Virginia's History

April 14, 2008

Remembering Thomas Jefferson, The Gardener

West_view_2sfs_2On the 265th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birthday -plus a day, it is well to remember his love for gardening.  Speaking to Charles Wilson Peale on August 20, 1811, Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying,
"[No] culture comparable to that of a garden...I am still devoted to the garden, but tho an old man, I am but a young gardener."

He was 68 years of age at that time.  Sterr_1sfe_2

Photos by Dan Bonner.

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