The Dirt

ANPP congratulates Gary Meyers on a Bronze Certified Natural Habitat!

ANPP congratulates Rebecca Howard for her upgrade from bronze to silver-certified habitat!

ANPP congratulates Gayvonne Mauldin of Historic Washington LA in St. Landry Parish for her Bronze Certified Natural Habitat!

ANPP congratulates Natalie Keefer of Lafayette for her Bronze Certified Natural Habitat!

ANPP congratulates Libby and Kim Nehrbass of Lafayette for their Bronze Certified Natural Habitat!

ANPP congratulates Taylor of Worm Lady Recycles LLC. for their Bronze Certified Natural Habitat!

Congratulations to Kenneth DeSpain for his recent gold certification.

This warm-season, deep-rooted forb is described as an upland species, which prefers sandy, well drained sites (Weaver and Fitzpatrick, 1935)

ANPP congratulates Louise Prejean of Lafayette for her Gold Certified Natural Habitat!

Sweet coneflower is an herbaceous perennial in the daisy family (Asteraceae). Its foliage is low growing until it sends up a flower stalk.

Dan Weintritt has been supportive of the Acadiana Native Plant Project (ANPP) since its inception in late 2016.

American Persimmon was our Plant of the Month in January 2025.

Hayden and Joni are landscape architects and teach landscape architecture at LSU's Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture.

Tasks for every month, all in one place. By Dan Weintritt and Friends

By Dan Weintritt and Friends

Sunday, November 3, 2:00pm - 3:30pm   The Grand Opening  for the Teche Gardens Propagation Area and Teche Woods Nature Trail will be...

By Dan Weintritt and Friends

The covered potting shed is ready for us to move in!!

By Dan Weintritt and Friends

Construction of the covered potting shed is almost complete!!