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A Taste of Louisiana Tour
A "Taste" of Louisiana
Price per person: $85. Advance registration required. Price includes lunch, snack and water, admission to the New Orleans Botanical Garden and Oak Alley Plantation.
Date: Monday, August 3
Time: 7:30 A.M. – 5:30 P.M.
Leaves hotel promptly at: 7:30 A.M. Please arrive at the Canal Street Entrance 15 minutes prior to departure time.
Please note that in case of insufficient registered participants, the tour will be cancelled and you will be fully refunded.
This tour will begin at the New Orleans Botanical Garden located in NO City Park. NOBG was started in the 1930’s and has literally weathered the storms throughout the years. Our next stop for lunch and gardens will be at the Hammond Research Station that is part of the LSU Ag Center. This 150 acre facility is open to the public and focuses on landscape horticulture including evaluations of over 500 ornamental plants a year. Our final stop will be at Oak Alley Plantation, one of the most beautiful plantations along River Road.