Beautiful, vivid photographs combine with equally vibrant text topresent twenty-nine of the Pelican State's most famous gardens.Louisiana's traditional gardens, plantation gardens, arboretums, parks, commemorative areas, and nature preserves will awe and inspire gardenerseverywhere. Among those featured are the Louisiana State Arboretum, the firststate-supported arboretum in the United States, and Audubon Park and ZoologicalGardens, featuring not only the handiwork of renowned landscape planner JohnCharles Olmsted, but also a world-class zoo that is home to more than 1,800animals.For those wishing to see the gardens for themselves, helpful maps offerdirections to every azalea, camellia, and magnolia from Afton Villa Gardens inSt. Francisville to Zemurray Gardens in Loranger.