Location: 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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Winding Flower Walk

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Aerial View of Monticello
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 Every Ticket 
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.

Included with Every Ticket 
Aerial of Monticello's David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, which feature several smaller buildings connected around a central courtyard.

Visitor Center

The David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center serves as the gateway to Jefferson's timeless Monticello, with a shop, a café, and exhibits that prepare guests for their trips to the historic mountaintop.

Visitor Center Map 

East Lawn

Monticello's East Lawn is a historic entrance to the Main House. All timed tickets meet here.

Moutaintop Shuttle Stop

Located at the end of Monticello’s East Walk. Guests can take the shuttle — which also stops at Jefferson’s grave — back to the visitor center.

A view of Monticello's West front and West Lawn with tall flowers in the foreground.

West Lawn

The "back of the Nickel" view of Monticello includes a Winding Flower Walk and Oval Beds planted with heirloom varieties.

Grounds Ticket 
The East Front of Monticello features a red-brick face with a neoclassical, four-columned portico and a weathervane above.

The House

Monticello is Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, which he designed and redesigned for more than forty years. It remains a national icon and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Select a House Tour 

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 Every Ticket 
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.

Included with Every Ticket 
Aerial of Monticello's David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center, which feature several smaller buildings connected around a central courtyard.

Visitor Center

The David M. Rubenstein Visitor Center serves as the gateway to Jefferson's timeless Monticello, with a shop, a café, and exhibits that prepare guests for their trips to the historic mountaintop.

Visitor Center Map 

East Lawn

Monticello's East Lawn is a historic entrance to the Main House. All timed tickets meet here.

Moutaintop Shuttle Stop

Located at the end of Monticello’s East Walk. Guests can take the shuttle — which also stops at Jefferson’s grave — back to the visitor center.

A view of Monticello's West front and West Lawn with tall flowers in the foreground.

West Lawn

The "back of the Nickel" view of Monticello includes a Winding Flower Walk and Oval Beds planted with heirloom varieties.

Grounds Ticket 
The East Front of Monticello features a red-brick face with a neoclassical, four-columned portico and a weathervane above.

The House

Monticello is Thomas Jefferson's architectural masterpiece, which he designed and redesigned for more than forty years. It remains a national icon and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Select a House Tour