Flower Gardens
Monticello was a botanic laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
Monticello's gardens served as a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
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See what's going on in Monticello's gardens and learn about some the fascinating -- and sometimes exotic -- plants Jefferson sought to cultivate at his mountaintop home.
Monticello's gardens were a botanic showpiece, a source of food, and an experimental laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world.
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931 Thomas Jefferson Parkway
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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