Volumnia Live Oaks

Live Oaks at Volumnia Farm

Volumnia Farm has over 30 live oak trees on its premises; 26 being registered and named with the Live Oak Society of the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc. The oldest tree (R.R. Barrow tree) is almost 7 ft. in diameter and estimated to be over 500 years old and the second oldest (Adolph Gaidry) having 6 ft diameter and 450 years old.

The Southern Live Oak (Quercus Virginiana) unlike other oaks keep their leaves all year except for a few weeks in the spring when they replace the old leaves (hence the name live); and the Live Oak and its Spanish moss is iconic to Old South Louisiana and Volumnia Farm. This majestic tree can reach a height of over 60 feet and a spread double the height with a root system under ground equal to the size of the tree above ground; making it very hard to uproot in the high winds and hurricanes common to South Louisiana.

Aunt Roberta Gaidry oak

R.R. Barrow oak

Volumnia Barrow oak

Resurrection fern

Spanish moss