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Saturday September 12, 2009, 10am - 4pm
News Flash:
We've chosen a date for next year!
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 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.
CLICK HERE to see photos from
the 2007 Heritage Harvest Festival!
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 - Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants
And MORE to be announced, come back soon or join our newsletter to learn more! Our festival is inexpensive & kid-friendly.  
CONVENIENT PARKING
Help us plan, and avoid disappointment, by pre-registering on our web-site for limited-capacity workshops and tours! 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.
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