The Dirt

Final report by Dona Weifenbach ANPP members have completed work begun in March on a plant survey in the 23-acre undeveloped Ravine area...

by Phyllis Griffard and Kelly Guilbeau We've all heard it. Native plants are weedy and habitat gardens are wild and messy looking. Well...

by Dona Weifenbach ANPP is working with Moncus Park groundskeeper Mark Hernandez to develop a plan to identify and remove invasive...

ANPP congratulates Amy on her bronze-level certified habitat.

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

Indian blanket flower is an erect annual or perennial in the Asteraceae (daisy) family. 

By Dan Weintritt and Friends

by Phyllis Griffard, Education and Outreach Winter came through with a vengeance last week, but nature and her plants are tough. It only...

by Phyllis Griffard, Education and Outreach You might be surprised, but none of us in ANPP, not even The Nature Dude himself, has a...

by Lawrence Rozas, President February is an ideal time for the proactive native gardener to accomplish several tasks that will pay off...

by Lawrence Rozas, President and Phyllis Griffard, Education and Outreach Native plants, which are well adapted to the local environment,...

The Little White House is functional again. Over time, with lots of generous and strong folks, the little white house on the property...

After watching a webinar by Wild Ones with the authors (https://wildones.org/webinar-diboll-cox-nov-2023/), I ordered this book and am...

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...

The oak trees in our area are enthusiastically producing acorns this year. Scientists have many theories as to the reason for mast year...

On December 19, Dr. Jim Foret (pictured above), a retired environmental scientist from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a ...

By Dan Weintritt and Friends

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

Southern Arrowwood, Viburnum dentatum, is a multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub (6' - 12’ x 6' -10’) that occurs over most of the state in ...

ANPP congratulates Rene Rost Middle School’s Lâche Pas French Culture Class in Vermilion Parish for their bronze-level certified habitat!