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Garden Club of America presents Peter Hatch with Medal for Historic Preservation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Monday, May 2, 2011Media Contact: Lisa Stites, 434-984-7529
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.— Monticello’s Director of Gardens and Grounds, Peter Hatch, often quotes Jefferson’s Memorandum of Services to My Country (September 2, 1800), “The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add an useful plant to it's [SIC] culture.”
A scholar and gardener, Hatch has dedicated his life’s work to restoring Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary garden at Monticello. His...
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Award-winning author Andrea Wulf presents new book April 18
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.—In celebration of the Garden Club of Virginia’s restoration of the twenty oval flower beds and the winding walk flower border, Monticello will hold a garden party during Historic Garden Week in Virginia, with award-winning author Andrea Wulf on April 18.
Considered “America’s Largest Open House,” Historic Garden Week in Virginia, held April 16-23, 2011, is a celebration of Virginia’s most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks.
This year, marks 70 years since the restoration of the winding walk flower border and oval bed plan at Monticello. Each April, colorful tulips dominate the stage at Monticello. But what you see today—the beauty and splendor of the gardens had virtually disappeared after...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.—Peter G. Peterson will be the featured speaker at Monticello's commemoration of Jefferson's 268th birthday on April 13 at 10 a.m. on the West Lawn of Monticello. Peterson, who established his eponymous foundation in 2008 to advocate for fiscal reform in the U.S. will receive the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership, one of the highest honors presented by U.Va. and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
Peterson is the 5th recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Citizen Leadership. He is the founder of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, whose mission is to increase public awareness of the nature and urgency of key long-term fiscal challenges threatening America's future and to accelerate action on them, and he supports other charitable...
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March 21, 2011 — The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation will present their highest honors, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals in architecture, law and citizen leadership, during Founder's Day activities on April 13. The awards are presented jointly by U.Va. and by the foundation, the independent, nonprofit organization that owns and operates Monticello.
The recipients:
Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, will receive the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture.
Cynthia D. Kinser, chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court, will receive the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law.
Peter G. Peterson, philanthropist and founder of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, will receive the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal...
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Introducing Monticello’s new microbrew, just in time for Presidents’ Day
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Lisa Stites 434-984-7529
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA—A revolution is brewing in the artisanal beer world, inspired by the taste of Thomas Jefferson and what was brewed historically at Monticello. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, in collaboration with Starr Hill Brewery, announces the launch of Monticello Reserve Ale, the official beer of Monticello.
The media is invited to a tasting preview, Thursday, February 10, at 11 a.m. in the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center Museum Shop. Starr Hill Brewery Master Brewer Mark Thompson and assistant curator Justin Sarafin will be available for interviews following presentation of the beer. Tastings...
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