phyllis Griffard, Education and Outreach Native plants, which are well adapted to the local environment,...
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Alyssa Carrier
Jan 25, 20241 min read
June Walker Educational Center Open January 2021
The Little White House is functional again. Over time, with lots of generous and strong folks, the little white house on the property...
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Phyllis Griffard
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Book review: A Gardener's Guide to Prairie Plants
After watching a webinar by Wild Ones with the authors (https://wildones.org/webinar-diboll-cox-nov-2023/), I ordered this book and am...
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Phyllis Griffard
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Book Review: Finding the Mother Tree
If you're a Ted Lasso fan too, you may have caught a reference to Suzanne Simard's Mother Tree Hypothesis in season 2, when Coach Beard...
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Louise Prejean
Jan 8, 20241 min read
Ring in the New Year by Celebrating a Native Oak
The oak trees in our area are enthusiastically producing acorns this year. Scientists have many theories as to the reason for mast year...
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ANPP Volunteers
Jan 1, 20242 min read
Root Pruning Demonstration
On December 19, Dr. Jim Foret (pictured above), a retired environmental scientist from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a ...
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ANPP Volunteers
Jan 1, 20243 min read
Your Native Garden Calendar - January 2024
By Dan Weintritt and Friends
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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, 20231 min read
Southern Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum
Southern Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum, is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub (6' - 12’ x 6' -10’) that occurs over most of the state in ...
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ANPP Volunteers
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Rene Rost Middle School, Kaplan LA Lache Pas French Culture Class
ANPP congratulates Rene Rost Middle School’s Lâche Pas French Culture Class in Vermilion Parish for their bronze-level certified habitat!
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ANPP Volunteers
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Nature's Best Hope (Young Readers' Edition) by Douglas W. Tallamy
Dr. Tallamy's most recent book guides students to gain an understanding of the crisis impacting our wildlife populations. This middle...
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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
Nov 1, 20231 min read
De Sha Lee - Bronze Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates De Sha Lee of Duson in Lafayette Parish for her Bronze level Louisiana Certified Habitat.
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Lawrence Rozas
Nov 1, 20234 min read
Invasive Plant of the Month - Sawtooth Oak
Sawtooth Oak, Quercus acutissima, is a deciduous, medium size (65’ tall) tree native to Asia.
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Lawrence Rozas
Oct 4, 20232 min read
Invasive Plant of the Month: Yellow Flag Iris, Iris pseudacorus
by Lawrence Rozas This is the first installment of what I hope will become a regular feature of the monthly newsletter. My purpose for...
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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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ANPP Volunteers
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Jessica Thornton - Gold Louisiana Certified Habitat
ANPP congratulates Jessica Thornton of Rayne in Acadia Parish for the gold level Louisiana Certified Habitat on her property.
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Lawrence Rozas
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Invasive Plant of the Month - Yellow Flag Iris
This is the first installment of articles to feature invasive plants of Louisiana.
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