Saturday September 11, 10a.m. – 4p.m. the Heritage Harvest Festival will be on the west lawn of Monticello and at the new Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center in Albemarle County. A celebration of gardening, sustainable agriculture and local food held at Monticello, the mountaintop home of our third president.
Taste test over 100 different heirloom tomatoes, peppers, apples, and melons.
Attend workshops and demonstrations with experts in gardening, seed-saving, heirlooms and more. Watch demonstrations with local chefs.
For kids there is the Master Gardeners’ Kids Corner.
To attend the festival you must park at the Piedmont Virginia Community College, College Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22902 and take free shuttles. PVCC is near Rt. 64 at exit for Rt. 20 (Monticello Ave.). After exiting off 64 you drive south on 20 and turn right at College Drive.
Entrance fee is $8 in advance or $10 at gate. Kids 12 yrs. old or younger are free. Additional info on the festival visit www.heritageharvestfestival.com or 540-894-9480.
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Also this Saturday is the Virginia GoGreen Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Science Museum of Virginia at 2500 W. Broad Street, Richmond. The Virginia Green Industry Council-sponsered event will offer plant sales, speakers, demonstrations, crafts, music and children activities. The festival under cover near the railroad tracks will be held “rain or shine”.
Entrance fee is $3 and kids less than 12yrs. old free. For more info call 804-8641400 or 800-659-1727 or visit www.virginiagardening.com.
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