Tufton Farm

Tufton Farm, located in Albemarle County, Virginia, borders the Monticello plantation.

[3] It was a quarter farm,[4] located about 2 miles (3.2 km) from Monticello's main house gates.

[2] He also enjoyed novelties and experimented with plants from Africa and the Americas, rather than relying exclusively on cold season European vegetables.

[6] Jefferson's farm raised tomatoes, okra, peppers, eggplant, squash that are now common in the American diet.

A brick terrace was built between the main house and Randolph's stone addition, the latter of which became a carpentry workshop.

[4][11] The farm is also a prototype of sustainable agriculture, including 25 beehives with an estimated number of a million or more pollinating bees.