Jonquil Jubilee

The Daffodil Capital of Louisiana, Gibsland, Louisiana

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Enjoy a spring day visiting the Daffodil Capitol of Louisiana, Gibsland, Louisiana. Tour historic homes, shop for handcrafted items, visit a museum, take in a flower show, walk through a garden, and drive through the beautiful North Louisiana countryside enjoying nature's own art show.

• Tour sites open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Purchase a ticket at the Jubilee Booth for $10.00 a ticket. The price includes admission to historic homes and gardens in town, and a map of various plantings in the area.
• Tour two homes on the National Register of Historic Places: The 1848 Green Revivial Sylvan Retreat and the Colbert Place which is built in the 1860's.
• Tour sites include Sally's Field which features over 6,000 daffodils; Oak Grove Farm; enjoy local crafts at the United Methodist Church; visit the oldest continuously operated Baptist church in Louisiana, Mt. Lebanon, established in 1837; visit the Mt. Lebanon Stagecoach Trail Museum; Willow Oaks Farm and a newly constructed Blacksmith Shop
• Shop downtown at E.W. Merrit Pavilion for handcrafted items: iron works, original art, assorted native plants and garden accessories.
• Sample food from Gibsland Grill or Key Rail Barbeque
• Visit the Authentic Bonnie & Clyde Museum
• Walk through the Barbara Van Cleave Joiner Memorial Garden
• Stop by the second Jonquil Jubilee Flower Show
• Get there early for the Jonquil Jubilee Pancake Breakfast sponsored by the Gibsland Lions Club
• Take a historical tour of the Gibsland and Mt. Lebanon cemeteries and learn of those who settled the area
• Stop and smell the flowers at the home of Lorris Carter and walk through a field of daffodils.
  

For more information, visit www.jonquiljubilee.com.

Source: Jonquil Jubilee Website