Growing a Greener World Episode 125 - Thomas Jefferson: Organic Gardener

Thomas Jefferson has made his mark in history for many things. But to gardeners, he holds a special place of honor. The gardens at Monticello were a botanic laboratory of ornamental and useful plants from around the world. As an avid plantsman and gardener, Mr. Jefferson kept detailed records over many years of his horticultural discoveries, plant exchanges with friends around Europe as well as his successes and failures when it came to his own gardening and farming practices at Monticello. Jefferson grew 170 fruit varieties, including apples, peaches, and grapes, in Monticello's two orchards and cultivated over 330 vegetable varieties in the 1000-foot-long garden terrace. Seed saver, plant propagator, organic gardener, lover of compost and manure, this was a man who’s pioneering, organic practices with plants and soil are still in use today. Thanks to his meticulous records and the historic preservation of the grounds, today we can step back in time to see how one of the most famous green gardeners in history lived out his passion for gardening at Monticello.
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