LSU AgCenter Authors: Bill Branch, Bill Carney, Carrie Castille, Denyse Cummins, Don Ferrin, Bobby Fletcher Jr. (Primary Investigator), Stuart Gauthier, Dan Gill, Henry Harrison, Jessica Kastler, Tom Koske, Brian LeBlanc, Allen Owings, Dale Pollet, Don Reed, Rene Schmit, J Stevens, and Ron Strahan.

The Louisiana Yards & Neighborhoods program is a partnership of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) and the University of Florida and the Florida Yards & Neighborhoods program. Partial funding was provided in part by Texas A&M (Cooperative Extension Service) through the Southern Region Water Quality Program subgrant TCE 450031.

Thanks to the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Services (UF/IFAS) Environmental Horticultural Department, Florida Yards and Neighborhoods program for their cooperation and support of this project. This handbook is based on the Florida Yards and Neighborhoods Handbook.

Special thanks to Louisiana Master Gardeners in the development and implementation of this educational publication and program