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    come to the Heritage Harvest Festival
    at Monticello

    Saturday September 6, 2008, 10am - 4pm


    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 the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants gardens and nursery at Monticello's Tufton Farm.

    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 Center for Historic Plants.

    Heritage Harvest Festival's Fundraising Kick-Off!
    5% Day at Whole Foods Charlottesville, May 14th


    Volunteers from the Pd 10 master Gardeners, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, The Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants and other Festival supproters will be in the store all day staffing a plant clinic and horticultural help desk, giving short presentations on heirloom vegetables, organic gardening, cooking with the seasons, fermented foods, seed saving, preserving your harvest, bagging groceries, aquainting shoppers with the Heritage Harvest Festival and the work of the supporting organizations and having a great time. The event will be a teaser for the wide array of activities that are available at the Festival as well as Fund raiser for the event. Whole Foods will have samplings that day focused on the local Virginia products available in the store. In store presenters will include Peggy Cornett from the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants, Ira Wallace from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Marty Neff-Smith Louisa Master Gardener and many more.
    Heritage Harvest Festival
    Seed Swap
    From 8-10AM September 6, 2007 the Heritage Harvest Festival will start with an Old Timey Seed Swap at the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants Tufton Farm location near Charlottesville, VA.
    CLICK HERE to find out more about our
    SEED SWAP

    CLICK HERE to see photos from
    the 2007 Heritage Harvest Festival!

    Consider Coming for the Entire Weekend!

  • Friday: Treat yourself to Monticello's Biennial Historic Plants Symposium at Jefferson Library (seperate preregistration required.) Contact pcornett@monticello.org
  • Saturday: Come to the Heritage Harvest Festival.
  • Sunday: Tour rhe house and grounds of Thomas Jefferson's historic Monticello.

    PRESENTERS include:

  • Dr Jeanine Davis - Author of "Growing and Marketing Ginseng, Goldenseal & Other Woodland Medicinals"
  • Peter J. Hatch - Monticells Director of gardens and Grounds
  • Felder Rushing - Author of "Pass Along Plants" & "Tough Plants for Southern Gardens"
  • Criket Rakita - Saving Our Seeds
  • Tom Burford - "Professor Apple" - Author, historic apple orchardist, and nursery consultant
  • Dr Arthur O. Tucker - Deleware State University, Author of "The Big book of Herbs"
  • Craig Lehoullier - The North Carolina Tomato Man, founder of Tomatopalooza.

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

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    For more information or to reserve workshop space,
    call 540-894-9480 (M-F 11am-5pm)
    or email festival@southernexposure.com

    GENERAL ADMISSION FREE!


    CONVENIENT PARKING

    Some limited participation workshops require pre-registration (first come, first serve) and may have a fee.

    Check the workshop listings for details and available Master Gardener credits.

    Directions to Monticello's Tufton Farm


    From Washington, D.C. and Points North
    Take Interstate 66 West to U.S. 29 South at Gainesville. Follow U.S. 29 South into Charlottesville and look for the signs for the U.S. 250 West/U.S. 29 South Bypass. Follow this bypass to Interstate 64 East (direction Richmond). Take Interstate 64 East and get off at Exit 121A onto Va. Route 20 South (direction Scottsville). At the second stoplight, turn left onto Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway) Follow Route 53 East for about 2 miles. Take a left before Brix Market (also has "Simeon" painted on it) at a sharp right curve and proceed .6 mile on Milton Rd (Rt. 732) to Tufton entrance. Take a left and follow driveway to Center for Historic Plants headquarters in grey barn.

    From Richmond and Points East
    Take Interstate 64 West to Exit 121 at Charlottesville. At the end of the exit ramp turn left onto Va. Route 20 South. At the second stoplight, turn left onto Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway). Follow Route 53 East for about 2 miles. Take a left before Brix Market (also has "Simeon" painted on it) at a sharp right curve and proceed .6 mile on Milton Rd (Rt. 732) to Tufton entrance. Take a left and follow driveway to Center for Historic Plants headquarters in grey barn.

    From Lynchburg and Points South
    Take U.S. 29 North to Charlottesville. Take Interstate 64 East (direction Richmond) and get off at Exit 121A onto Va. Route 20 South (direction Scottsville). At the second stoplight, turn left onto Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway). Follow Route 53 East for about 2 miles. Take a left before Brix Market (also has "Simeon" painted on it) at a sharp right curve and proceed .6 mile on Milton Rd (Rt. 732) to Tufton entrance. Take a left and follow driveway to Center for Historic Plants headquarters in grey barn.

    From Staunton and Points West
    Take Interstate 64 East to Charlottesville and get off at Exit 121A onto Va. Route 20 South (direction Scottsville). At the second stoplight, turn left onto Route 53 (Thomas Jefferson Parkway). Follow Route 53 East for about 2 miles. Take a left before Brix Market (also has "Simeon" painted on it) at a sharp right curve and proceed .6 mile on Milton Rd (Rt. 732) to Tufton entrance. Take a left and follow driveway to Center for Historic Plants headquarters in grey barn.