Afton Villa Gardens, St Francisville LA
Afton Villa was once one of the many beautiful plantations in St Francisville, Louisiana. The gardens are all that remain and are open for anyone to enjoy. Photography by Henry Hurst.
Afton Villa Gardens, St. Francisville, Louisiana
A tour of Afton Villa Gardens in St. Francisville, Louisiana in March, 2007. Beautiful place, if you ever get a chance to go see St. Francisville in the Spring TAKE IT! Enjoy!
Rosedown Plantation St. Francisville Louisiana
I have not actually been to the plantation but now it is on my travel wish list! I saw pictures and fell in love. So I made this, my first video ever! I wanted to finally teach myself how to use the video software so I chose this project and now I feel almost like I have been there. This is one of the best things about the internet, you can escape and go anywhere in the world. Enjoy!
Butler Greenwood Plantation - St. Francisville, Louisiana
morning after an overnight stay at Butler Greenwood Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana. Built in the 1770's with up to 400 slaves working cotton and sugarcane at its height. As with all plantations, it feels haunted and blackened by the racist past and confused present of southern culture, but deeply fascinating, undeniably beautiful, and historically imperative to an understanding of the US. The house and cottages are clearly in hard times and in dire need of refurbishment. We were not allowed beyond the rear foyer of the main house unfortunately. The owner, who is direct descendant of the original owners, was as mysterious and damaged as the place - she was polite, but distant and strained to maintain even the basics of back and forth conversation. We almost begged for information or a glimpse into into the house, but she wouldn't engage us on any level. Bizarre. But it fit the whole tone and experience perfectly. Recommend seeing this place before it likely caves in on itself and creates a kind of southern gothic supernova.
St. Francisville Trip
Trip sponsored by First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport to St. Francisville, La in the spring of 2009. Places visited: Rose Down Plantation, Live Oak Plantation, Oakley Plantation, Alton Villa Gardens, Grace Episcopal Church, St. Francisville, Mississippi River Ferry,
St. Francisville, Louisiana: Plantations & Cotton
Want to visit the best small towns in America? Take a one-minute tour of St. Francisville, Louisiana, home to some of the best southern plantations in the country in this installment of Our Town.
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A visit to Rosedown, St. Francisville Louisiana
A view of the gardens and grounds of Rosedown (originally a cotton plantation) in St. Francisville LA on April 4th. The house dates from 1834-35. The gardens with their azalea, camellia, hydrangea, rose and box were restored over eight years beginning in 1956, based upon 19th century layouts -- which were said to be the one of the few privately maintained formal gardens of that era. Notice the live oaks and Spanish moss. Now operated by Louisiana Office of State Parks.
Afton is cheering for U. S. A.
Afton is cheering from Charlotte, NC
St Francisville & Oakley House
Coffee at Bird Man Café then a visit to Oakley House where John Audubon stayed.
The Beast St Francisville, LA
Butler Greenwood Plantation
Butler Greenwood Tours & Bed & Breakfast
butlergreenwood.com
8345 U.S. 61
Saint Francisville, LA 70775-6671
(225) 635-6312
Louisiana's Garden in the Forest
Hodges Gardens State Park, filmed in Summer 2016. Footage includes one section of the multi-faceted park.
Afton Villa
A visit to Afton Villa - a plantation house that was destroyed by fire. The gardens have been preserved and are beautiful to visit.
What is Hemingbough?
Hemingbough is the premiere arts and cultural center in the State of Louisiana.
Located on beautiful scenic acreage just south of St. Francisville, Hemingbough is entering its fourth decade as a spiritual retreat, a center for artists to meet and spend time in an inspirational setting, and and enjoyable respite for the general public to sit in and among GOd's wonderfull creations.
There is on charge to visit Hemingbough, and accomodations for groups, conventons, concerts and other venues for weddings, reunions and celebrations are always available to any groups for a nominal fee.
Hemingbough also has a bed and breakfast on the grounds - the Guesthouse, ideal for wedding parties and short getaways.
Arlin Dease, the developer of this garden retreat takes a few moments to explain part of his new vision for the center.
Mary Ann Brown Nature Preserve - Trails in Louisiana near Baton Rouge
Beautiful nature preserve located just south of St Francisville, LA. Hike 2 miles of loop trails consisting of a 1.3 mile main loop and a .67 mile outer loop. This is a great place to day hike around the Baton Rouge area.
St Francisville To New Roads
A slideshow of Provost Cemetery.
This is a slide show of the Provost Cemetery in Louisiana. The voiceover is Chief Shirell discussing the importance of this location.
Driving across the newly opened Audubon Bridge between St. Francisville and New Roads, LA 5/15/2011
Our trip across the newly opened Audubon Bridge near St. Francisville, LA on 5/15/2011.
Music from the movie Pirates of the Caribean
Audubon Bridge to St Francisville LA from New Roads
Louisiana State Road 10 between New Roads and St. Francisville. Audubon Bridge.
Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, Louisiana
Video 1922 (7th journey) of a reality show with your host David Rush. Go to