Brenae Bergeron - Gold Level Louisiana Certified Habitat - Lafayette

Brenae began planting natives at her previous rental house when she was in

school studying Environmental Science at UL. As a young adult who is still a

renter, Brenae says she feels very lucky to currently rent this house in the Saints

Streets from a long-time native plant enthusiast who is active with the ANPP. With

permission, she started adding natives to the existing beds in fall 2023 and has

since created many more beds in the time she has lived in the house. She brings

home lots of plants from ANPP volunteer days and swaps plants with other native

plant enthusiasts.

(Brenae's Preaux Tip: Volunteering with ANPP will get you far

when it comes to acquiring plants!)

She started with a pocket prairie from ANPP

and has since expanded into multiple beds for different needs. She reports that

the presence of moths, butterflies, crickets, frogs, and etc. has significantly

increased in the past two and a half years.