TCLF Excursion: Revealing Lost Histories in Southeast Louisiana
Thursday, October 9, 2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM CT
The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s nineteenth daylong excursion, held in conjunction with the ASLA Annual Conference on Landscape Architecture, will visit three private properties that exemplify the extraordinary cultural and natural characteristics of Southeast Louisiana. This includes: LeJeune House, the oldest dwelling in New Roads; Afton Villa Gardens, restored over a 50-year-period beginning in 1972; and the antebellum Live Oak property, the subject of a stunning transformational research, planning, and design effort.
The Mississippi River Basin landscape reflects the diverse cultures and settlement patterns of Native Peoples, French, English, and Spanish settlers, and African Americans that is unique to this part of the state. This excursion is a rare opportunity to discover the area’s rich cultural landscape legacy.
The day includes an al fresco luncheon at Live Oak and transportation from St. Francisville to New Orleans.
TCLF Twenty-First Annual Silent Auction, Sept 29- Oct 15.
Held in conjunction with the ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture, TCLF's annual online silent auction features works created by landscape architects, architects, artists, photographers, and others. As in past years, the auction will be hosted exclusively online. Past auction participants include art landscape architects Michael Vergason, Roberto Burle Marx, Lawrence Halprin, and Michael Van Valkenburgh and nationally renowned artists Elyn Zimmerman, Michael Kenna, Alice Aycock, Mary Miss, and Jody Pinto. All auction proceeds benefit TCLF’s education and advocacy initiatives.
