Heritage Harvest Festival 2022
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Heritage Harvest Festival 2022

22.10.2022 - 22.10.2022 Charlottesville, USA, Monticello
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Category: Agriculture, Cereals
Organizer: Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Exhibition center: Monticello

Overview interest facts - Heritage Harvest Festival 2022

Heritage Harvest Festival provides a beautiful showcase for the restored gardens and features the wealth of Monticello’s programs in not just gardening, but also natural history, foodways, and the roles of the entire plantation community.

Overview of exhibitors / visitors - Heritage Harvest Festival 2022

Exhibitor will showcase more than 100 educational programs, hands-on workshops, garden tours, a bounty of heirloom fruit and vegetable tastings, lessons on seed saving and gardening, an organic, local food marketplace, kids’ activities and more on the breathtaking West Lawn of Monticello, vegetable cuisine, plant experimentation and sustainable agriculture, Heirloom vegetable and fruit tastings at the Tasting Tent, Chef demonstrations from our booming local food scene, Fun activities for the whole family, Heirloom plants displays from the Center for Historic Plants, Premium Workshops & Lectures throughout the day, including Tours of the vegetable gardens, flower gardens, and grounds of Monticello.


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