West Lawn Winding Flower Walk

Jefferson's winding walk and the accompanying flower border are not a formal garden, but a relaxed, informal design that evolved between 1807 and 1812 from a sketch into a series of beds divided into sections numbered and planted with different flower varieties.

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Jefferson's winding walk and the accompanying flower border are not a formal garden, but a relaxed, informal design that evolved between 1807 and 1812 from a sketch into a series of beds divided into sections numbered and planted with different flower varieties.

Winding Flower Walk

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Aerial of the Monticello mountaintop in the fall looking from the southeast and showing the main house and its wings, the winding flower walk, buildings along Mulberry Row, the Vegetable Garden Terrace, the South Orchard and Vineyards, and the deeper forested area to the north and west.
Flowers of various types and colors line both sides of a curving path in tight bunches.

Gardens and Grounds Tours

Seasonal guided outdoor tours of the flower, vegetable, and fruit gardens focus on Jefferson’s lifelong interest in gardening and the enslaved people who turned his ideas into reality.

Included with admission 
A view looking down into Monticello's vegetable garden terrace with the Garden Pavilion in the middle and Montalto in the background.

Vegetable Garden

Enjoy Monticello’s gardens and grounds at your own pace. Guests can tour the mountaintop and restored South Wing, Mulberry Row, and exhibit spaces under the house.

Access with any ticket 

Winding Flower Walk

Flowers of various types and colors line both sides of a curving path in tight bunches.

Gardens and Grounds Tours

Seasonal guided outdoor tours of the flower, vegetable, and fruit gardens focus on Jefferson’s lifelong interest in gardening and the enslaved people who turned his ideas into reality.

Included with admission 
A view looking down into Monticello's vegetable garden terrace with the Garden Pavilion in the middle and Montalto in the background.

Vegetable Garden

Enjoy Monticello’s gardens and grounds at your own pace. Guests can tour the mountaintop and restored South Wing, Mulberry Row, and exhibit spaces under the house.

Access with any ticket