Thomas Jefferson was an avid horticulturalist and collected and cultivated an extensive seed library. He procured this variety of hyssop in 1794.
Another Thomas Jefferson collected plant. The TJ on the marker indicates that Jefferson acquired this variety of marjoram personally.
Another Jefferson acquisition, 1808.
This chimney is all that is left standing from the slave run Joiner's Shop at Monticello. The building was in use from 1775-1830. This would have been where John Hemmings, the highly skilled joiner and cabinetmaker who was enslaved to Jefferson and was responsible for executing most of the exquisite architectural details in the ongoing construction and remodeling of the house would have worked. John Hemmings was freed in 1826 as specified in Jefferson's will, but he remained at Monticello until 1831. Hemmings died in 1833.