Earlier this month, NPI took a road trip to Arnaudville for Acadiana Native Plant Project’s (ANPP) Yard-to-Habitat workshop. ANPP’s website states that the workshop is “designed to help homeowners and landscapers transform property, from small yards in town to big pastures in the country, to native habitat for pollinators, birds and other wildlife and improve […]
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Louisiana Native Plant Society (LNPS) recently put out a statement on habitat gardening and best practices for ecological resilience. The Native Plant Initiative of GNO is aligned with this statement and supports property owners adherence to best practices of land and water conservation as crucial wildlife habitat. You can read the entire position statement HERE.
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Crazy for Coreopsis by Tammany Baumgarten Native gardeners are crazy for Coreopsis! There are 13 species of Coreopsis, pronounced “core-ee-OP-siss,” that are native to Louisiana and all are long-blooming, sturdy, good wildlife plants that add weeks of color to our Louisiana gardens starting very early in the Spring. Some Coreopsis are annuals that live and die
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