Jungle Gardens and Herbarium on Avery Island
Jungle Gardens is a 175-acre drive-through tropical and semi-tropical garden located on the northwest side of Avery Island in Louisiana. It has roughly 13 miles of roads that traverse the landscape. Originally the property served as Edward Avery “Ned” McIlhenny’s private estate, at the center of which stood his residence, Mayward Hill. In the early 1920s, […]