2010 Historic Plants Symposium
“Come to Table,” Historic Plants in the American Kitchen
The 7th Biennial Historic Plants Symposium—September 10, 2010
From 1809 until 1824 Thomas Jefferson kept a detailed vegetable garden “calendar” documenting the seasonal cycles of the gardening year, with the time when crops were planted, transplanted, and when they “come to table.” Today’s food historians understand that accurately recreating historic recipes involves using the authentic produce of the period. The 2010 biennial Historic Plants Symposium explores early American cuisine from New England to the mid-South, and across cultural and class boundaries.
Friday, September 10, Dinner and Evening with Rosalind Creasy at Monticello, begins 6 p.m.
This special evening event will be held at the Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center at Monticello as a preview to the Saturday program. Rosalind Creasy will blend the focus of the Historic Plants Symposium, “Come to Table,” with a celebration of sustainable gardening and heirloom plants, the core themes of Saturday’s Heritage Harvest Festival. The author of over twenty books on food and gardening, Creasy coined the term “Edible Landscaping,” now a part of the American vocabulary.
2010 Heritage Harvest Festival at Tufton Farm
September 11, 2008
This year's Fourth Annual Heritage Harvest Festival takes place Saturday, September 11, with a series of workshops, demonstrations, and presentations. Participants have a unique opportunity to interact with a host of experts, including some of the leading figures in the organic gardening and heirloom seed-preservation movement. The Festival highlights the efforts of non-profit organizations promoting organic gardening, the preservation of traditional agriculture, and regional food. Throughout the day, a plethora of workshops will demonstrate ways for creating butterfly gardens, cultivating woodland medicinal plants, cider making, growing heirloom garlic and onions, making authentic, 18th-century herbal potpourri with heirloom flowers and rose petals, and creating a rain garden. For additional information and details about the speakers and presentations, visit, www.HeritageHarvestFestival.com