well, i'm peggy cornett, and i'm curator of plants at monticello. basically, i'm the plant historian here and i do a lot of work with educational programs. so guides working with. public garden programs that we have throughout the year and of course lectures and that sort of thing research and i consult a great deal with the garden staff on the appropriate plants and both here at in the gardens and also at the center for historic plants. and i'm jason young. i'm the manager and curator of historic gardens and i managed the team that takes care of all of the areas from the visitor center up as well as adjacent areas on the thomas jefferson foundation properties. so overall we have about 2,500 acres and we take care of all of it. so starting with the historical side of the monticello gardens. how do you know what was planted in the gardens during jefferson's time? well the best thing that we have is that jefferson was really good about documenting and he kept a garden journal if you will that was about 60 pages long and in that garden journal he docum