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Jefferson Island's Rip Van Winkle Gardens mimics the tranquil Zen gardens of Japan.
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Jefferson Island
After returning to Rte. 90, head southwest on Rte. 14 toward Jefferson Island, where
an oak-lined boulevard leads, appropriately enough, to Live Oak Gardens—25 acres of
semitropicalgardensborderingLakePeigneur.Morethan1,000speciesoffloweringplants
canbeseenhere,andinnearbyRipVanWinkleGardens.Surveyingthesceneisagraceful
Victorian mansion that was once the winter home of Joseph Jefferson, a celebrated Amer-
ican actor.
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