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Selected Past Exhibits & Events The archive below is a selection of past United States Botanic Garden exhibits and events. Note that, for some older exhibits, only the title and description information may be available.
Save The Date! Harvest Party
Join us on September 10th to celebrate the Garden's theme of THRIVE!
| South Transition Foyer
South Transition Foyer:
See rarities and miniatures from the U.S. Botanic Garden’s collections that haven’t been on public view for many years.
| Gardener's Favorite: Walk and Talk Tour - August 19
Walk around with Pritch to discover which garden plants are his favorites
| Gardener's Favorite: Bartholdi Park - August 10
Walk around with Adam to discover which plants are his favorite for growing in this area.
| Gardener;s Favorite: Backyard Cutting Garden Tour and Demonstration - August 5
Walk around the USBG garden's with Lupe to see which garden plants are his favorite
| Thrive! From the Ground Up
Can you grow your way to health surrounded by beauty? Visit our seven Terrace gardens to learn how your garden can be a source of medicine, healthful foods, intoxicating fragrances, and intense flavors. You will find medicinal plants that can help the heart, cancer, and immune system, a kitchen garden, one filled with the sources of some of our favorite drinks, and much more!
| Farmers' Market or Your Own Garden Dinner - July 28
Cooking demonstration with recipes that will inspire you.
| Potatoes: Tasty and Healthy!
Learn about the health benefits of the potato is this 1 hour lecture.
| The Potato Genome Initiative: Using Technology from the Human Genome Project to Improve Potatoes - July 30
The Potato Genome Initiative: Using Technology from the Human Genome Project to Improve Potatoes - July 30
| U.S. Potato Genebank: Service and Research For Potato Genetic Improvement - July 30
One service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to manage genebanks for the nation's crops.
| CSI Dublin: Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer - July 29
This presentation will discuss the Irish potato killer and the present day importance of this pathogen to food production.
| Gardener's Favorite: Outdoor Gardens of the USBG - July 27
Stoll through the favorite gardens of Nate's and learn why he pick's the plants for the different areas
| The Thrive! Terrace Show Gardens - July 20
Explore the Terrace exhibit with a USBG gardener during this hour-long outdoor walk.
| Trees of the Regional Garden - July 22
Spend a summer evening learning to identify trees of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont and Coastal Plain as you tour the Regional Garden.
| Behind-the-Scenes Tour - August 18
Take a tour with the USBG Facility Manager to discover how the Conservatory systems work.
| Creating Hypertufa Containers - June 30
Spend the afternoon at the USBG learning the steps of creating a hypertufal container.
| Kitchen Time with Your Kids! July 17
Bring your kids and learn 3 differnt kid-friendly recipes that they would love to eat and love to make.
| Planting Design for Homeowners 2010
In this three-week class, we will observe the many plantings around the USBG to help you select and arrange your own design.
| Slow Love: How Planting a New Garden Led Me to Happiness - July 15
Dominique Browning, author, discusses her book
| Yoga in the National Garden
Practice yoga at the USBG in the National Garden for 6 weeks.
| Gardener's Favoriet: USBG Containers - July 15
Go for a walk with a USBG gardener and learn all about her favorite container gardens.
| Gardener's Favorite: The USBG Children's Garden - July 6
Stroll through the children's garden with a USBG gardener.
| Gardeners Favorite: USBG Containers - July 15
Learn all about Margaret Atwell's, USBG Gardener, favorite containers.
| Story Time in the Garden - June 5, 12, 19, 26
Join us for Saturday morning children's story time and activities. Ages 4 through 7.
| Bringing Meadowscaping to Big and Small Spaces - June 17
Attend this lecture and learn how to use meadowscaping as a lawn alternative.
| Exploring Hawaii - June 12
Join us at this informative lecture on the evolutionary forces that shaped Hawaii's unique native plant communities.
| World Flavors and Essential Herbs - June 25
Tour the World Flavors garden at this years terrace show with Holly Shimizu, Executive Director of the USBG.
| Evening Tour of the National Garden - June 7, 14, 21, 28
Enjoy an evening tour of the National Garden.
| Lunchtime: Tour of the Conservatory - June 7, 14, 21, 28
What do manila folders, Chanel No. 5, vanilla, and fossil fuels have in common?
| Plant Propogation - Reproduction of the Green Kind - June 23
Attend this hands-on workshop and learn the various techniques of propogation.
| Thrive! Fresh Ideas Festival June 19
Experience all the amazing ways plants can impact your world, in food, health, and life.
| Endangered Species Day -- May 21
May 21
| Trios by Dahlia Nayar Butler
Trios
| USA Science and Engineering Festival
October 23rd and 24th on the National Mall
| Arbor Day Tour of the National Garden
The first celebration of Arbor Day took place on April 30, 1872.
| Chocolate in the Raw!
Learn the art of making your own chocolate bars.
| Drawing Plants in Water-soluble Colored Pencil
This weekend workshop will provide an in-depth study of creating botanical drawings with
colored pencil.
| Focus on Flowers: Discovering the Hidden Beauty of Floral Photography
Photographing the miniature world found in close-ups of flowers is both fascinating
| Fourth Annual Herb Day
Spend the day in the Conservatory celebrating herbs.
| Horticultural Therapy Programming: How it Works - March 16
Horticulture therapy is not about having a “green thumb.”
| How Plants Work Curriculum
This workshop will offer teachers a personalized tour of the Conservatory and walk them through our new “How Plants Work” curriculum.
| Lecture: The Significance of Public Gardens
Why and for whom do we garden? Gardens come from willful acts requiring forethought
| Legacy Works Intergenerational Gardens Generating Green Communities with Good Nutrition
The USBG, with the National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) at George Washington University
| Lunchtime: Tour of the Conservatory - April 26
What do manila folders, Chanel No. 5, vanilla, and fossil fuels have in common?
| Lunchtime: Tour of the Conservatory - March 1
What do manila folders, Chanel No. 5, vanilla, and fossil fuels have in common?
| Lunchtime: Tour of the Conservatory - May 24, 31
What do manila folders, Chanel No. 5, vanilla, and fossil fuels have in common?
| Meet the Expert Repotting Orchids - March 2
What type of potting medium do orchids prefer? How large a container should they be in?
| Meet the Expert: Orchid Tissue Propagation
Do you want to make more orchids?
| National Garden Tour - April 17th
Stroll through the National Garden to see trees and shrubs of the Mid-
Atlantic region.
| National Garden Tour - May 1st
Stroll through the National Garden to see trees and shrubs of the Mid-Atlantic region.
| Orchid Conservation
The orchid family has adapted to almost every environment on Earth,
| Painting Orchids in Oils
The Dutch Masters created luminous paintings with glazes of transparent oil.
| Photographing Orchids - March 13th
This four-session workshop is designed for photo enthusiasts who want to capture
striking images of orchids.
| Preschoolers ages 3–5
Bring your preschooler to the U.S. Botanic Garden for plant related
fun.
| Second Annual National Public Gardens Day
Along with other public gardens across the country,
| Secrets of Thai Cuisine
Join us for an aromatic class on Thai food!
| Spuds Unearthed
The humble potato has been called the hero of foods. Originating in the Andes of South America,
| The Power of Natural Light
Allen Rokach has traveled the world since 1975 on photographic assignments
| Thrive! Our Planet Ourselves
Join us as the USBG celebrates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day
| Conservatory Highlights Tour January and February
Join Bob for the following Highlights Tours in the Conservatory. Here is an opportunity to gain greater insight and information about two of the Conservatory’s largest rooms.
| U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility Open House
Only once each year do we invite the public to see our growing facility, the largest greenhouse complex supporting a public garden in the United States.
| Botanical Illustration Using Ink and Ink Wash Techniques
This course is designed for the beginning and intermediate student interested in utilizing botanical subjects to focus their efforts on developing strong drawing and compositional skills and techniques using ink media.
| Landscape Design For Homeowners
Whether you’ve lived in your home for decades or just a few years, it’s beneficial to examine your landscape periodically and see how it could better meet your needs and help heal the environment.
| Orchids In Watercolor
Watercolorist Jean Brinton Jaecks will guide you in painting a variety of orchids from the extensive and exotic collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden.
| Romance of the Floral Kind
Begin your special Valentine's Day evening with a guided walk through the romantic glow of the Conservatory at night.
| Spring Bulbs in Watercolor
The U.S. Botanic Garden’s exquisite collection of spring bulbs will be the focus of this watercolor painting workshop.
| Winter Tree Tour of Capitol Grounds
Winter is the best time to appreciate the architecture of the historic trees that grace the U.S. Capitol Grounds.
| A History of Sugar
This informative lecture will include the history, botany, and processing of sugarcane, with special emphasis on the story of Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894)...
| Plants in American History – From Columbus to the Turn of the Century
From the lure of Indian spices that led to Columbus landing in the New World to the use of corn as food and fuel, plants have been intertwined with American history.
| Sprouts Preschoolers 3-5
Bring your preschooler to the U.S. Botanic Garden for plant–related fun. Sign up for a one–month session and attend four different programs.
| Begonia
With more than 1,500 species, begonias are one of the largest plant families (genera) in the world.
| Exploring for Orchids in Brazil 's Mata Atlantica Forests
The Brazilian Atlantic forest (Mata Atlantica) is one of the richest orchid habitats in the world, and is fast disappearing.
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory (February)
What do manila folders, Chanel No. 5, vanilla, and fossil fuels have in common? The answer is that they all come from plants on permanent display in the USBG Conservatory.
| Lunchtime: Tour of the Conservatory (January)
What do manila folders, Chanel No. 5, vanilla, and fossil fuels have in common? The answer is that they all come from plants on permanent display in the USBG Conservatory.
| Orchids: A Cultural Odyssey
This February, go on a journey with the U.S. Botanic Garden as we explore the ways orchids have permeated the lives of people around the world.
| The New Age of Chocolate
The New Age of Chocolate
| Measuring Sustainability in the Garden
Lecture by Dr. Steve Windhager at the National Arboretum about the Sustainable Sites Initiative
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - September 2009
Lunchtime tours of the Conservatory, Mondays and Thursdays through September
| Victory Garden: Join the Gardens Revolution - September 11
Join us for a talk about Victory Gardens
| Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants - Oct. 7
W. John Kress, Jonathan Singer, and Marc Hachadourian will discuss their book collaboration and Kress's new book
| Creating Dyes and Baskets with Native Plants - Sept. 19 and 20
Laurie Gundersen will demonstrate how to create baskets and dyes from locally grown tree bark and native plants
| Exotica: Painting Plant Portraits in Couache and Watercolor - 4 day workshop
Jean Brinton Jaecks, explore the basic techniques of gaouache and transparent watercolor
| Fall Tour of the National Garden Trees - October 3
Melanie Choukas-Bradley, author of "City of Trees" will guide you through the National Garden
| Flower and Sculpture Photography at the USBG - Oct. 10 and 11
Allen Rokach instructor, senior photographer Southern Living magazine and director of photography NY Botanic Garden
| Hallowfest - Sat. Oct. 31
Cooking demos, decorate a pumpkin, or create a creepy craft. Come dressed up - prizes will ge given!
| Painting Succulents in Gouache - Sept. 19 and 20
Charlotte Staub Thomas, instructor; Paint succulents using gouache on a black background creating a striking graphic image
| Photographing Sculpture in the Landscape - Sept. 12
Josh Taylor, instructor: Learn techniques photographing landscapes and sculpture while exploring the USBG galleries and gardens
| Sprouts Preschoolers ages 3–5
Bring your preschooler to the U.S. Botanic Garden for plant–related fun. Sign up for a one–month session and attend four different programs.
| The National Garden's 3rd Birthday - A Celebration for all Ages - Sat. Sept. 26
The National Garden celebrates it's birthday. Spend the day with us!
| The Power of Natural Light - October 9
Allen Rokach lectures on his secrets to taking beautiful photographs
| Weekend Tours of the National Garden - Saturdays, September 5,12,26
Tour through the National Garden to see native plants of the Mid-Atlantic region
| Sprouts Fall 2009 - September and October
Sprouts returns for the fall. Join us during the month of September or October
| Chocolate: A Consumer's Guide & Tasting - October 3
Due to popular demand, we are opening up additional sessions of this very popolur class about chocolate.
| Chocolate: A Consumer's Guide & Tasting - September 18
Due to popular demand, we are opening up additional sessions of this very popolur class about chocolate.
| Holiday Magic - November 26 through January 10, 2010
Plan on visiting the Garden's annual holiday train exhibit with with larger and more amazing plant based displays.
| Chocolate: A Consumer's Guide & Tasting - August 12
Due to popular demand, we are opening up additional sessions of this very popolur class about chocolate.
| Chocolate: A Consumer's Guide & Tasting - July 22
Due to popular demand, we are opening additional sessions of this very popolur class about chocolate.
| Chocolate: A Consumer's Guide & Tasting - July 31
Due to popular demand, we are opening additional sessions of this very popolur class about chocolate.
| Chocolate: A Consumer's Guide & Tasting - July 10
Due to popular demand, we are opening up a 2nd session of this very popolur class about chocolate.
| Plants of Economic Value - June 5
Tour the Garden Court with Bob Mowbray as he points out many different plants and their uses
| Wildlife Alliance Protecting our Flora and Fauna - July 1
Learn more about how this organization is helping to protect flora that is in danger
| Art in the Garden Festival - Culinary Arts - August 22
Discover the role plants can play in food, sample different recipes and explore the culinary arts
| Art in the Garden Festival - Sculpture and Art - July 18
Discover the role plants can play in the visual arts from sculpture to painting
| Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening - August 12
Dex Hinckley, Ph.D., discusses local attractions that have butterflies plus a look at the USBG Butterfly Garden.
| Designing Containers - August 26
Walk around with USBG gardeners, Beth Ahern and Margaret Atwell discover tips and techniques for creating containers
| Landscape Design: Creating the Summer Terrace Exhibit - August 19
Nick Nelson, USBG Landscape Architect shares his design perspective of the terrace exhibit
| Art in the Garden Festival - Music and Rhythm - June 20
Discover the role plants play in music and the beautiful rhythms of a garden
| Behind-the-Scenes Tour: The Conservatory Systems - August 5
Take a tour with USBG, Facility Manager, John Gallagher, to discover how the Conservatory systems work
| Planting Design for Homeowners - July 22, 29, and Aug. 5
Cheryl Corson, Landscape Architect discusses basic landscape design.
| The Summer Terrace: Plants as Art - July 29
Explore the Terrace with Adam Pyle, USBG Gardener, and find out how the gardeners chose the plants for the display
| Botanical Art and Illustration: From Beginnings to Comtemporary Art - July 12
Lecture by Karen Coleman on the history of botanical art and the present day renaissance
| Cooking in the Raw: More Than Veggies!
Cooking Demonstration by Tania Mercer, Chef, Instructor and Nutrition Advisor
| Trees of the Regional Garden - July 16
Tour the regional garden with Melanie Choukas-Bradley and learn to identify trees
| Chocolate: A Consumer's Guide & Tasting - June 24
All about chocolate lecture and a chocolate tasting presented by Beth Burrows, Ph.D. (Nutritional Biochemistry) , USBG Volunteer
| Flora: Growing Inspirations - June 18
Tour the USBG Terrace Exhibit with exhibit juror Matt King, asst. Prof. in Art and Foundation VA Commonwealth University
| The Many Faces of Landscape Art - June 3
Lecture by well-known sculptor DJ Garrity
| Botanical Drawing Workshop - June 13 and 14
2 day workshop by Mary Ellen Didion-Carsley on Botanical Drawing
| Creating Hypertufa Containers - June 26 and June 27
USBG Gardener Monika Saxton shows us how to make a Hypertufa container
| Evening Tours of the National Garden - July 27, August 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
Tour through the National Garden to see native plants of the Mid-Atlantic region
| Flora: Growing Inspirations - Through October 12, 2009
Juried Sculpture Exhibit on Conservatory Terrace
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory
Lunchtime tours of the Conservatory, Mondays and Thursdays through August
| Waking Up in Eden: Stories from Hawaii - June 12
Hear the story of a Lucinda Fleeson's journey from big-city job to Hawaii where she encountered an endangered paradise
| Rhythms of Stone June 5 through June 7
Stone Carving Workshop
| Bartholdi Park - April 29 , 2009
Bartholdi Park
| Creating Containers that Make a Statement - June 16
Spend the afternoon with USGB gardeners as they demonstrate how to design and maintain containers at home.
| Endangered Plants - May 15, 2009
Tour and Discussion on how the USBG is protecting endangered species
| Medieval Illumination - April 25, and 26, 2009
Medieval Illumination April 25 and 26
| Music in the Garden - May 30, 2009
Virginia Bronze Handbell Ensemble performs a nature themed concert
| National Garden Tour - April 24, 2009
National Garden Tour
| National Garden Tour - May 6
National Garden
| Spring Harvest - April 29, 2009
Spring Harvest
| The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession - May 1, 2009
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
| Tour of the Mall Elms - April 24, 2009
Tour of the Mall Elms
| Witness Trees Protection Program - April 24, 2009
Witness Trees Protection Program
| Sprouts: Preschoolers ages 3-5, May 6, 13, 20, 27
Sprouts: Preschoolers ages 3-5, May 6, 13, 20, 27
| African American Gardens: Places for the Spirit - March 27, 2009
African American Gardens: Places for the Spirit
| Art in the Field - March 21st and 22nd
Art in the Field
| Charles Wilkes and the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842 - April 17, 2009
Charles Wilkes and the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - Mondays, April 6, 13, 20, 27, - Thursdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory
| Meet the Expert: Repotting Orchids - April 16, 2009
Meet the Expert: Repotting Orchids
| Moving Toward Native - April 10, 2009
Moving Toward Native
| Organic Container Gardening - March 28, 2009
Organic Container Gardening
| Plant Propagation: Reproduction of the Green Kind - March 25, 2009
Plant Propagation: Reproduction of the Green Kind
| Smithsonian Botanical Symposium - March 28, 2009
Smithsonian Botanical Symposium
| Spring Cleansing - March 16, 2009
Spring Cleansing
| The 18th International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment - Award Ceremony - April 22, 2009
Award Ceremony
| The New Age of Chocolate - March 28 - November 15, 2009
A "Consumers Guide" to chocolate
| Traditional African American Gardens: Places for the Spirit - March 27, 2009
Traditional African American Gardens: Places for the Spirit
| Witness Tree Protection Program - March 26, 2009
Witness Tree Protection Program
| Sprouts: Preschoolers ages 3-5, March 4, 11, 18, 25 April 1, 8, 15, 22
Sprouts: Preschoolers ages 3-5,
March 4, 11, 18, 25 April 1, 8, 15, 22
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - February 2009
Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - February 2009
| Juried Sculpture Exhibit!
The USBG and Washington Sculptors Group will host a juried exhibition of original sculptures inspired by plants.
| Cooking Demonstration - January 26
Cooking Demonstration - January 26
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - January 2009
Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - January 2009
| disregard testing Wildflowers in Africa Adventures in Compiling the First Wildflower Guide for Zambia
disregard testing Wildflowers in Africa Adventures in Compiling the First Wildflower Guide for Zambia
| African-American Gardens of the South: Places for the Spirit - Through April 19, 2009
African-American Gardens of the South
| City of Trees - February 6 - LECTURE IS FULL
City of Trees
| Creative Flower Photography - February 7, 14, 21, and 28
Creative Flower Photography - February 7 14 21 and 28
| Flowers and Chocolate - February 13
Flowers and Chocolate
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - January 5, 12, 19, 26, January 15, 22, 29
Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - January 5, 12, 19, 26, January 15, 22, 29
| Orchid Festival - February 28
Orchid Festival
| Plants in American History - February 20
Plants in American History
| Romance of the Floral Kind - February 14 - TOUR IS FULL!
Romance of the Floral Kind
| Sprouts: Preschoolers ages 3-5, January 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25
Sprouts: Preschoolers ages 3-5, January 7, 14, 21, 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25
| U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility Open House - March 7
U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility Open House
| Wildflowers in Africa - February 8 - LECTURE IS FULL
Wildflowers in Africa
| Heroes of Horticulture
Stories and images of plants that witnessed historical events
| Orchids Through Darwin’s Eyes - Through April 27, 2009
Orchids Through Darwin’s Eyes
| Witness Trees of the National Capital Region - Through April 19, 2009
Witness Trees of the National Capital Region
| Creative Flower Photography
Creative Flower Photography
| Painting Amaryllis in Oil - January 10 and 11
Painting Amaryllis in Oil
| Painting Spring Bulbs in Watercolor - January 24, 25, 31 and February 1
Painting Spring Bulbs in Watercolor
| Special Holiday Performance
Special Holiday Performance
| Creating Buildings from Natural Materials
Creating Buildings from Natural Materials
| Holiday Wreath Workshop
Holiday Wreath Workshop
| U.S. Botanic Garden’s Special Holiday Evenings in the Garden
U.S. Botanic Garden’s Special Holiday Evenings in the Garden
| Botanical Illustration in Egg Tempera - October 17-18-19-24-25-26
Botanical Illustration in Egg Tempera - October 17-18-19-24-25-26
| Gardeners and Global Warming - October 15th
Gardeners and Global Warming - October 15th
| Organic Turf Care - October 15
Organic Turf Care - October 15
| Introduction to Sustainability - October 8
Introduction to Sustainability - October 8
| Introduction to Sustainability - Oct. 8th
Introduction to Sustainability - Oct. 8th
| Growing Green Building Policy
Growing Green Building Policy
| Space based Ornithology Migration and Global Warming - September 10th
Space based Ornithology Migration and Global Warming
| 3rd Annual HerbDay! - October 11th
3rd Annual HerbDay!
| Botanical Illustration in Egg Tempera - October 17, 18, 19 and 24, 25, 26
Botanical Illustration in Egg Tempera
| Cool Globes - October 1st
Cool Globes
| Fall Harvest - October 2nd
Fall Harvest
| Gardeners and Global Warming - October 15
Gardeners and Global Warming
| Gardening for Wildlife - October 8th
Gardening for Wildlife
| Green Building - September 27th
Green Building
| HerbDay! Celebrate Herbs and Herbalism! - October 11th
HerbDay! Celebrate Herbs and Herbalism!
| Introduction to Sustainability - October 8th
Introduction to Sustainability
| Invasive Species in the U.S. - October 21
Invasive Species in the U.S.
| Learning to See the Light in the Garden - October 3rd and October 4th
Learning to See the Light in the Garden
| Organic Turf Care - October 15th
Organic Turf Care
| Southern Exposure - October 22nd
Southern Exposure
| Space-based Ornithology, Migration, and Global Warming - September 10th
Space-based Ornithology, Migration, and Global Warming
| Sprouts - September 3, 10, 17, 24 and October 1, 15, 22, 29
Sprouts
| Sustainable Gardening - September 24th
Sustainable Gardening
| The National Garden’s 3rd Birthday – A Celebration for All Ages! - September 27th
The National Garden’s 3rd Birthday – A Celebration for All Ages!
| Basic Botany - - September 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30
Basic Botany
| Builders Without Borders’ – Sustainability Series
Builders Without Borders’ – Sustainability Series
| GardenSmart - PlantWise
GardenSmart - PlantWise - September 12
| Greening the Next Generation - September 23rd
Greening the Next Generation
| Hybrid Houses: Energy-saving Building Strategies - September 25
Hybrid Houses: Energy-saving Building Strategies
| Hybrid Houses: Zero-energy Building Strategies - September 22
Hybrid Houses: Zero-energy Building Strategies
| Open House at the Strawbale Ecohouse - September 25th
Open House at the Strawbale Ecohouse
| Plants in a Changing Climate - How You Can Help Plant for the Planet
Plants in a Changing Climate - How You Can Help Plant for the Planet
| Rainscaping - September 10
Rainscaping
| Right Plant, Right Place: An Invasive and Native Plant Workshop
Right Plant, Right Place: An Invasive and Native Plant Workshop
| The Local Building Climate - Opportunities and Challenges Building in the Washington D.C. Region - September 24th
The Local Building Climate - Opportunities and Challenges Building in the Washington D.C. Region
| Tour of Friends School
Tour of Friends School
| Trees in the Garden - September 17th
Trees in the Garden - September 17th
| Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory - Thursdays in September, October, and November (except November 27)
Lunchtime Tour of the Conservatory
| One Planet – Ours! Sustainability for the 22nd Century - September 3rd
One Planet – Ours! Sustainability for the 22nd Century
| Conservation Landscapes - Rainscape Gardens
Conservation Landscapes - Rainscape Gardens
| Exhibitors Map
Exhibitors Map
| Cool Globes - August 27
Cool Globes - August 27
| Family Day: One Planet – Ours! - July 19
Family Day: One Planet – Ours!
| Family Day: One Planet - Ours! - June 21
Family Day: One Planet - Ours!
| Right Plant Right Place - An Invasive and Native Plant Workshop - June 12
Right Plant Right Place - An Invasive and Native Plant Workshop - June 12
| Botanical Illustration in Watercolor Pencil - June 6-8
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor Pencil - June 6-8
| Creating a Sustainable Landscape - June 20
Creating a Sustainable Landscape - June 20
| Meals Fresh from the Garden - June 19
Meals Fresh from the Garden - June 19
| Trees in the Garden - June 18
Trees in the Garden - June 18
| Butterfly Gardening - Lecture and Tour
Butterfly Gardening - Lecture and Tour
| Cooking with the Sun - June 13
Cooking with the Sun - June 13
| Creating a Sustainable Landscape - Lecture
Creating a Sustainable Landscape - Lecture
| Meals Fresh from the Garden - Cooking
Meals Fresh from the Garden - Cooking
| Trees in the Garden - Tours
Trees in the Garden - Tours
| Basket Making - Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29
Basket Making - Saturday and Sunday, June 28 and 29
| Beginners Citizen Science - Putting your Garden and Nature Observations to Work - July 11
Beginners Citizen Science - Putting your Garden and Nature Observations to Work - July 11
| Botanical Illustration in Watercolor Pencil
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor Pencil
| Botany from a Bee’s Eye View - June 27
Botany from a Bee’s Eye View - June 27
| Butterfly Gardening
Butterfly Gardening
| Cooking with the Sun - Saving the Planet
Cooking with the Sun - Saving the Planet
| Cool Globes
Cool Globes
| Cool Globes - July 9
Cool Globes - July 9
| Creating Gourd Art - July 12 and 13
Creating Gourd Art - July 12 and 13
| Creating Hypertufa Containers - June 25
Creating Hypertufa Containers - June 25
| Creating a Sustainable Landscape
Creating a Sustainable Landscape
| Earth’s Water Cycle in a Changing Climate - June 4
Earth’s Water Cycle in a Changing Climate - June 4
| Exhibit Tour - August 27
Exhibit Tour - August 27
| Family Day - One Planet - Ours!
Family Day - One Planet - Ours!
| Family Day One Planet - Ours! - August 16
Family Day One Planet - Ours! - August 16
| Family Day: One Planet - Ours! - July 19
Family Day: One Planet - Ours! - July 19
| Gardening for Wildlife - July 11
Gardening for Wildlife - July 11
| Green Roofs - July 18
Green Roofs - July 18
| Growing a Forest for a City - July 23
Growing a Forest for a City - July 23
| Growing a Forest for a City - Tour
Growing a Forest for a City - Tour
| Herbs in Thai Cooking - July 31
Herbs in Thai Cooking - July 31
| Invasive Plant Identification and Removal - August 23
Invasive Plant Identification and Removal - August 23
| Meals Fresh from the Garden
Meals Fresh from the Garden
| One Planet - Ours Sustainability for the 22nd Century - June 4
One Planet - Ours Sustainability for the 22nd Century - June 4
| Planting Design for Homeowners - July 16, 23, 30
Planting Design for Homeowners - July 16, 23, 30
| Plants for the Garden - July 30
Plants for the Garden - July 30
| Right Plant - Right Place - An Invasive and Native Plant Workshop
Right Plant - Right Place - An Invasive and Native Plant Workshop
| Saving Seeds - Co - sponsored by FRESHFARM Markets - August 14
Saving Seeds - Co - sponsored by FRESHFARM Markets - August 14
| Sprouts - Summer Vacation
Sprouts - Summer Vacation
| Sustainable Gardens - July 22
Sustainable Gardens - July 22
| Sustainable Schoolyards to Green Communities: July 25
Sustainable Schoolyards to Green Communities: How Greening Your Schoolyard Can Help Create a More Active, Livable, and Environmentally-Friendly Community - July 25
| The Capitol Grounds - July 16
The Capitol Grounds - July 16
| The National Garden - August 13
The National Garden - August 13
| Trees in the Garden
Trees in the Garden
| Why Use Native Plants? - July 18
Why Use Native Plants? - July 18
| Container Gardening - May 14
You don’t need a lot of room to grow plants.
| Creating Spring Flower Arrangements - May 28
Whether you are able to create masterful flower arrangements or you just beginning and want to learn techniques for arranging flowers you cut from your garden or buy at a shop, this demonstration will start you on your way to building basic floral design skills.
| Flower and Garden Photography 2008 - May 3, 10, 17, and 24
The outdoor landscapes of the U.S. Botanic Garden will be the setting for digital and film photographers to capture stunning photos of colorful flowers and plants.
| Garden Sculpture: Carving Stone 2008 - April 29 – May 2
This four-day garden sculpture workshop is designed to establish a basic understanding of the stone carving process.
| Hawaii at the USBG
Now open - "Hawaii," our newest permanent exhibit!
| Plant Propagation 2008 - April 30
Leaf cuttings, stem cuttings, or seeds –which is the best method for propagating that beautiful plant that your friend is growing?
| Sprouts Preschoolers - March 5, 12, 19, 26 - April 2, 9, 16, 23 - May 7, 14, 21, 28
Bring your preschooler to the U.S. Botanic Garden for plant-related fun.
| The Benefits of Beneficials - May 30
Understanding the cycle of predator and prey is an integral part of growing organically.
| The National Garden 2008 - May 7
Amble through the National Garden with Mr. Cromley.
| USBG Rose Garden 2008 - May 21
Ms. Atwell will tour with you through the rose garden and point out her favorite roses.
| An Art Adventure with the Liliaceae/Lily Family - April 25 - 27
Students will draw from Lily family plants found in the U.S. Botanic Garden collection.
| Creating Artwork for Reproduction: Botanical Greeting Cards - April 19 and 20
During this weekend class, botanical artist Charlotte Staub Thomas will guide students of all levels in how to produce artwork for reproduction.
| Creative Color Pencil on Black Paper - March 28-30
Discover the exotic qualities of color pencil in this 3-day workshop using Prisma Color pencils on dark printmaking paper.
| Fragrant Orchids - March 21
Cinnamon! Chocolate! Lemon! Vanilla! Only one experience is more breathtaking than seeing a gorgeous orchid in bloom, and that is smelling a fragrant orchid in bloom!
| Partners in Evolution Interactions Adaptations and Speciation - April 26
Plants and animals have ecologically interacted for hundreds of millions of years.
| Plants in Motion - March 27
In this presentation, Roger Hangarter will use a number of movie clips to discuss how he uses time-lapse technology in his research to translate the timescale of plants into one more familiar to us.
| Springtime in Bartholdi Park 2008 - April 23
Explore Bartholdi Park with the gardener who oversees the USBG’s outdoor garden spaces.
| The 17th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment: Award Ceremony - April 22
Spend the day at the USBG celebrating Earth Day.
| Corn: The Real Treasure - Until April 6
Although European explorers came to the Americas searching for treasures of gold and silver, the real golden treasure they discovered was corn.
| Horticultural Therapy Indoors: Prolific Propagation - March 18
Through lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on experience, this workshop will share ways to engage program participants in plant propagation...
| Horticultural Therapy Indoors: Tips and Techniques - March 18
Give the people you serve the year-round benefits of working with plants.
| Natures Natural Canvas: The Gourd - March 20
Gourds are one of the oldest cultivated crops that spanned the globe.
| One Planet-Ours - May 24 – October 13, 2008
Our much anticipated summer exhibit this year will focus on sustainability – not only how it applies to gardens and the landscape, but also how each of us can live as if our future depended on it.
| Orchids for Dummies 2008 - March 20
As anyone who has read Susan Orlean’s "The Orchid Thief" or has seen the movie “Adaptation” knows, orchids inspire a passionate following.
| Peonies in the Garden - March 14
Plant expert Roy Klehm will share his vast knowledge of peonies.
| Exhibit Tour: An Alphabet Garden of Orchids March 6
Spend an hour with orchid expert, Tom Mirenda, as he takes you on a sensory journey of this year’s orchid exhibit. Hear fascinating stories about the orchids on display and which ones you may be able to grow at home.
| Sprouts-Spring
Bring your preschooler to the U.S. Botanic Garden for plant-related fun. Sign up for a one-month session and attend four different programs. February will be a repeat of the January programs. Each Wednesday session will include varied activities which may include a story, art activity, or walk in the garden. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
| An Alphabet Garden of Orchids Exhibit
An Alphabet Garden of Orchids Exhibit Opens February 2, 2008 at U.S. Botanic Garden.
| Create an Everlasting Floral Arrangement
Craft a unique everlasting arrangement using colorful dried, natural, botanical materials.
| Children’s Fun Day: Weed Attack with Woodsie Owl
Bring your children for a fun adventure at the garden.
| Evenings in the Garden
The USBG Conservatory is a special place in the evenings.
| Exhibit Tour: An Alphabet Garden of Orchids
Spend an hour with orchid expert, Michael Spelta, as he takes you on a sensory journey of this year’s orchid exhibit.
| Gardening to Attract Hummingbirds
This lunchtime talk will emphasize native hummingbird plants that are suitable for attracting hummingbirds in our local gardens.
| Holiday Herbal Gifts
During this lively, interactive program, Susan Belsinger will discuss using herbs and essential oils for making herbal spa products and home remedies for house cleaning, and skin balms for gardeners.
| Holiday Wreath Workshop 2007
Begin your holiday season by creating a beautiful and fragrant wreath for your door or mantle
| Houseplant Care 2007
It’s that time of year when we can’t garden outside, so we focus our gardening energy on our houseplants.
| International Affair: Indian Spices
Indian cuisine can seem complex and elusive. Yet with a few simple tips, you'll be making nutritious and tasty recipes in no time.
| International Affair: Mediterranean Flavors
As the winter temperatures start to dip, pretend you are visiting the Mediterranean when you learn how to make these nutritious and tasty dishes.
| International Affair: Taste of Thailand
Even if you don’t have time to travel during the holiday season, you should take time to taste these dishes from Thailand.
| Landscape Design for Homeowners 2007
With some planning, your yard can become a beautiful and functional extension of your home.
| Meet the Expert: Orchid Repotting - April 3
Mr. Atyeo, a gardener in the USBG’s orchid collection, will demonstrate orchid repotting and answer your questions about orchid culture.
| Orchids in Watercolor 2007
Learn how to paint a variety of orchids utilizing the extensive and exotic collection at the USBG.
| Painting Orchids in Oil
Explore early techniques utilized by the Dutch Masters to create luminous oil paintings of orchids.
| Photographing Orchids
This five-session workshop is designed for photo enthusiasts at all levels.
| Plant Family Album: Orchids
Join us for a botanical look at one of the largest flowering plant families - the Orchidaceae.
| Sprouts Winter
Bring your preschooler to the U.S. Botanic Garden for plant-related fun. Sign up for a one-month session and attend four different programs.
| The Mysteries of Orchid Pollination
Orchids are amazing plants that have developed a wide array of flower adaptations for successful pollination.
| The Romance of the Floral Kind
Begin your special Valentine's Day evening with a guided walk of the Conservatory.
| A Botanic Garden For The Nation Lecture
A Botanic Garden For The Nation Lecture
| Chesapeake Bay of Light: An Exploration of the Chesapeake Bays Wild and Forgotten Places
Chesapeake Bay of Light: An Exploration of the Chesapeake Bays Wild and Forgotten Places
| Drawing Moths
Dr. Cody, often referred to as the “Audubon of Moths” will lead this three-day watercolor workshop.
| Drawing for Beginners
This course is designed for beginning and intermediate students interested in focusing their efforts on developing strong drawing and compositional skills with botanical subjects.
| Halloween Treats
Halloween Treats
| Herb-Day Festival
Description and Schedule
| HerbDay Celebrate Herbs and Herbalism
HerbDay Celebrate Herbs and Herbalism
| Herbal Remedies Wellness for Fall and Winter
Herbal Remedies Wellness for Fall and Winter
| Medieval Illumination
Medieval Illumination
| Plant Exudate or The Gooey Stuff That Many Plants Ooze
Plant Exudate or The Gooey Stuff That Many Plants Ooze
| Plant Exudates or The Gooey Stuff That Many Plants Ooze
Plant Exudates or The Gooey Stuff That Many Plants Ooze
| Sprout
Sprout
| Botany for Illustrators Workshop
Botany for Illustrators Workshop
| Celebrating Americas Public Gardens: Green Today, Growing Tomorrow
Celebrating Americas Public Gardens: Green Today, Growing Tomorrow
| Creating Hypertufa Containers
Creating Hypertufa Containers
| Creating Natural Dyes: Rich Wild Colors
Creating Natural Dyes Rich Wild Colors
| Culture of Bananas The Plant and Its Fruit
Culture of Bananas: The Plant and Its Fruit
| Fifty of Our Favorite Plants-and Why
Fifty of Our Favorite Plants-and Why
| Gardens in Healthcare Children in the Garden
Gardens in Healthcare Children in the Garden
| Family Day: Celebrating America's Public Gardens
Family Day: Celebrating America's Public Gardens
| Roses in the Garden - in Washington DC
Roses in the Garden - in Washington DC
| Celebrating America's Public Gardens: A Sense of Place
This tour is offered in June, July, and August. Please click on "More..." for details.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Photographing Flowers-Studio
Photographing Flowers-Studio
| Some Like It Hot: The Little Known World of Chili Peppers
Some Like It Hot: The Little Known World of Chili Peppers
| Upcoming USBG Events
Come visit our Holiday and Orchid exhibits!
| Ten Plants that Saved the World
Date: Friday, August 31
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Bartholdi Park Tour
Date: Wednesday, August 15
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Behind the Scenes Tour: The Conservatory Systems
Date: Wednesday, August 29
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Garden Court
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Celebrating America's Public Gardens
Conservatory Terrace and National Garden
May 26 – October 8, 2007
| Celebrating America's Public Gardens: Green Today, Growing Tomorrows
Conservatory Terrace
May 26 – October 8, 2007
| Family Day
Date: Saturday, August 11
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Garden Sculpture: Carving Stone
Date: Tuesday - Friday, August 14-17
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $450
Non-Members: $475
| Peppers!
Date: Thursday, August 23
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Regional Garden in Fall
The Regional Garden in Fall
| Drawing Butterflies and Their Host Plants
Date: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 15, 16, 17
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
| Garden Design and Planning
Date: Wednesday, July 11
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Garden Renovation
Date: Wednesday, August 1
Time: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Location: Bartholdi Park
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Meet the Artist - Patterns in Nature: Photographs by Amy Lamb
Date: Saturday, June 16
Time: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory West Orangerie
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Planting Design for Homeowners
Date: Thursdays, July 12, 19, and 26
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $75
Non-Members: $80
| Regional Garden Tour
Date: Wednesday, July 25
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Location: National Garden - Terrace Entrance
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Summertime Picnic
Date: Wednesday, July 25
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Huntington Botanical Gardens
Date: Saturday, July 28
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The National Tropical Botanical Garden: Rooted in the Past, Growing in the Future
Date: Monday, June 25
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| What the heck are Beneficial Insects? And how do I know one when I see it?
Date: Thursday, July 12
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| August Tour: Celebrating America's Public Gardens - A Sense of Place
Date: Wednesday, August 8
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Celebrating America's Public Gardens: Green Today, Growing Tomorrows
This tour is offered in July and August. Please click on "More..." for details.
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Celebrating America's Public Gardens: A Sense of Place
This tour is offered in June, July, and August. Please click on "More..." for details.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Creating Novel Peppers for the Garden
Date: Friday, June 8
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Herbal Remedies
Dates: Monday, June 4
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory West Gallery
FREE: No Pre-registration Needed
| July Tour: Celebrating America's Public Gardens - A Sense of Place
Date: Wednesday, July 18
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Music in the Garden: The Band of the California Battalion
Date: Sunday, June 17
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: National Garden Amphitheater
FREE: No Pre-registration Needed
| National Garden Tour
Date: Wednesday, June 13
Time: 9:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Location: National Garden Terrace Entrance
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Organic Gardening
Date: Wednesday, June 6
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Location: Bartholdi Park
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Sprouts for June, July, and August
Sprouts is on summer vacation. Please check back in September for fall program dates.
| The Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden
Date: Wednesday, June 13
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Lives and Lore of Spring Wildflowers
Date: Saturday, June 2
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Mystique and Simplicity of Asian Cuisine
Date: Thursday, June 7
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Leviathan, the Willow and the Wallflower: a Colorado Alpine Ecosystem
Date: Wednesday, May 23
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Date: Thursday, June 14
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Creating Creative Containers
Date: Wednesday, May 17
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: National Garden Lawn Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Organic Lawn Care
Date: Friday, May 25
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Plant Conservation at the USBG
Date: Friday, May 18
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Garden Court
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| USBG Butterfly Garden
Date: Thursday, May 31
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: National Garden Lawn Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Understanding Extinction of Hawaiian Plants
Date: Friday, May 4
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Wetlands
Date: Friday, May 11
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| DNA Barcoding in Medicinal Plants: A Worthwhile Prescription?
Date: Friday, April 20
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Double Take: Photography by Keith Sharp
Garden Court and West Gallery
March 31 – July 8, 2007
| Garden Design "Q&A," Followed by a Brief Lecture
Date: Friday, March 2
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Meet the Expert: Repotting Orchids 2
Date: Thursday, April 19
Location: Conservatory Jungle
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Orchid Family Day
Date: Saturday, March 3
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Patterns in Nature - Photographs by Amy Lamb
West Orangerie
May 19 – September 9, 2007
| Plant Propagation
Date: Wednesday, April 25
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Recipes and Remedies: Celebrating the Historical Contribution of Women during the 19th Century American Botanical Movement
Date: Friday, March 23
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Shore to Ship: The Enduring Plant Discoveries of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
East Gallery
March 31 – June 3, 2007
| Sixth Annual Horticultural Therapy Day
Date: Thursday, March 22
Location: Conservatory
Time: 10:30 – 2:30 p.m.
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| The Plants of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Date: Friday, April 13
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| The Understory: Overlooked Beauty from the Forest Floor
West Gallery
January 27 – March 25, 2007
| Trees and Shrubs in the National Garden
Date: Friday, April 27
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: National Garden Lawn Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| U.S. Botanic Garden's Outdoor Gardens
Date: Wednesday, April 4
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| USBG Rose Garden
Date: Wednesday, April 18
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: National Garden Rose Garden
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Wildflowers of the American Southeast
Date: Friday, April 6
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Basic Drawing
Date: Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $90
Non-Members: $100
| Botanical Drawing: Patterns in Nature
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Member: $150
Non-member: $175
Pre-Registration Required
| Creating Livable Landscapes - Patterns, Pots, and Grasses
Date: Saturday, March 31
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $75
Non-Members: $85
Pre-registration Required
| Designing the Mixed Bed
Date: Saturday, May 26
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $65
Non-Members: $75
| Development of an Indoor Horticulture Therapy Program for Individuals with Multiple Disabilities
Date: Thursday, March 22
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
Pre-registration Required
| Drawing Botanical Families: An Art Adventure with the Arum Family
Date: Friday through Sunday, March 16-18
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
| Horticultural Therapy Programming: How it Works
Date: Thursday, March 22
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $15
Non-Members: $20
Pre-registration Required
| Painting Spring Bulbs
Date: Mondays, March 19, 26 and April 2
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Terrace
SONG Members: $145
Non-Members: $160
| Sprouts for April
Dates: April 4, 11, 18, and 25
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Sprouts for March
Dates: March 7, 14, 21, and 28
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Sprouts for May
Dates: May 2, 9, 16, and 23
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Vanishing Wetlands Lecture #1
Date: Wednesday, January 24
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Vanishing Wetlands Lecture #2
Date: Thursday, January 25
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers
Date: Thursday, February 8
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Bartholdi Park: A Gardener's Winter Wonderland
Date: Tuesday, February 6
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Brumidi's Botanical Art in the U.S. Capitol
Date: Friday, February 2
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Children's Fun Day - Weed Attack with Woodsie Owl
Date: Sunday, February 25
Time: 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Location: East Gallery
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Ecological Poverty and the People-Plant Connection
Date: Friday, January 19
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Ginseng, the Divine Root: The Curious History of the Plant That Captivated the World
Date: Wednesday, February 21
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Growing Orchids in the Home
Date: Friday, February 23
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Nature's Barcodes
Plant Exploration
January 27 – June 11, 2007
| Orchids - Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
January 27 - April 22, 2007
| People, Plants, and Healers: A Botanical Journey through the Rainforest of Peru
Date: Friday, February 9
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Sprouts for February - FULL
Dates: February 7, 14, 21, and 28
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Sprouts for January - FULL
Dates: January 10, 17, 24 and 31
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Vanishing Wetlands: Two Views
West Orangerie
January 20 – May 13, 2007
| Amazing Amaryllis: Tips and Techniques for Home Growing
Date: Friday, December 15
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Cooking Demonstration: "You'll be a Star" Holiday Meal
Date: Friday, December 14
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| Cooking Demonstration: Holiday Appetizers
Date: Friday, December 1
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| Cooking Demonstration: Holiday Soup and Salads
Date: Friday, December 8
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| Della Robbia Door Decoration
Date: Saturday, December 9
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $35
Non-Members: $40
| Della Robbia Wreath Workshop
Date: Saturday, December 9
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $35
Non-Members: $40
| Scentsational Spice Beads
Date: Saturday, December 2
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $30
Non-Members: $35
| Savor the Season
Conservatory
December 2, 2006 - January 7, 2007
| Botanical Art and Illustration: Artwork from the USBG and Corcoran College of Art + Design's Certificate Program
West Orangerie
Oct. 7 - Nov. 19, 2006
| Symposium on Pollinators
Dates: Wednesday, October 18
Time: 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: USDA Jefferson Auditorium
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| HerbDay! Celebrate Herbs and Herbalism!
October 13 and 14
| HerbDay! Festival
Date: Saturday, October 14
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: USBG Conservatory
FREE: No Registration Required
| Amazon Food Farmacy
HerbDay! Lecture Series
Date: Friday, October 13
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Registration is Required
| Botanical Illustration: Pen and Ink Techniques
Date: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, November 10, 11, and 12
Time: 9:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
| Botanical Oil Painting
Date: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 20, 21, 22 and 27, 28, 29
Time: 9:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $270
Non-Members: $300
| Bulbs
Date: Thursday, November 2
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Bartholdi Park
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Family Day in the National Garden
Date: Saturday, September 30
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: National Garden
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Gardens and Graveyards
Date: November 2
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Fee: $90
| Herb Walk
HerbDay! Lecture Series
Date: Friday, October 13
Time: 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Garden Court
FREE: Registration is Required
| Herbs for Women¿s Health: A Primer on Taking Care of Yourself Through Life's Changing Seasons
HerbDay! Lecture Series
Date: Friday, October 13
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Registration is Required
| Houseplant Care: Lessons From the Jungle
Date: Wednesday, January 3
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Our Potomac: From Great Falls Through Washington, DC
Date: Thursday, October 19
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Past, Present, and Future: A Look at Medicinal Plants Through the Ages
HerbDay! Lecture Series
Date: Friday, October 13
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Registration is Required
| Plant Conservation
Date: Thursday, October 12
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Registration is Required
| Plein Air Painting in the National Garden
Date: Saturday, October 7
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom and National Garden
SONG Members: $45
Non-Members: $50
| The National Garden
Date: Wednesday, May 2
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: National Garden Lawn Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| What You Need to Know about the Top 10 Herbs Sold in the US
HerbDay! Lecture Series
Date: Friday, October 13
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Registration is Required
| Explore Upper Bear Island in the Heart of the Potomac Gorge
Date: September 21
Time: 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Location: C&O Canal National Park
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Exploring the Lost World: In Search of New Species of Fungi in Remote Rainforests of Guyana
Date: Thursday, September 7
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Fall in Bartholdi Park
Date: Tuesday, September 19
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Lines on Paper: How Fantasy Becomes a Garden
Date: Friday, September 15
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Longhorned Woodboring Beetles: A Natural Success
Date: Thursday, September 21
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Microbial Systematics and the Stories it Tells Us about Human History and Ecology
Date: Thursday, September 14
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Our Backyard Wonder--Rare Plant Communities of the Potomac River Gorge
Date: Wednesday, April 18
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| USBG Terrace Exhibit Tour 0912
Date: Tuesday, September 12
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Plant Exploration in the USDA
Date: Thursday, August 31
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| USBG Terrace Exhibit Tour 0901
Date: Friday, September 1
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Terrace
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Lines on Paper: How Fantasy Becomes a Garden
West Gallery
July 29, 2006 – Jan. 15, 2007
| Systematics: Roots and Relationships
West Orangerie
June 9 – Oct. 1, 2006
| Protecting America’s Wildest Urban River: From Floods to Flowers in the Potomac Gorge
Plant Exploration
July 22 – Nov. 19, 2006
| Summer Reunion: A Gathering of Plant Families
Conservatory Terrace
May 27 – Oct. 16, 2006
| Basket Making
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, June 2 and 3
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Garden Court
FREE: No Pre-registration Needed
| Family Day: Celebrating America's Public Gardens
Dates: Saturday, July 21
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory, Terrace, and National Garden
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Recipes from the Garden
Cooking Demonstration held on the USBG Terrace earlier this summer
| Rare and Endangered Plants
Date: Friday, February 16
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Garden Court
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Crime-Solving Plants
Date: Wednesday, May 17
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: Free
Non-Members: $5
| European Discovery of the Malagasy Flora
Date: Friday, May 19
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Exploring Colored Pencils
Date: Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Song Members: $150
Non Members: $175
| Flora of Virginia Lecture
Date: Friday, May 5
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Flora of Virginia Tour
Date: Friday, May 5
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Green Design: Rooftop Gardens for a Sustainable City
Part I: Science Café
Date: Wednesday, May 24
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Fee: $15
Part II: Tours
Date: Thursday, May 25
Location: Conservatory
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| Green Roofs
Date: Thursday, May 25
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Fee: $40
| Late Spring in Bartholdi Park
Date: Wednesday, May 9
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842: Ports of Call
Date: Friday, May 12
Location: Conservatory Garden Court
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Island Archipelagos: Cauldrons of Evolution
Dates: April 21 and 22
Information and registration at: http://persoon.si.edu/sbs/
| Lessons from Household Botany
Date: Thursday, April 20
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Sustainability: Medicinal Plants and Culture through the Eyes of an Ethnobotanist
Date: Thursday, April 27
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Urban Regreening: The Nation’s Capital as a National Model for Ecological Restoration
Date: Friday, April 28
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Why Do Plants Make Medicines?
Date: Friday, April 21
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Allergy-Free Gardening
Date: Friday, April 14
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: Free
Non-Members: $5
| Easy Gardening with No Work
Date: Thursday, March 23
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non Members: $12
| Exhibit Tour: The Birth of Coffee
Date: Saturday, April 1
Location: West Orangerie
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
Date: Sunday, April 2
Location: West Orangerie
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Illustrating Spring Flowers in Colored Pencil
Date: Saturday and Sunday March 25 and 26
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $90
Non-Members: $100
| Springtime in Bartholdi Park
Date: Wednesday, April 11
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Bartholdi Park
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Celebration of Horticultural Therapy 2005
Date: Thursday, March 23
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. OR 1:30 -3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $20
Non-Members: $25
| Great Little Gardens
Date: Friday, March 17
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Plant for the Planet! Conservation for Home Gardeners
Date: Saturday, August 12
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Pruning Basics
Date: Friday, March 3
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Regulation of Botanicals as Foods and as Drugs: Impact on the U.S. Consumer
Date: Thursday, March 9
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Forensic Botany
Plant Exploration
April 8 – July 15, 2006
| The Birth of Coffee
West Orangerie
April 1 - May 29, 2006
| The Wilkes Expedition: Exploring Our Roots
April 8 – June 4, 2006
| A Natural History Approach to Plant Conservation
Date: Friday, February 24
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Children’s Fun Day: Weed Attack with Woodsie Owl
Date: Sunday, February 26
Location: East Gallery
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Love in a Beer Barrel: Secret Aphrodisiacal Beers of Medieval Europe - FULL
Date: Saturday, February 25
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $12
| Mind and Mood Altering Beers of the Middle Ages - FULL
Date: Friday, February 24
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $12
Non Members: $15
Pre-registration Required
| Urban Herbs
Date: Thursday, February 16
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non Members: $8
Pre-registration Required
| Bartholdi Park: A Gardener’s Winter Wonderland
Date: Friday, January 13
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Exhibit Tour: Simply Sublime: Orchids in an Art Deco Garden
Date: Friday, March 31
Location: Garden Court
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Exhibit Tour: sLowlife
Date: Friday, January 20
Location: West Orangerie
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Fabulous Fruits of the Americas
Date: Friday, February 3
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non Members: $10
Pre-registration Required
| Production Facility Open House
Code: T031007-1 10:30 a.m.
Code: T031007-2 11:00 a.m.
Code: T031007-3 11:30 a.m.
Code: T031007-4 12:00 p.m.
Code: T031007-5 12:30 p.m.
Code: T031007-6 1:00 p.m.
Code: T031007-7 1:30 p.m.
Date: Saturday, March 10
Location: USBG Production Facility (Directions will be provided when registering)
SONG Members: Free
Non-Members: $3
Pre-registration Required
| The Romance of the Floral Kind - FULL
Date: Wednesday, February 14
Location: Conservatory Garden Court
Time: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Couples: $15
Singles: $8
Pre-registration Required
| sLowlife: Communicating an Awareness of Plants Through Science and Art
Date: Friday, January 20
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Season’s Greetings from the National Mall
Opens Thanksgiving Day
November 24 - January 8
| Simply Sublime: Orchids in an Art Deco Garden
January 21 - April 2, 2006
| sLowlife
West Orangerie
October 27 - March 26
| Art in the Field
Date: Saturdays, April 29, May 6 and 13
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Song Members: $135
Non Members: $150
| Bot Oil Painting
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: October 24, 31 and November 7
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $135
Non-member: $150
Pre-Registration Required
| Building a Living Flower Arrangement
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Saturday, October 8
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $35
Non-member: $40
Pre-Registration Required
| Bulbs in the Garden
Location: Bartholdi Park
Date: Saturday, October 8
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Member: FREE
Non-member: $5
Pre-Registration Required
| Composition by Design
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Monday – Friday, October 10 - 14
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $165
Non-member: $175
Pre-Registration Required
| Exhibit Tour: Is a Green Roof in Your Future?
Location: Plant Exploration
Date: Friday, October 7
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Required
| Garden Photography Using a Digital Camera
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Friday, October 21
Time: 8 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $55
Non-member: $60
Pre-Registration Required
Date: Saturday, October 22
Time: 8 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $55
Non-member: $60
Pre-Registration Required
| Green Roof Gardening
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Friday, October 7
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Required
| Putting the Fall Garden to Bed
Location: Bartholdi Park
Date: Tuesday, October 24
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Requested
| Sweet Smell of Success: The Fragrant Flower Bulb Garden
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Saturday, October 8
Time: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $8
Non-member: $10
Pre-Registration Required
| The Enlightened Form: A Course in Color Values
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Monday – Friday, October 10 - 14
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $165
Non-member: $175
Pre-Registration Required
| Tour of Plants in Culture
Location: West Gallery
Date: Friday, November 4
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Requested
| Art in Bloom
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Friday, September 16
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Requested
| Creating a Garden of Fragrance
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Friday, September 30
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Required
| Southern Exposure
Location: Southern Exposure Garden
Date: Friday, September 23
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Requested
| A Place To Take Root - The History of Flowerpots and Garden Containers in North America
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Friday, September 9
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Required
| Painting White Flowers in Watercolor
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Date: Mondays, September 12, 19 and 26
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
SONG Member: $135
Non-member: $150
Pre-Registration Required
| Tour of A Place To Take Root - The History of Flowerpots and Garden Containers in North America
Date: Friday, September 9
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. OR 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Required
| A Tasty History of Corn
Date: Friday, August 5
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-members: $12
| Botanical Illustration on Board Using Graphite and Colored Pencil
Date: Thursdays, June 30, July 7, 14, 21 and 28
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-members: $150
| Colored Pencils on Transparent Watercolor
Date: Friday, July 22, Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24
Time: 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $165
Non-Members: $175
| Crazy Containers
Date: Saturday, July 9
Time: 9:30 -11:30 a.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-members: $12
| Creating a Container
Date: Friday, June 17
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Flower and Garden Photography
Dates: Saturdays, April 28, May 5, 12, and 19
Time: 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Terrace
SONG Members: $135
Non Members: $150
| Gardens in Healthcare: Making Environments of Care Even More Caring
Date: Tuesday, August 30
Time: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Longing for Longans and Loquats: Some Unusual Tropical Fruits
Date: Tuesday, November 7
Time: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $3
Non-Members: $5
| Oak: The Frame of Civilization
Date: Friday, June 24
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Terracotta Crafts
Date: Tuesday, July 19
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-members: $12
| Therapeutic Plants in Classical Greece and Rome
Date: Friday, July 15
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Tiptoeing Through the Tulips with You: Flowers, True Love and Popular Songs
Date: Tuesday, June 7
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
SONG Member: Free
Non-members: $5
| Tour of Pots: From Necessity To Artistry
Date: Tuesday, June 21
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
OR
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Sea of Glory: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-42
Date: Thursday, April 21
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-members: $8
| The Future of Floras: New Frameworks, New Technologies, New Uses
Date: April 15 and 16
| Existence and Experience in Contemporary Garden Design
Date: May 4 - May 7
| Green Roof Gardening in the US
Date: Thursday, May 12
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Mosaic Stones for the Garden
Date: Saturday, May 21
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $40
Non-Members: $45
| Moss - Bane or Blessing? A Shade Gardener’s Odyssey
Date: Friday, May 6
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non Members: $8
| Organic Answers to All Your Garden Questions
Date: Friday, May 20
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| Ornamental AND Edible - Kitchen Gardening A to Z
Date: Thursday, May 19
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| Outstanding Oregano and Mild-Mannered Marjoram
Date: Friday, May 13
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| Rendering Leaves
Date: Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $165
Non Members: $175
| Spice Up Your Life
Date: Friday, May 27
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $3
Non-Members: $5
| Australian Landscape Paintings: From Dream Time to Modern Times
Date: Friday, April 22
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Painting Amaryllis in Watercolor - FULL
Date: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, January 26, 27 and 28
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
| Teacher Training at the USBG
Date: Wednesday, April 13
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| The Plants of Lewis and Clark
Date: Friday, April 29
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Plants of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
Date: Friday, April 8
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Requested
| The Plant Hunters Garden-The New Explorers and Their Discoveries
Date: Friday, March 25
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Wilkes Festival
Date: Saturday, April 14
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: USBG Conservatory
FREE: No Pre-Registration Required
| Fourth Annual Celebration of Horticultural Therapy
Date: Thursday, March 24
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Looking at Flowers through the Chinese Eyes
Date: Friday, March 4
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| A Place to Take Root
West Orangerie
May 28 - October 2, 2005
| Wollemi Pine
Plant Exploration
February 1 - May 28
| Lewis and Clark: The Natural History of the Pacific Northwest
Date: Thursday, March 9
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Wild Love Affair: Essence of Florida’s Native Orchids
Date: Friday, February 25
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Drawing Plant Families: A Focus on Liliaceae and Orchidaceae
Date: Tuesdays, February 1, 8, 15, 22 and March 1
Time: 9:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
| Vanilla - Culinary Lore & History
Date: Friday, February 4
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| Orchid Diversity: The Beauties and the Beasts
Date: Friday, January 28
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Displaying and Sharing Your Botanical Prints
Date: Thursday, December 16
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| Home for the Holidays: A 1940's Cooking Demonstration
Date: Saturday, December 18
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| Winter Houseplant Maintenance
Date: Friday, January 21
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Sogetsu Ikebana
Date: Friday, November 5
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration is Required
| The Sensual Essence of Flowers
Photographs by Joyce Tenneson
August 7 through October 21, 2004
| Grasses and other plants of Sierra Tarahumara
Date: Friday, October 29
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration requested
| Harvest Baskets
Date: Saturday, November 20
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $40
Non-members: $45
| Painting Tropical Plants in Watercolor
Date: Mondays, October 25, November 1 and 8
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Members: $135
Non Members: $150
| Plant Family Album: Mosses and Liverworts: The Plant Kingdom in Miniature
Date: Friday, November 12
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Pollination of Native and Introduced Plants
Date: Friday, September 10
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Understanding Your Camera
Date: Saturdays, October 30, November 6, 13 and 20
Time: 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
SONG Members: $80
Non-Members: $90
| Botany for Illustrators
Code: W092007
Date: Thursdays, September 20, 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25 and November 1
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
SONG Members: $270
Non Members: $300
Pre-registration Required
| Children’s Workshop: Pollinators of Acadia National Park
Date: Saturday, September 18
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Digging Deeper: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening
Code: L091104
Date: Saturday, September 11
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: FREE
Non Members: $5
| Dissemination in Abundance: How Plants Distribute their Seeds
Date: Saturdays September 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-members: $150
| Fall Color in the Garden Landscape
Date: Friday, October 22
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-members: $8
| Farming with the Wild
Date: Friday, September 17
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Landscape as Spirit: Creating a Contemplative Garden
Code: L091104
Date: Saturday, September 11
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-members: $12
| Pollination Celebration
Date: Saturday, September 18
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
FREE: No Registration Required
| The Buzz about Bumblebees
Date: Friday, September 17
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Fall Harvest: Apple Tasting
Date: Friday, October 1
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| The Wildflowers of Sugarloaf
Date: Friday, October 8
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Tour of The Sensual Essence of Flowers
Date: Friday, September 24
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Plant Family Album: It’s a Snap!
Date: Thursday, September 2
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $3
Non-Members: $5
| The Healing Jungle
Date: Tuesday, September 7
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| History of Chocolate - FULL
Date: Saturday, February 11
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non Members: $12
Pre-registration Required
| Insects and Gardens
Date: Friday, July 16
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Learning to Recognize Beneficial Insects
Date: Friday, August 20
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Orchids are Different: The Pollinator Connection
Date: Friday, August 6
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Organic Gardening from A to Z
Date: Friday, July 9
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Saving Seeds
Date: Friday, August 13
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Backyard Wildlife Habitat Garden Tour
Date: Friday, September 24
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Capitol Grounds Tour
Date: Friday, November 3
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Drawing Plants and their Pollinators
Date: Thursdays June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22
Time: 10:30am - 1:30pm
SONG Members: $135
Non Members: $150
Botanical Art Certificate Credit: $275
| Evenings in the Garden
Thursday, Dec. 14 - Virginia Ham Barber Shop Quartet
Thursday, Dec. 21 - Holiday Music
Thursday, Dec. 28 - Frederick Chorale
| Gardening for Wildlife
Date: Friday, September 24
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Honeybee Observational Hive
Date: Saturday, June 19
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Temple Ruins, Mayan Beekeepers, Honey and Sacred Bees Without Stings: “Xunan Kab” of Southern Mexico
Code: FL060404
Date: Friday, June 4
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Tour of Plants in Print: The Age of Botanical Discovery
Date: Thursday, June 17
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Date: Thursday, July 8
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Date: Thursday, July 8
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Wings of Wonder
Date: Friday, June 25
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| The Coevolutionary Dance of Pollinators and their Flowers: Who Pollinates What?
Date: Tuesday, June 1
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Tour of Dancing with Flowers: The Pollination Connection
Date: Friday, September 3
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Botanical Books from Classical Antiquity
Date: Thursday, May 20
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-Registration Required
| Celebrating American Wildflowers
Date: Friday, May 28
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Drawing the Plants of Lewis and Clark
Date: Saturday May 15 and Sunday May 16
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non Members: $150
| Seeds of Our Future: The USDA Germplasm Program
Date: Friday, May 21
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovations, and Cultural Changes
May 6-8, 2004
National Museum of Natural History
| Courtly Splendor: The Formal Garden in England and America
Date: Friday, May 7
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Meander Through a Mayan Jungle
Date: Tuesday, September 7
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Paradise Portrayed: The English Garden in Art
Date: Thursday, May 6
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| The Healing Forest of the Maya
Date: Wednesday, May 12
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| The Plants of Lewis and Clark
Date: Friday, May 14
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration required
| Bi-Weekly Tour of Bartholdi Park
BP090705 Wednesday, Sept 7
BP092005 Tuesday, Sept 20
BP100405 Tuesday, Oct 4
BP101805 Tuesday, Oct 18
Location: Bartholdi Park
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Bi-Weekly Tour of Southern Exposure
CT051005 Tuesday, May 10
CT052405 Tuesday, May 24
Time: 10:15 - 11:00 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Collecting Aroids in Southeast Asia Over 40 Years Ago
Date: Friday, April 9
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Early Printed Horticulture Books
Date: Thursday, April 1
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non Members: $10
| Exploring the New Plants in Southeast Asia: From Wilkes to the 21st Century
Date: Friday, April 2
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Fruits of The Philippines and Singapore
Date: Friday, April 23
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Garden Insects
Date: Friday, April 30
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Healing Garden Symposium
Date: Wednesday, April 21
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $130.00
Non-Members: $155.00
| High Seas to High Shoals
Date: Saturday, April 3
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Rendering Spring Flowers and Bulbs
Date: Tuesdays, April 6 and 13
Time: 10:30 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $55
Non Members: $60
| The Plants of the U.S. Exploring Expedition Under the Command of Capt. Wilkes, 1838-1842
Date: Saturday, April 3
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Therapeutic Gardens: Healing Havens at the Hospital
Date: Friday, April 23
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Tour: Pineapples, Papyas, and Pirates: Wilkes Explores the South China Sea
Date: Friday, April 16
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Wilkes Birthday Festival 2004
Co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Botany
Saturday, April 3
10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
| Wilkes Exhibit Tour
Date: Saturday, April 3
Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Drawing Orchids in Colored Pencil
Date: Sundays, March 7 and 14
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $55
Non-Members: $60
| Exhibit Tour: Orchids! Beauty and Beyond
Date: Friday, March 12
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Meet the Expert: Repotting Orchids
Date: Thursday, March 8
Location: Conservatory Jungle
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Orchid Care Workshop
Date: Saturday, March 13
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Orchid Evolution
Date: Saturday, March 13
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Orchids of Panama
Date: Thursday, March 4
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Silk Painting Workshop
Date: Saturday and Sunday, March 20 and 21
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Fee: $160
| The Cattleya Alliance
Date: Friday, March 5
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Third Annual Celebration of Horticulture Therapy
Date: Thursday, March 25
Time:10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Tour of Plants In Print
Date: Thursday, April 1
Times: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. or
Times: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Rare and Endangered Orchids
Date: Friday, February 20
Time: 10:30 -11:30 a.m.
FREE: No Pre-registration Required
| Growing Orchids at Home
Code: FD022704
Date: Friday, February 27
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Silk Painting
Date: Saturday, February 28
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. or until supplies run out
Free: No Pre-registration Required
| A Tour of Closely Observed: Photographs of the Natural World
Code: FT012304
Date: Friday, January 23
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Children's Fun Day: Weed Attack with Woodsie Owl
Date: Sunday, February 22
Time: 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Free: No Pre-registration Required
| Cooking with Vanilla
Date: Friday, March 10
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| Houseplant Care
Date: Tuesday, February 7
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Requested
| Industrial Strength Plants - Products from Plant Sources
Code: FL013004
Date: Friday, January 30
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Landscape Design for Homeowners
Date: Thursdays, January 18, 25, February 1, 8, 15, 22
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $175
Non-Members: $180
Couples: $270
Pre-registration Required
| Orchids in Watercolor
Date: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, January 27, 28, and 29
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
Pre-registration Required
| Photographing Flowers - FULL
Date: Saturdays, February 3, 10, 17, 24 and March 3
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
SONG Members: $135
Non-Members: $150
Pre-registration Required
| Plant Family Album: Orchids
Date: Friday, March 24
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $3
Non-Members: $5
| Tropical Gift Wrap
Code: W121903
Date: Friday, December 19
Time:1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $15
Non-Members: $20
| Holiday Basket Workshop
Code: W120503
Date: Friday, December 5
Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $35
Non-Members: $40
| Seasonal Plant Tour
Code: FT121203
Date: Friday, December 12
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registrati Required
| Closely Observed: Photographs of the Natural World
Andrea Baldeck's black-and-white photographs of flowers, leaves, and vegetables. This exhibit ran from January 17 through March 27, 2004.
| How Plants Work - A Guide to Being Green
Plants face daily challenges and a lifetime of threats, diseases and enemies—yet most manage to hold ground, grow and reproduce.
| Fall Harvest
Code: FW101003
Date: Friday, October 10
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Hawaiian Ceremony
Date: Saturday, August 30
Time: 12:00 noon
Location: West Gallery
FREE: No Registration Required
| Plant Marvels and Mysteries Part IV
Code: FT112103
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| A Botanical Fruit Salad
Code: W103103
Date: Friday, October 31
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Botanical Sketchbook - Sept 2003
Code: W092103
Date: Sundays, September 21 and 28
Time:10:30 am-2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $55
Non-Members: $60
| Botanical Watercolor
Code: W091303
Date: Saturdays, September 13, 20 and October 4, 18, 25
Time: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $125
Non-Members: $150
| Capture the Beauty of Gardens with Your Digital Camera
Date: Saturday, April 22
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Song Members: $35
Non Members: $40
| Color Combinations in the Landscape
Code: T092703
Date: Saturday, September 27
Time: 9:00-11:00 a.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Colored Pencil Drawing: Fruits of the Earth
Code: W101903
Date: Sundays, October 19, 26 and November 2
Time: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $80
Non-Members: $90
| Edible Landscapes
Code: L092603
Date: Friday, September 26
Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Elegant Summer Tomatoes
Code: D091203
Date: Friday, September 12
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| Extinction
Date: Friday, May 4
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Garden Design
Code: W111503
Date: Saturday, November 15
Time: 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $125
Non-Members: $150
| Gold Medal Plants for Your Garden
Code: L102403
Date: Friday, October 24
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Heirloom Vegetables and Flowers
Code: EL092503
Date: Thursday, September 25
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $17
Non-Members: $20
| How Plants Work- A Guide to Being Green
Code: FT100303
Date: Friday, October 3
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Ornamental and Medicinal Plants of the Guianas
Code: FL011604
Date: Friday, January 16
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Plant Family Album: Amazing Asteraceae
Code: W090503
Date: Friday, September 5
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Pumpkin Carving
Date: Tuesday, September 30
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Free: No Registration Required
| Weekly Tour of the New West Courtyard
Every Thursday
Time: 10:15 - 11:00 a.m.
FREE: Pre-reistration Required
| Your House, Your Garden: A Foolproof Approach to Good Garden Design
Code: L111403
Date: Friday, November 14
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| A Natural Response - The Art of M.M. Pipkin
West Gallery
August 30 through November 2, 2003
| A Splash of Fall Color
The Metropolitan Washington, DC Branch of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana
West Orangerie
November 4 through November 7, 2004
| Rights of Enchantment - When the Creatures Come out to Celebrate
November 27, 2003 through January 4, 2004
| A Healing Nature
Patricia Gunter
West Gallery
June 21 through August 24, 2003
| Backyard Wildlife Habitat - 30 Years of Making a Place for Wildlife
West Orangerie
May 17 through August 24, 2003
| Low and Slow - 300 feet Over the American Landscape
Cameron Davidson
East Gallery
May 3 through June 22, 2003
| Backyard Wildlife Habitats
Code: FL080803
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Conservatory Environmental Systems
Date: Friday, November 19
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Creative Containers
Code: FD061303
Date: Friday, June 13
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Free: Pre-registration Required
| Elegant Edible Flowers
Code: D080103
Date: Friday, August 1
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: FREE
Non-Members: $5
| Herbal Soap
Code: D072503
Date: Friday, July 25
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-members: $8
| Historic Plants from Monticello
Code: L071103
Date: Friday, July 11
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Medicinal Herbs
Code: L081503
Date: Friday, August 15
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Medicinal Plants
Date: Friday, January 6
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Medicinal Plant House
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Plant Family Album - Grasses
Code: W062003
Date: Friday, June 20
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Plant Marvels and Mysteries Part III
Code: FT082903
Date: Friday, August 29
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Plant Propagation - Heirloom Plants
Code: D082203
Date: Friday, August 22
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Stained Glass Mosaic Stepping Stone
Code: W071903
Date: Saturday, July 19
Time: 10:30 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $49
Non-Members: $49
| Watercolor in the Garden
Code: W062103
Date: Saturday, June 21
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $55
Non-Members: $60
| Gardening to Attract Wildlife
Code: FL060603
Date: Friday, June 6
Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Plants of the U.S. Exploring Expedition
George F. Russell, Collections Manager, United States National Herbarium
Code: FL040303
Date: Thursday, April 3
Time: 11:30-12:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| The History of Tea - Additional Session
Code: FL032803-A
Date: Friday, March 28
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
Code: FL032903-A
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Green Schools
Code: L032403
Date: Monday, March 24
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Weekly Tour of Bartholdi Park
Every Tuesday
10:30 - 11:30, August 5, 12, 19, 26
Noon - 1:00, Sept. 2 through Nov. 4
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| A History of Tea with Presidential Families
Code: L031403
Date: Friday, March 14
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: Free
Non-Members: $5
| A Passion for Basil
Code: D051703
Date: Saturday, May 17
Time: 1:00-2:30p.m.
SONG Members: $12
Non-Members: $15
| A Proper Afternoon Tea
Code: L030703-A
Date: Friday, March 7
Time: 10:30-Noon
SONG Members: $20
Non-Members: $25
Code: L030703-B
Date: Friday, March 7
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $20
Non-Members: $25
| Asian Plants for Local Gardens
Code: FL040403
Date: Friday, April 4
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Botanical Frontiers in Southeast Asia: From Discovery of the Earliest Flowering Plants to the Sequencing of the Rice Genome
Smithsonian Botanical Symposium
March 28 and 29, 2003
| Botanical Illustration with Colored Pencils
Code: W030903
Date: Sundays, March 9, 16, and 23
Time: 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $65
Non-Members: $75
Code: W031103
Date: Tuesdays, March 11, 18, and 25
Time: 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $65
Non-Members: $75
| Capturing the Essence of Spring in a Container
Code: W041203
Date: Saturdays April 12
Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $30
Non-Members: $35
| Celebration of Horticultural Therapy 2003
Sponsored by Chesapeake Chapter of American Horticultural Therapy Association, Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Eggelston Services, American Horticultural Therapy Association, and the U.S. Botanic Garden
Thursday, March 20
10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.
| Create Your Own Plant Press
Date: Friday, April 1
Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Diversity Unleashed: Finding Rare Plants after Forest Fires
Code: FL051603
Date: Friday, May 16
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Education of Horticultural Therapy
Code: FL032003-B
Date: Thursday, March 20
Time: 11:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Four Years, Six Ships and 200 Specimens - A Tour of the Wilkes Exhibit
Code: FT040303
Date: Thursday, April 3
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| From Exploration to a Court Marshal: 5 Decades as a Sailor
Code: FL040303-A
Date: Thursday, April 3
Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Garden Lover's Sketchbook
Code: W042603
Date: Saturdays, April 26 and May 3
Time: 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $55
Non-Members: $60
| Growing Orchids
Code: FD050203
Date: Friday, May 2
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Horticultural Therapy on the National Level
Code: FL032003-A
Date: Thursday, March 20
Time: 10:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Legends in the Garden
Code: L042503
Date: Friday, April 25
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Modern Day Plant Exploration
Code: FL040303-B
Date: Thursday, April 3
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Modern Day Plant Exploration: Collecting Expeditions in the Andes
Date: Friday, April 27
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom,
FREE: Pre-registration Preferred
| Modern Day Plant Exploration: Plant Exploration in the Golden Land
Code: FL041003
Date: Thursday, April 10
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Plant Exploration from Madagascar to the Andes
Code: FL042403
Date: Thursday, April 24
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Plant Family Album - Oranges and Lemons
Code: L032103
Date: Friday, March 21
Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $7
| Plant Family Album: The Fabulous Fabaceae
Code: L052303
Date: Friday, May 23
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $7
| Plant Identification Made Simple
Code: W041803
Date: Friday, April 18
Time: 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $130
Non-Members: $175
Registration must be made by calling the Smithsonian Resident Associates at (202) 357-3030
| Plant Marvels and Mysteries Part II
Code: FT053003
Date: Friday, May 30
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Springtime on the Capitol Grounds
Code: FT050903
Date: Friday, May 9
Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| The Growing Center Inc - A Personal Story
Code: FL032003-C
Date: Thursday, March 20
Time: 12:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| The History of Tea
Code: FL032803
Date: Friday, March 28
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
Code: FL032903
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Wilkes Birthday Festival
Co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution?s Botany Department
Thursday April 3, 2003
10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
| "Tour of Traditions in Elegance: 100 Teapots from the Norwich Castle Museum"
Code: FT011703-A
Date: Friday, January 17
Time: 10:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
Code: FT011703-B
Date: Friday, January 17
Time: 11:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
Code: FT011803-A
Date: Saturday, January 18
Time: 10:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
Code: FT011803-B
Date: Saturday, January 18
Time: 11:30 a.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| A Teddy Bear Tea
Code: W020803-A
Date: Saturday, February 8
Time: 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $17
Non-Members: $20
For Ages 5-7
| Botanical Illustration
Code: W020203
Date: Sundays, February 2 and 9
Time: 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $45
Non-Members: $50
Code: W020403
Date: Tuesdays, February 4 and 11
Time: 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $45
Non-Members: $50
| Bouquets for Teapots
Code: FL021403
Date: Friday, February 14
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Cacti and Succulents
Code: FT013103
Date: Friday, January 31
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Color in Garden Design: Spring Green
Code: W020703
Date: Friday, February 7
Time: 10:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $45
Non-members: $50
| Dumbarton Oaks: An Historical Journey Down the Garden's Path
Code: FL120602
Date: Friday, December 6
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Environmental Art: A Collaboration with Nature
Code: W012503
Date: Saturdays, January 25, February 1 and 8
Time: 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $68
Non-Members: $75
| Flavorful and Sweet Garden Plants
Code: FT122002
Date: Friday, December 20
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| From Lab to Cupboard: Safety and Regulatory Issues for Food and Drugs
Code: FL020403
Date: Tuesday, February 4
Time: 6:30 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Herbal Teas
Code: D012403
Date: Friday, January 24
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Holiday Wreath Workshop
Date: Saturday, December 10
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $34
Non-Members: $38
Date: Saturday, December 10
Time: 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $34
Non-Members: $38
| Landscape Design
Date: Saturday, April 2
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $90
Non-Members: $100
| Lecture and Cooking Demonstration
Code: L121302
Date: Friday, December 13
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
FREE
| Medicinal Plants of Haiti
Code: FL022803
Date: Friday, February 28
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Plant Family Album: Rosemary and Her Relatives
Code: L011003
Date: Friday, January 10
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $7
| Plant Marvels and Mysteries
Date: Friday, November 5
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Tea Tasting at the Garden
Code: L011703-A
Date: Friday, January 17
Time: 2:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $20
Non-members: $25
Code: L011703-B
Date: Friday, January 17
Time: 4:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $20
Non-members: $25
Code: L011803-A
Date: Saturday, January 18
Time: 2:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $20
Non-members: $25
Code: L011803-B
Date: Saturday, January 18
Time: 4:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $20
Non-members: $25
| Tea for Two
Code: W020803-B
Date: Saturday, February 8
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
SONG Members: $17
Non-Members: $20
For Ages 8-10
| What's in a Name?
Code: L011003
Date: Friday, January 10
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $7
| Sprouts for Fall
September 6, 13, 20 and 27
October 4, 11, 18 and 25
November 1, 8 and 15
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Conservatory Classroom
FREE: Pre-registration Required
| Calendar of Events
Online Registration for Free/Pay Events
| Bartholdi Park Tour in Early Fall
Date: Friday, September 27, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Carnivorous or Insectivorous Plants
Date: Friday, October 25, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Fall Color in Bartholdi Park
Date: Friday, October 18, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Fall Garden Clean-Up
Date: Friday, November 22, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Gardening Resources of Washington: 20 Years of Community and Youth Gardening in Washington, DC
Date: Friday, October 11, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Herbal Gift Workshops for the Holidays
Date: Friday, November 1, 2002
Time: 10 am - 12:30 pm
SONG members: $22.50
Non-members: $25
| Herbal Harvest - Creating Natural Skin Care Products
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2002
Time: 1 - 4 pm
SONG Members: $22.50
Non-members: $25
| Indigenous Healing: Shamans and Herbalists
Date: Friday, November 15, 2002
Time: 1 - 2 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Plants of the New Millennium
Date: Friday, October 4, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Thanksgiving Arrangement
Date: Friday, November 8, 2002
Time: 12 - 1:30 pm
SONG Members: $12
Non Members: $15
| USBG Production Facility Open House
Code: T030505-1 10:30 a.m. tour
Code: T030505-2 11:00 a.m. tour
Code: T030505-3 11:30 a.m. tour
Code: T030505-4 12:30 a.m. tour
Code: T030505-5 1:00 p.m. tour
Code: T030505-6 1:30 p.m. tour
Code: T030505-7 2:00 p.m. tour
Date: Saturday, March 5
SONG Members: $3
Non-Members: $5
| Children as a Source of Wisdom and Vision for Our Deeply Troubled World
Date: Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Time: 7:30 - 9 pm; 8 pm Presentation
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Integrated Pest Management in the Conservatory
Date: Friday, September 13, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Magnificent Heirloom Melons
Date: Friday, September 20, 2002
Time: 7:30 pm
SONG Members: $10
Non-Members: $12
| Tinctures, Decoctions, Tisanes, Extracts, and Other Herbal Preparations
Date: Friday, September 20, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
SONG Members: $8
Non-Members: $10
| Singing Tree Exhibit Opening Reception
Date: Saturday, September 7, 2002
Time: 3 - 5 pm. Reception; 4 pm Talk
FREE; Pre-registration required
| Sowing Flower Seed Year-Round in the DC Area
Date: Friday, September 6, 2002
Time: 12 - 1 pm
FREE; Pre-registration Required
| Event Search
Search for USBG events!
| Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Date: Friday, April 26, 2002
Time: Noon - 1pm
Free; Space is limited, preregistration required
| Secret Life of Beer: Legends, Lore and Little Known Facts
Title: Of Women, Bears and Beer
Date: Friday, May 10, 2002
Time: 7 pm
SONG Members: $12
Nonmembers: $15
Title: Beer and the Supernatural
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2002
Time: 7 pm
SONG Members: $12
Nonmembers: $15
| DC Environmental Film Festival - Trees of Our Capital
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Time: 7:30 pm
FREE. Reservations required.
| Earth Day Celebration - Once Upon A Planet
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2002
Time: 10:30 am
Adults: $6
Children (under12): $4
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2002
Time: 1pm
Adults: $6
Children (under 12): $4
| Garden Therapy--It's Nature's Health Plan
Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Time Noon - 1pm
SONG Members: $6
Nonmembers: $8
| Native Pink Lady Slipper Orchids
Date: Saturday, March 16, 2002
Time: 7 pm (doors open at 6:30)
| Welcome Spring!
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Time: 6 pm, 6:30 pm, and 7 pm
SONG Members: $25
Nonmembers: $35
| Wetlands Celebration - Wonderful World of Wetlands
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2002
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Free
| Colorful Containers
Date: Friday, May 10
Time: Noon - 1pm
Free; Space is limited, preregistration is required
| Creating Sogetsu Ikebana
Date: Friday, April 12
Time: Noon - 1pm
Free; Space is limited, preregistration is required
| Floral Fantasy
Date: Friday, March 1, 2002
Time: Noon - 1 pm
FREE; Space is limited, preregistration required
| Getting to Know Your Garden Tools
Dates: Friday, March 15 and Friday, March 22, 2002
Time: Noon - 1 pm
Free; Space is limited, preregistration is required
| Historic Trees and Uncommon Gardens: A Walking Tour of Capitol Hill
Date: Friday, May 3
Time: Noon - 1pm
Free; Space is limited, preregistration is required
| Orchids
Date: Thursday, March 16
Location: Conservatory Classroom
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
SONG Members: $5
Non-Members: $8
| Seed Starting Demonstration
Date: Friday, March 8, 2002
Time: Noon - 1pm
FREE; Preregistration Required
| Wild and Fun Wetlands
Date: Friday, May 17
Time: Noon - 1pm
Free; Space is limited, preregistration is required
| American Botanical Seminars Reception
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2002
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Free; Preregistration is Required
| The 2002 Smithsonian Botanical Symposium
The Convention On Biological Diversity: The Globalization of Natural History Science
Cosponsored by the National Museum of Natural History, Cuatrecasas Family foundation, International Association for Plant Taxonomy, and the United States Botanic Garden
| The American Botanical Seminar #3 - Duke's Geriatric Dozen
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2002
Time: 2 pm - 3 pm
Free; Pre-registration strongly encouraged
| The American Botanical Seminar #4 - Botanical Medicines: Historical Perspective and Current Trends
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2002
Time: 3 pm - 3:30 pm
Free; Preregistration strongly encouraged
| Botanical Sketchbook
Merri Nelson
Dates: Wednesdays, April 17 and 24
Time: 10 am - 3 pm
SONG Members: $42.50
Nonmembers: $50
| Celebration of Horticultural Therapy
Chesapeake Chapter, American Horticultural Therapy Association
March 21, 2002
West Gallery
| The American Botanical Seminar #1 - Active Lives, Beauty & Cosmetics: ABC Primer of Essential Oils and Floral Waters
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2002
Time: 10 am - 10:45 am
Free; Preregistration strongly encouraged
| The American Botanical Seminar #2 - The Beauty of Organic: Truth in Labeling for Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
Date: Thursday, May 9, 2002
Time: 11 am - Noon
Time: Noon - 1pm
Free; Preregistration strongly encouraged
| Friendly Air Filtering Plants
Date: Friday, February 22
Time: Noon to 1 pm
FREE; Preregistration strongly encouraged
| Sprouts
Preschoolers ages 3-5
Dates:
Wednesday, March 6 - Exploring for Orchids
Wednesday, April 3 - Trees
Wednesday, May 1 - Butterflies
Time: 10:30 am - 11:15 am
Free; Preregistration is Required
| Vermicomposting Workshop
Dayna Lane
Date: Saturday, February 23
Time: 10:30 to noon
SONG Members: $31
Nonmembers: $36
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