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Peter J. Hatch

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Thomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden: A Thing Of Beauty And Science

Thomas Jefferson's garden at Monticello served as an experimental laboratory for garden vegetables from around the world. Leonard Phillips/Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello hide caption

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Thomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden: A Thing Of Beauty And Science

May 10, 2012 • Thomas Jefferson's garden was a vast, beautiful science experiment involving over 300 varieties of 90 different plants. And no gardening detail was too small for Jefferson to note in the gardening journal he kept for nearly 60 years.

Thomas Jefferson's Vegetable Garden: A Thing Of Beauty And Science

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