Saturday, September 11, 2010, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
West Lawn of Monticello and the new Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center
Charlottesville, VA, Parking at Piedmont Virginia Community College*
Purchase discounted advance tickets online.

*Due to the limited availability of parking at Monticello, ticket holders to the festival will be parking at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Directions to the parking site are available through Google Maps. There will be regular shuttle service to and from the festival throughout the day. The parking lot is two and a half miles from Monticello.

Those purchasing day admission passes for Monticello will have full access to the festival and will be permitted to park at Monticello’s new Visitor Center. There is a short shuttle trip to the House and West Lawn.

We have lots of new information on the website! Learn how to bring your own heirloom tomatoes to compete at our Tasting Tent, read about our Musical Line-Up, and consider coming to a free Friday Afternoon Farm Tour at the Local Food Hub Demonstration Farm the day before the festival.

Explore the site to learn more, view the schedule, purchase tickets, and sign up to receive updates.

Experience the genius of Thomas Jefferson while celebrating one of his great passions – the garden. Join us for the annual Heritage Harvest Festival, a celebration of gardening, sustainable agriculture and local food, held at Monticello, the mountaintop home of our third president.

New Offerings

This year’s Heritage Harvest Festival offers more than ever before. The venue for the festival is now the verdant landscape of Monticello. Choose from more than 40 educational programs, lectures, cooking demonstrations and food tastings. Don’t miss the popular Tomato Tasting, while taking in the serene setting of Jefferson’s vegetable gardening.

Expert Speakers

Renowned speakers, local celebrities and garden experts present educational programs, including:

• Mother Earth News contributing editors and authors, Barbara Pleasant and William Woys Weaver
• Patti Moreno, the “Garden Girl” of sustainable urban living
• Dr. Jeanine Davis, author of Ginseng, Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals
• Sharon Astyk, author of the Jefferson-inspired book, A Nation of Farmers

Learn more - read our workshop descriptions and purchase tickets for premium workshops

Delicious Dishes

Chef demonstrations feature fresh local ingredients. Join in on the fun!

• “Hoppin John” Martin Taylor introduces aspiring chefs to “low country” cooking.
• Monticello’s Leni Sorensen offers a glimpse of cuisine served in the time of President Jefferson.
• Local chef Mark Gresge of L’Etoile shows why we’re so lucky to be locavores in the Charlottesville area!

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