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Site Address

Jungle Gardens
Avery Island, LA 70513

Online Resources

鈥淓dward Avery McIlhenny Pioneer Bamboo Planter鈥�
By Andrew D. Ringle includes an extensive biography.

Print Resources

"Edward Avery McIlhenny," Tabasco: An Illustrated History. By Shane K. Bernard, 2007.

Archives

E. A. McIlhenny Enterprises, Inc.; administered by the McIlhenny Company and Avery Island, Inc., Archives, Avery Island, Louisiana.

E. A. McIlhenny Papers. Louisiana State University Libraries Special Collections in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The History portion of this feature is largely based on the article "Edward Avery McIlhenny Pioneer Bamboo Planter" by Andrew D. Ringle. Mr. Ringle is a cousin of the late E.A. McIlhenny and lives at Avery Island, Louisiana, where he grew up next to the grove that contains McIlhenny鈥檚 earliest bamboo plantings.