Jefferson created a garden which was his living laboratory.  He grew over 250 herbs and vegetables in his kitchen garden.   This  garden is located on a terraced hillside eighty feed wide and a thousand feet long.   There is a pavilion along the stone wall with glass windows which overlooks the vineyards and orchards below.

The flower gardens surround the house.  They include a variety of flowers that were new to the time period, even some plants brought back by Lewis and Clark's expedition to the West.  The roundabout flower walk is a path which surrounds a huge expanse of lawn.  Images from these gravel paths follow as well as pictures of the vegetable garden and pavilion.

To learn more about the Gardens at Monticello visit the link on my main page.  If you would like to read more about Jefferson's evolution as a gardener you can purchase his garden journal from this site.
 
 

Foxglove and house	Mallow, stock and Johnny jump-up
Nigella	Sweet William and pansies
Poppies and larkspur with view of roundabout walk	Lilies, larkspur and rose campion.
The main house facing the roundabout	Nigella with a view
Pavilion overlooking the vegetable garden and orchard	Pavilion with view
Arbor made of rough lumber	Clay pots protect fragile plants
Cabbage	Teepees for peas and beans

 

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