Steve Bender on Thomas Jefferson

Steve Bender was a featured speaker during the Heritage Harvest Festival's Grand Preview Dinner on September 6, 2013. As Senior Writer at Southern Living Magazine, he has been writing about gardening for nearly 30 years. Monticello sat down with Bender and discussed gardening, southern traditions, seed saving, and Thomas Jefferson's influence today. In this segment, Bender shares his thoughts on Thomas Jefferson, gardening failures, and southern staples like okra.