Rte. 53
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Events:
Natural History of Trees
Trees perhaps occupied first place in Thomas Jefferson's hierarchy of favorite garden plants. This two-hour walking tour explores the natural history of Monticello's exotic and native ...
Category: Sports, 09:30:00, 2007-07-14 09:30:00
Tomato Tasting at Monticello
This participatory workshop will examine and rate a sample of tomato varieties now available to gardeners.
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-08-04 09:30:00
Summer Fruit Tasting at Monticello
Staff will entertain participants with the fruits of summer including early apples, peaches, figs, grapes, nectarines, blackberries, pears and much more.
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-08-11 09:30:00
Thomas Jefferson and Natural History Walk
Peggy Cornett will lead this two-hour trek through the forests of Monticello mountain. Participants will examine autumn wildflowers, seedpods and nuts, trees, mammals, birds, the skies, fungi and more...
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-08-25 09:30:00
Precious Refreshment: Virginia Cider Making
Fruit gardeners Kerry Gilmer and Tom Burford will review the Virginia cider making tradition, then demonstrate the process itself in Monticello's South Orchard. Participants will then sample t...
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-09-08 09:30:00
Seed Saving Workshop
The historic tradition of seed saving in America provides a meaningful model for modern gardeners eager to get the most from their gardens.
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-09-22 09:30:00
Tufton Fern Walk at Monticello
Peggy Cornett will lead this two-hour cross-country walk through pristine, relatively undisturbed and isolated natural woodland, pointing out the native plants as they go. There is no trail on substan...
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-10-06 09:30:00
Virginia Native Fruits at Monticello
Join Jason Stevens for an illuminating tour of the native fruit collection in Kemper Park for this two-hour, outdoor workshop.
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-10-20 09:30:00
Apple Tasting
Explore the essence of the apple with Tom Burford, "Professor Apple," who will provide numerous apple varieties, each introduced with a discussion of their history and culture.
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-10-27 09:30:00
Cooking Unusual Vegetables
Chef Gabriele Rausse introduces participants to surprising curiosities like sea kale, cardoon and caracalla bean flowers, as well as underappreciated gourmet vegetables such as endive, Florence fennel...
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-11-03 09:30:00
Vinegar Making Workshop
Join wine-maker and master chef Gabriele Rausse in reviewing the basic principles of vinegar-making, and then learn how to use it in preparing vegetables and meat and in concocting delicious aromatize...
Category: , 09:30:00, 2007-11-17 09:30:00