Thanks for an amazing 12th Annual Heritage Harvest Festival.
Check back soon for new events for the 13th annual Heritage Harvest Festival – September 20-21, 2019!
Jefferson’s Tufton Farm: Strong Roots. New Growth.
Keith Nevison, Derek Wheeler
**SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL OFFSITE EVENT** Join us for an exclusive event at Thomas Jefferson’s Tufton Farm. The morning begins with...
Tufton Farm
Garden & Garlic at Forrest Green Farm
Ira Wallace, Krista Rahm
**SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL OFFSITE EVENT** Want to know how to grow really great garlic and amazing perennial onions? This is...
Forrest Green Farm
Harvest Celebration Luncheon
Joy Crump
**SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL OFFSITE EVENT** Gliding into Autumn Chef and restaurateur Joy Crump is driven by the seasons in her...
Charlottesville Cooking School
Between the Orchard and the Glass: A Talk, Tour & Tasting at Albemarle CiderWorks
Charlotte Shelton, Gail Hobbs-Page
**SPECIAL PRE-FESTIVAL OFFSITE EVENT** At Albemarle CiderWorks, it’s all about the trees. Founded by the Shelton family in 2000,...
Albemarle CiderWorks
Complimentary Mini Seed Swap
Ira Wallace, Rodger Winn
Bring your vegetable seeds and come swap with the experts! Join Rodger Winn and Ira Wallace as they chat...
Seed Swap Tent
Simmering Succotash: A Taste of History on the Open Hearth
Paula Marcoux
Have you ever simmered a pot of succotash over a wood fire? Do you include hominy in your Thanksgiving...
Woodland Pavilion, Visitor Center
From Garden to Table: A Bountiful Harvest Supper
Scott Peacock
With Scott Peacock, there’s always something tantalizing happening in the kitchen. Join America’s Southern cuisine maestro as he prepares...
Classroom 5, Visitor Center
Shrubs and Switchels: Colonial Drinks for Modern Times
Krista & Rob Rahm
Shrubs and switchels (drinking/sipping vinegars) were popular drinks during Colonial times. A shrub is a blend of fruit, sugar...
Classroom 6, Visitor Center
No Bare Ground
Patryk Battle
Learn to use the space between your main and catch crops, building fertility to provide habitat and sustenance for...
Classroom 7, Visitor Center
Thomas Jefferson’s Fruit Garden: A Precious Refreshment
Jessica Bryars
Enjoy an in-depth tour of the Monticello South Orchard and Vineyards with Jessica Bryars, assistant manager of nursery operations...
Garden Pavilion, Mountaintop
The Enslaved Community and Monticello’s Plantation Harvest
Brandon Dillard
Brandon Dillard, Monticello’s manager of special programs, will share the stories of the skilled chefs, artisans, and people who...
Fish Pond, Mountaintop
Making the Most of Your Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Experience
Michelle McKenzie
Community-supported agriculture (commonly referred to as CSA) provides the consumer with an opportunity to buy food grown or produced...
Woodland Pavilion, Visitor Center
Supersalads of Autumn
Joy Crump
Autumn is upon us! We want to tuck in and enjoy our hearty culinary favorites. But don’t forego salads...
Classroom 5, Visitor Center
Gourmet Vinegar: The Magic Mix
Gabriele Rausse
Vinegar was an integral ingredient in numerous Jefferson-family recipes. Join Gabriele Rausse, Monticello’s director of gardens and grounds and...
Classroom 6, Visitor Center
Fall into the Perfect Winter Garden
Ken Bezilla
Gardens don’t have to end when the frost comes! SESE Seed Inventory Manager Ken Bezilla shows participants how to...
Classroom 7, Visitor Center
Thomas Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden
Peter J. Hatch
Thomas Jefferson wrote “the greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to...
Garden Pavilion, Mountaintop
Thomas Jefferson’s “Pet Trees”
Peggy Cornett
Thomas Jefferson cultivated 160 native and exotic tree species at Monticello. During his retirement years, he often gave rambling...
Fish Pond, Mountaintop
Book Signings
A unique opportunity to meet some of your favorite authors and take home signed copies of their works.
Charlotte Moss Book Signing at Caspari
Charlotte Moss
In her tenth book, Charlotte Moss Entertains, the renowned decorator and trendsetter takes us beyond her beautifully designed interiors...
Caspari on the Downtown Mall
From Frying Pan to Fire: Southern Cooking on the Open Hearth
Dr. Leni Sorensen
Join independent scholar and culinary historian Dr. Leni Sorensen as we journey from the antebellum Virginia kitchen to cooking...
Woodland Pavilion, Visitor Center
The “Superiority” of Chocolate
Tim Gearhart
Writing to John Adams from Paris in 1785, Thomas Jefferson commented on the “superiority” of chocolate, “both for health...
Classroom 5, Visitor Center
Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms
Mark Jones
Learn how to grow several different types of specialty mushrooms using low-tech/low-cost methods in your garden or woodlot. Mark...
Classroom 6, Visitor Center
Craft “Cyder”: From Jefferson’s Table to Ours
Charlotte Shelton
Enjoy a hands-on demonstration of craft cider-making! Charlotte Shelton, one of the principals of Albemarle CiderWorks , will lead...
Classroom 7, Visitor Center
Follow the Flavor: A Tour of Jefferson’s Vegetable Garden
Pat Brodowski, Dr. David Shields
Join Chairman of Carolina Gold Rice Dr. David Shields with Pat Brodowski, vegetable gardener at Monticello, on a walk...
Garden Pavilion, Mountaintop
Tour and Seed Saving in the Monticello Flower Garden
Debbie Donley
Join Debbie Donley, Monticello’s specialty gardener, for a tour of Jefferson’s flower gardens, and a hands-on, seed-saving workshop. Learn...
Fish Pond, Mountaintop
Beer and Food: A Fun, Simple Approach to Pairing
Rob Mullin
Join Three Notch’d Brewing’s Rob Mullin for an interactive beer and food experience. In his 25-plus years brewing (and...
Woodland Pavilion, Visitor Center
Ferment Your Garden: Feed Your Gut
Dawn Story
Learn how easy it is to transform the garden harvest into nutritious and delicious fermented foods using the ancient...
Classroom 5, Visitor Center
How We Made Money on a Very Tiny Farm
Jeanine Davis
When Jeanine Davis of NC State University and her husband bought their very small farm in western North Carolina,...
Classroom 6, Visitor Center
Feed the Soil
Pam Dawling
Learn how to grow and maintain healthy soils with avid vegetable grower and Twin Oaks Community manager, Pam Dawling....
Classroom 7, Visitor Center
Jefferson’s Revolutionary Garden
Peter J. Hatch
Thomas Jefferson wrote “the greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to...
Garden Pavilion, Mountaintop
Landscape Archaeology of Monticello
Fraser Neiman
Join Monticello’s Director of Archaeology, Fraser Neiman, on a behind-the-scenes walk exploring the physical traces of Jefferson’s ornamental landscape....
Fish Pond, Mountaintop
Festival Saturday – General Admission
Attend free workshops, chef demos, seed swap, Monticello Shop tent, kids activities, beer garden (for purchase), food concessions (for...
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
12th Annual Seed Swap
Meet legendary and everyday seed savers at our annual Seed Swap. Come share your seeds, your knowledge and your...
Seed Swap Tent
Tasting Tent: Tomato, Pepper & Melon Tasting
Nothing says summer in the garden like a luscious, vine-ripened heirloom tomato. Stop by to taste dozens of varieties...
Tasting Tent
Discovery Tent
Central Virginia Master Gardeners Central Virginia Master Gardeners is based in Louisa County and offers horticultural and gardening education...
Discovery Tent
Petting Zoo: Foxboro Farm
Come meet a variety of miniature farm animals to entertain and educate from right here in Charlottesville! Foxboro Farm’s...
Kid's Zone
Kids & Family Activities
Rhythms ‘Round Virginia Kids’ Zone Enjoy songs and stories of old Virginia, animal folk songs, and old-time music played...
Kid's Zone
Reinvigorating the Landscape at Monticello
Thomas Woltz, Keith Nevison
This year, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation has embarked on an ambitious project to restore farming to Monticello. In this...
Garden Tent
Fall and Winter Gardening: Eat Fresh From Your Garden All Year
Ira Wallace
Fall and winter provide a second chance to grow the delicious greens and wonderful roots we savor in spring....
Heritage Tent
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Corby Kummer
“Anyone can cook anything and make it delicious. Whether you’ve never picked up a knife or you’re an accomplished...
Harvest Tent
Tabletop Tips for the Perfect Harvest Event
Greg Campbell, Erick New
Hosting a dinner party with friends or loved ones, and wondering how to make your table spectacular? Meet Garden...
Festival Tent
Chef Demo – Tonya Holland
Tanya Holland
Cornmeal Crepe with Okra Ratatouille, Hot Pepper Sauce and Twenty Paces Creamery Goat Cheese
Chef Demo Tent
Cured Pork – The “Plantation Fuel”
Damon Lee Fowler
The “fuel” that kept the Monticello household operating was cured pork. Dry-cured hams were a fixture in the dining...
Historic Kitchen
Book Signings
A unique opportunity to meet some of your favorite authors and take home signed copies of their works. 11:45am...
Monticello Shop Tent (West Lawn)
Southern Classics Revisited: Bringing Flavor Back to Our Food
Dr. David Shields
Southern food is tasting better again. For over half a century, the grains, vegetables and fruit that have formed...
Heritage Tent
My Perfect Locavore
Joel Salatin
With the track record in longevity and scale Polyface Farm has enjoyed, people are often startled to hear Joel...
Festival Tent
Presidential Soul
Adrian Miller, Corby Kummer
Join Adrian Miller, former White House staffer in the Clinton Administration and James Beard Award-winning author with Heritage Harvest...
Garden Tent
At The Table With An American Original
Sara Franklin, Toni Tipton-Martin, Michael Twitty, Kevin West
An icon among culinary professionals, Edna Lewis (1916-2016) was an African-American woman chef from an era when those words...
Harvest Tent
Chef Demo – Ian Boden
Ian Boden
Whippoorwill Field Peas w/ Pickled Chilies & Green Onions Native Valley field peas braised in a country ham rich...
Chef Demo Tent
Jefferson’s Recipes: “In Good Taste and Abundance”
Dr. Leni Sorensen
Come hear about the recipes served at Jefferson’s table — little-known facts about foods we now take for granted....
Historic Kitchen
Why These Seeds Belong in Your Garden: 20 Varieties and Their Extraordinary Stories
Lee Buttala
For decades, Seed Savers Exchange has been saving heirloom varieties of fruit and vegetable seeds – not only for...
Heritage Tent
Food! A Writer’s Forum
Damon Lee Fowler, Corby Kummer, Toni Tipton-Martin
It’s all about the food. Today our panel of writers is here to dish. Food writers are discoverers, from...
Harvest Tent
Lessons From the Family Kitchen
Joy Crump, Tanya Holland, Kevin West
Listen closely to the stories of America’s great chefs – so many of whom trace their joy of food...
Festival Tent
Tools of the Trade: Craft in the Kitchen
Corry Blanc, Ian Boden, Zack Worrell
Join in a conversation with several of Virginia’s finest craftsmen, and learn how to properly identify and use the...
Garden Tent
Chef Demo – Samin Nosrat
Samin Nosrat
Roasted Pepper and Heirloom Bean Salad with Feta Cheese and Almonds Inspired by the flavors of the Mediterranean and...
Chef Demo Tent
Cooking with Edna Lewis: A Personal Portrait
Scott Peacock
Noted chef Scott Peacock shares memories, lessons, and tastes from his years in the kitchen with Edna Lewis –...
Historic Kitchen
Africa on the Mountaintop
Michael Twitty
Michael Twitty is a prominent culinary and cultural historian who interprets the experiences of enslaved African Americans through food...
Mulberry Row
Epic Tomatoes From Your Garden – Stories, Recommendations and Tips for Success
Craig LeHoullier
Calling all tomato lovers! Join North Carolina’s “Tomato Man” Craig LeHoullier on an informative and visually beautiful journey through the world of tomatoes,...
Harvest Tent
Cheers to Beer!
Rob Mullin
From the ancient Egyptians, who first documented the brewing process on scrolls, through times when brewing was seen as...
Festival Tent
Chef Demo – Joy Crump
Joy Crump
A Year in the Life of a Tomato: Tomato Marmalade and More! There’s nothing better than actual tomato season...
Chef Demo Tent
The Best of Virginia Wine: A Talk and Taste with the Experts
Gabriele Rausse, Kirsty Harmon, Chris Ritzcovan
A behind-the-scenes journey, from Thomas Jefferson’s first attempts to grow and harvest grapes to the successful viticulture scene in...
Garden Tent
A Cut Above: Ask The Butcher
Alex Import
A presentation devoted to all things meat! Join JM Stock Provisions – Central Virginia’s premier purveyor of local, grass-fed...