Visiting the Center
We host four annual Open House Plant Sales here at the Center for Historic Plants. We invite guests to shop our plants directly from the nursery and enjoy 2 walking tours of our gardens with our Curator of Plants, Peggy Cornett.
Alternatively, you can schedule a private group tour to explore our preservation display gardens and shop our wide selection of historic and native plants directly from our nursery.
Plant Sales and CHP Open Houses
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GPS Address: 1293 Tufton Farm, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Fall weekends often include traffic delays on Route 53 between Route 20 and the Monticello entrance. We highly recommend taking the alternate route to Tufton Farm via Route 250 and Milton Rd.
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Monticello’s Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants welcomes groups to tour our unique preservation display gardens and nursery at Jefferson’s Tufton Farm. Highlights of the tour include the Léonie Bell Rose Garden, perennial borders, shade garden, native border, rain garden, and production greenhouse. Following the tour, we also offer the group a special chance to shop a wide selection of heritage and native plants directly from our nursery. Please indicate your interest in a plant sale when making your reservation.
Groups of 10 or more: $15 per person
To schedule a group visit, please contact our Reservations Manager using one of the following methods.
Phone: (434) 984-9880 (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.)
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Ways to stay in touch:
- Sign up to receive Farm and Garden updates
- Join our Monticello Farm and Garden group on Facebook
- Check our calendar for upcoming garden-related events
- Sign up to receive emails from the Shops at Monticello
For further information, please contact us:
chp@monticello.org
434-984-9819
P.O. Box 316
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Heirloom Seeds and Plants from the Monticello collection
Plant history in your gardens with seeds and plants from Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants.
