Thanks to everyone who attended for making the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello a great success. Mark your calendars for next year’s festival: September 14-15, 2012.
Tickets will be available for purchase March 14.
Charlottesville, Virginia
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Celebrate the harvest and the genius of revolutionary gardener Thomas Jefferson, America’s "First Foodie," at the 6th annual Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello, a celebration of gardening, sustainable agriculture and local food, held on the breathtaking West Lawn of Jefferson’s Monticello. Taste heirloom fruits and vegetables and learn about organic gardening and seed-saving at this fun, family-friendly festival.
Our full program will be available soon.
Friday, September 14
Pre-Festival Premium Workshops
9 am – 5 pm
Grand Preview Dinner & Evening with Joel Salatin
6 pm – 9 pm
Saturday, September 15
The Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello
9 am – 5 pm
- Heirloom vegetable, fruit, and grain tastings at the Tasting Tent
- Trade seeds and learn from experienced seed savers at the Seed Swap
- Chef demonstrations from Charlottesville’s booming local food scene
- Tours of the vegetable gardens, flower gardens, and grounds of Monticello
- Ongoing activities for the whole farmily at the Master Gardeners’ Roots & Shoots Tent
- The Backyard Revolution brings to life our agrarian heritage
- Local musicians on the West Lawn
- Heirloom plants and more from the Center for Historic Plants
- Lectures and workshops with dozens of experts