Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 Montalto Thomas Jefferson's High Mountain, Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

The Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello is a family friendly, educational event that brings together a regional community of organic and sustainable gardening proponents, heirloom plant preservationists and seed savers. This year's event will be held on Montalto, the "high mountain" that rises 400 feet above Thomas Jefferson's gardens at Monticello and will offer food tastings, a seed swap, workshops, demonstrations and other hands-on-activities.

Come support us by attending:

The Heritage Harvest Festival Benefit

Saturday Evening ,Aug 8, 2009
at Monticello's Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center

With performances by:

Devon Sproule
and
Adrienne Young

Concert and Local Food Tasting

New Location:

The Festival will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2009 at Monticello's Montalto, Thomas Jefferson's "High Mountain". Directions coming soon. Keep an eye on our site for new and returning workshops, presenters, sponsors, and more.

ENGAGE

in exciting children's activities presented by the Master Gardeners

LEARN

how to grow heirloom varieties, save your own seeds, and control pests without chemicals.

TASTE

dozens of varieties of tomatoes, apples, garlic, and other fruits and vegetables.

TOUR

Jefferson's Vegetable and Flower Gardens just down the mountain at Historic Monticello.

ENTER

the heritage produce growing contest.

LEARN FROM

national experts and local natural/organic growers who will join non-profits promoting sustainable agriculture and heirloom seed-saving to educate and inform gardeners from around the region.

TAKE HOME

seeds, plants, garlic, apples and other produce from local growers and the extensive collection of the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center for Historic Plants.

CLICK HERE to see photos from past Heritage Harvest Festivals!

Heritage Harvest Festival Seed Swap

Saturday, September 12, 2009 the Heritage Harvest Festival will start with an Old Timey Seed Swap at the Montalto location near Charlottesville, VA. CLICK HERE for more info.

PRESENTERS include:

Dr. Amy Goldman - Author of "The Heirloom Tomato" and Seed Savers Exchange Board President
William Woys Weaver - Food historian, author, contributing editor for Mother Earth News and curator of the Roughwood Seed Collection
Peter J. Hatch - Author of "The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello," "Thomas Jefferson and the Origins of American Horticulture," and Monticello Director of Gardens and Grounds
Barbara Pleasant - Author of "The Complete Compost Gardening Guide," and contributing editor for Mother Earth News
Dr. David Bradshaw - Naturalist, professor emeritus of horticulture at Clemson University, and collector of heirloom seeds and their stories
Dr. Jeanine Davis - Author, "Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal and other Woodland Medicinals"
Peggy Cornett - Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
Kathleen Maier - Director of Sacred Plant Traditions and Co-founder of Virginia Plant Savers

And MORE to be announced, come back soon or join our newsletter to learn more!

For more information:
call 540-894-9480 (M-F 11am-5pm)
or email festival@southernexposure.com

Avoid disappointment (and help us plan) - pre-register here for limited-capacity workshops and tours!

Convenient Parking

Parking this year will be $5 per car. See how many folks you can fit in those seats to reduce our ecological footprint!

Directions to Monticello's Montalto

Coming very soon!

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