Select a category Agriculture     & Gardening Architecture     & Design Books & Letters Food & Cooking Science     & Exploration

Choose a month: January February March April May June July August September October November December

—

	Sign-up for updates on special events and new at Monticello
	Latest Tomato Tasting Results
	Latest Apple Tasting Results
	In Bloom at Monticello

Home » Calendar of Events

2010

Ongoing this month:

• House Tours
• Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center
• Family Friendly Tours
• Mountaintop Activity Center

Special Events

March 8

Jefferson and Monticello class Begins
This non-credit course held Monday evenings at the University of Virginia features lectures and presentations by Monticello staff members, as well as a special after-hours tour and reception at Monticello. Runs through April 26. Fee charged; advance registration required. For more information, call UVa's School of Continuing & Professional Studies at (434) 982-5313.

March 10

Home Educator Day at Monticello
Join other homeschool families for the first Home Educator Day at Monticello, the home ofThomas Jefferson. Take a special guided tour of the house where Jefferson enjoyed his retirement years with his large extended family. Explore the new Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center, which includes the hands-on Griffin Discovery Room, the filmThomas Jefferson’s World, and innovative exhibitions on architecture, the Monticello plantation, and the creation of the United States. This event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn more »

March 13

Apple Grafting Workshop
Skill at grafting is the true mark of gardening expertise, but it's also easy to learn and fun to do. Tom Burford will lead this two-hour workshop designed for the novice propagator. Bring only your thin-bladed pocket knife and a pair of hand pruners. Leave with your own grafted apple tree. $10. Reservations required; call 434-984-9880. Held in the Jordan Classroom, Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center, 9:30 a.m. $10.

March 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28

Plantation Community Tours
These guided outdoor tours focusing on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored on the Monticello plantation will begin at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on three Saturdays and three Sundays in March. Included in price of admission.

March 18

Virginia Festival of the Book
Michael Kranish, Washington correspondent for the Boston Globe, will discuss his new book, Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War, at 4 p.m. in Monticello's Jefferson Library. Free. Information: (434) 984-7504.

March 20

Starting a Vineyard Workshop
Gabriele Rausse will lead this two-hour workshop in the Monticello vineyards. He'll discuss the basic principles of grape growing -- variety and site selection, trellis systems, soil preparation, planting, pruning, pest control, and harvesting -- and provide beginning grape growers a foundation in serious viticulture. Reservations required; call 434-984-9880. Meets at the Jordan Classroom in the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center, 9:30 a.m. $10.

March 20

Conference: Stability & Reconstruction - The Jeffersonian Diplomatic Tradition and Contemporary Security
The reconstruction and stabilization efforts that follow U.S. military involvement overseas and their importance to national security will be discussed Saturday, March 20, at Monticello’s Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies. Panels of experienced diplomats and scholars will discuss the findings of two reports – one on improving cooperation among government agencies, the other on the need for robust diplomacy – in two sessions, beginning at 9 and 11:15 a.m. More information »

March 27

History of the Thomas Jefferson Parkway Hike and Launch of the Friends of the Parkway
The development of the Thomas Jefferson Parkway—the creation of Kemper Park, Saunders–Monticello Trail, and Saunders Bridge—is an intriguing story full of drama, creative design, and clever construction. Join Peter Hatch for a two–hour hike that will focus on the evolution of the project. The hike recognizes the launch of the "Friends of the Thomas Jefferson Parkway," an initiative that will allow our many trail devotees in the community to participate in supporting this popular and vital resource. Meets at the Garden Center, Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center, 9:30 a.m. Reservations required; $10.