Monticello - April 28: Hear author-landscape architect Thomas Woltz at an elegant garden party on West Lawn

Join us to celebrate the opening of Garden Week
at our first TOM Talk of the year!

Thomas Woltz (right), celebrated landscape architect and author, will speak at an elegant garden party on Monticello's West Lawn on April 28. Drawing on his work for Monticello's landscape stewardship plan, Woltz will address modern design methods which can improve our ecology and reveal cultural and historic landscapes. Woltz was educated at the University of Virginia in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, fine art and architectural history. He was recently profiled in Elle Decor and Garden Design magazines.

Subscriptions to the annual TOM Talk series - four talks for $185, a 20% savings - can only be purchased until the first talk on April 28!

• This month, celebrated landscape architect Thomas Woltz will speak at an elegant garden party on the West Lawn;
• In June, we'll take you inside Monticello's South Pavilion, the first home which young Thomas and Martha Jefferson shared at Monticello that is not normally open to the public;
• In October, we'll meet in our newest vineyard on Montalto for a talk with Gabriele Rausse, the "Father of Virginia Wine" and also our Director of Gardens. Rausse will share Jefferson's ideas for an agrarian society and vision for a U.S. wine industry;
• In December, we'll host a discussion of slavery in America and at Monticello between Pulitzer Prize winners Annette Gordon-Reed and Alan Taylor.

Tickets can be purchased a la carte, or through the series subscription (a 20% savings!). Whichever selection you choose, your ticket will include a tax-deductible charitable donation to Monticello.

We look forward to welcoming you back to Monticello!