Local Services

• Bill Fontenot (337 852 5576) or is available for design consultation for projects big and small.

• Jackie Carlisi is available for design and installation. Call (337 277 0027) for a consultation!

• Steve the Native Ninja can help you if you're interested in environmentally friendly landscaping, pollinator beds, pocket prairies, and butterfly gardens (337-278-9068, native_ninja2020@yahoo.com).

• Katie Kogler at Let It Bee Landscaping can help with habitat creation and maintenance in yards and small prairies around Baton Rouge and Prairieville. She works closely with local native seed and plant sources to incorporate into designs that work with you and the natural world. Call (225) 284-5167 to schedule a consultation for your property.

• Contact Steve Nevitt at nevittii@gmail.com or visit his website (www.LouisianaNativeSeed.com) to ask questions about establishment or management of prairies to request consultation or to inquire about custom seed mixes.

• Matthew Boutte is a licensed horticulturalist and native plant specialist offering landscape designs, natural, formal, maintenance, revamp, new installations. bouttelandscapes@gmail.com

• RouxGaroux Gardens, contact Ben Besson, 337-280-8157

• Benton Williams, Willow Grove Landscape, 985-646-9388; williams@willowgrovelandscape.com

• Dionne D'Mello Ddmello@NOCP.org

• Ground Up Landscaping Services, LLC, www.groundupnola.com, 504-327-7341

• Floweringsoulfully.com Janine Khoury. Habitat gardening specific, consultants and queries

 

More Native Plant sources

• L. J. Delcambre at Cajun Native Plants Nursery in Abbeville is specializing in native plants for sale by appointment. L. J. does offer some non-natives and will help you with your landscaping, butterfly garden, and pollinator bed designs. Call (337) 256-7152 to schedule.

• Robby Maxwell at Soggy Prairie Stalks and Seeds in Iowa propagates many prairie species. His list is here. Message on facebook or email robjamax@gmail.com.

• The Urban Naturalist (open 24/7, 216 Madison Street, Lafayette) for Gulf Coast penstemon (Penstemon tenuis), Tropical sage (Salvia coccinea), Indian blanket (Gaillardia pulchella), rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) and other natives.

• Baton Rouge: Clegg's Nursery and Hilltop Arboretum. Greenhand Nursery. Andeab and Mila Berhane are regular vendors at Red Stick Farmer’s Market. Mila: 225 278 1689. greenhand@cox.net, Greenhand Nursery on Facebook

• Almost Eden Plants online carry more native plant species than most traditional nurseries.

• Betty and L. J. Miley at Maypop Hill Nursery Norwood, Louisiana. Open by appointment only, visit maypophill.com.

• Lastrapes Nursery in Opelousas carries a variety of native trees including cypress, oaks, maples, and magnolias.

• Eric Scallan of Scallan's Tree Company in Plaucheville has bare root and larger seedlings of native oaks, baldcypress, cedar elm, mayhaw and others. 318 481 1041. 198 Eric's Lane, Plaucheville LA 71362.

• Some other nurseries carry some popular natives. Ask for them! If you're finding native species in your local garden centers, let us know. If you or someone you know has local ecotypes of native plants available for sale, email Dona Weifenbach at marshgirl64@gmail.com to see if we have space for you at our next plant sale.

 

Learn more

• Check out Wild Ones, Audubon's Plants for Birds, http://www.bonap.org/, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, the Louisiana Native Plant Society and https://warcapps.usgs.gov/PlantID/.

• Bill Fontenot's book, Native Gardening in the South, is for sale at our greenhouse, sales, webstore, and directly from him. 337 852 5576

• Want to learn to ID plants? Get on Dr. Charles Allen's email list and class schedule by emailing native@camtel.net or visit https://www.allenacresbandb.com/.

• Betty Miley has produced Putting Nature First on your Southern Land, a free online book.