Location: East Front Oval Planting Beds

Twenty oval flower beds, sketched by Jefferson in 1807 for the four corners of the house, are planted with domestic and imported varieties just as in his time.

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Map of the Oval Flower Planting Beds

More on the Oval Beds in the Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia 
Aerial almost directly above Monticello showing the main house and the square u-shape of the south and north wings (left to right).

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Pink, white, and purple Hyacinth growing in a oval bed on Monticello's West Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Map of the Oval Flower Planting Beds

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Pink, white, and purple Hyacinth growing in a oval bed on Monticello's West Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Oval Flower Bed

One of several oval beds on the East Lawn.

Jefferson's sketch for the layout of the winding flower walk and oval planting bed in relation to an outline of Monticello and its wings.