Lagniappe Dispatches
What Plants Did Cajun Traiteurs Actually Use?
Before hospitals reached Southwest Louisiana, the traiteur was the healer — and their medicine grew in the dooryard. Here are the plants Cajun traiteurs actually used, rooted in three centuries...
What Plants Did Cajun Traiteurs Actually Use?
Before hospitals reached Southwest Louisiana, the traiteur was the healer — and their medicine grew in the dooryard. Here are the plants Cajun traiteurs actually used, rooted in three centuries...
The Healing Garden — Traiteur
What is a Traiteur? A Traiteur (pronounced tray-TEUR) is a traditional Cajun folk healer from Southwest Louisiana — part herbalist, part spiritual guide, part community caretaker. For generations, Traiteurs used native...
The Healing Garden — Traiteur
What is a Traiteur? A Traiteur (pronounced tray-TEUR) is a traditional Cajun folk healer from Southwest Louisiana — part herbalist, part spiritual guide, part community caretaker. For generations, Traiteurs used native...
Welcome to the Heritage Garden Journal
What is a Louisiana native plant heritage garden? A Louisiana native plant heritage garden replaces traditional modern landscaping — grass lawns, imported shrubs, costly irrigation — with plants native to Louisiana's...
Welcome to the Heritage Garden Journal
What is a Louisiana native plant heritage garden? A Louisiana native plant heritage garden replaces traditional modern landscaping — grass lawns, imported shrubs, costly irrigation — with plants native to Louisiana's...
What is a Traiteur? The Cajun Folk Healer Behin...
The Traiteur tradition is one of the most quietly powerful threads in Cajun culture. Learn what a Traiteur is, meet three plants from our 250-plant healing library, and discover how...
What is a Traiteur? The Cajun Folk Healer Behin...
The Traiteur tradition is one of the most quietly powerful threads in Cajun culture. Learn what a Traiteur is, meet three plants from our 250-plant healing library, and discover how...
Why We're Tearing Out Our Lawn — And Planting L...
We're replacing our Southwest Louisiana lawn with an authentic Cajun prairie heritage garden — native plants, living soil, and deep cultural roots. This is the real, messy, beautiful story of...
Why We're Tearing Out Our Lawn — And Planting L...
We're replacing our Southwest Louisiana lawn with an authentic Cajun prairie heritage garden — native plants, living soil, and deep cultural roots. This is the real, messy, beautiful story of...
It Was Raining When We Started
Day 1 of the Native Louisiana Heritage Garden project — replacing a traditional St. Augustine lawn with native Cajun prairie plants. It was raining when we started. We started anyway.
It Was Raining When We Started
Day 1 of the Native Louisiana Heritage Garden project — replacing a traditional St. Augustine lawn with native Cajun prairie plants. It was raining when we started. We started anyway.