These are historic, working villages that show case how people lived and made a living off the land. To offset the necessity of purchasing seeds from year to year, these resourceful farmers saved their seeds for next year's harvest. These seeds are now considered heirlooms.

1)  The Claude Moore Colonial Farm

in McLean, Virginia

depicts how low income farmers live in Virginia just

before the revolutionary war of 1776.
 

2)  Monticello, Virginia

is a showcase of President Thomas Jefferson's 

heirloom gardens and plants.

 

3)  Old World Wisconsin

is a living museum of the lives of European immigrants

who settled in the heartlands of America during the

 late 19th century.

4)  Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts

is a historical journey through time when English

settlers came during 1790-1840 and tried to make a

living off the land.

5)  Genesee Country Village and Museum   

     Mumford, N. Y.

This museum village is created on 600 acres of

land in Mumford. There are thirteen heirloom gardens

filled with historic plants that were " grown from

seedbred back to original types ".

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