The Å·ÃÀÈý¼¶Æ¬'s newly completed Wildflower Seed Bank has facilities to cultivate, process and store native Louisiana plants. The new facility will provide the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development with wildflower seeds to plant along interstates and highways, and at state parks and welcome centers.
Growing wild flowers that reseed themselves will reduce mowing times and frequency, fuel costs, and carbon emissions from tractors and other equipment.
Read more in Wildflowers in Waiting from the Fall 2017 issue of La Louisiane.
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