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The Site of The Vegetable Garden

View of Vegetable Garden Terreace with Garden Pavilion

The 1,000-foot long garden terrace served as both a source of food and an experimental laboratory.
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Jefferson: The Scientist and Gardener

Roundabout Flower Walk in Summer

Jefferson grew 250 varieties of more than 70 different species of vegetables, precisely recording the details of their growth.
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Nineteenth-Century Vegetables and Cultivation Techniques

Rows of lettuce in the Vegetable Garden

Jefferson employed the latest gardening practices and grew many varieties of vegetables that have since become unfamiliar.
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The Vegetable Garden Today

View of the bean arbor in the Vegetable Garden

The restored Vegetable Garden is both a snapshot of the typical vegetable garden of the day and an expression of Jefferson's ambitious planting schemes.
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Facts and Figures about the Monticello Vegetable Garden

Visitors attending a Garden Tour

A list of general facts about the Monticello Vegetable Garden.
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