Hodges Gardens State Park

Hodges Gardens State Park, previously known as Hodges Gardens, Park and Wilderness Area, was located on 4,700 acres (19 km2) between Florien and Hornbeck, near the Toledo Bend Reservoir of the Sabine River in Sabine Parish, in west central Louisiana.

The facility offered walking trails, formal gardens, arboretum, the Azalea Overlook, waterfalls, and a visitor center.

[3] The area was once home to bands of Native Americans, Spanish and French explorers, and highwaymen that were prominent during the time of the Neutral Strip (Louisiana).

A road known as the El Camino Real, or the King's Highway, passed through what became Hodges Garden, and across the Sabine River at Gain's Ferry.

Hodges and his wife, the former Nona Trigg, planned a scenic garden around the natural rock formations.

A dual stairway had a cascading waterfall down the center, many fountains spewing water into the air, and trees adorned with Spanish moss.

Instead, the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism and the Office of State Parks returned ownership to the A. J. and Nona Triggs Foundation.