All outdoor gardens are currently open. The Conservatory and public restrooms remain closed, due to the closure of the U.S. Capitol campus buildings. Please monitor www.USBG.gov for updates on operating status. USBG resources can be accessed online, including educational materials, virtual tours, and online programs by visiting www.USBG.gov/AtHome.
Join the Garden to learn about gardening, talks by garden book authors, yoga, cooking with seasonal food plants, and more via online programs. Find more ways to connect with the Garden from home at www.USBG.gov/AtHome.
On-going online programs:
(Recordings are posted to each page for future viewing)
- Cooking Demonstrations - every Thursday
- Yoga from the Garden - every Saturday
Fall online programs
Additional programs coming soon, and videos for some will be posted here after the program occurs.
September
- September 2 - Plum Plunge (Online Cooking Demo)
- September 3 - Hardy Plants for the Cutting Garden (Online Lecture)
- September 9 - Fig Fantasia (Online Cooking Demo)
- September 10 - Jamaican Cuisine with Island Bwoy Cuisine: Local Chef Series (Online Cooking Demo)
- September 11 - Sustainable Gardening (Online Lecture)
- September 16 - Lovely, Lovely Leeks (Online Cooking Demo)
- September 23 - Fall Container Gardening (Online Demo)
- September 23 - Beautiful Beets (Online Cooking Demo)
- September 24 - Monarch Conservation in Cities (Online Lecture)
- September 25 - Unexpected Fall Foraging (Online Lecture)
- September 11, 18, 25 - Yoga from the Garden
October
- October 1 - Seasonal Vegetable Gardening (Online Q&A)
- October 7 - Bright Broccoli (Online Cooking Demo)
- October 8 - African Dishes with Afro91: Local Chef Series (Online Cooking Demo)
- October 14 - Bean After Bean (Online Cooking Demo)
- October 15 - Cooking With Scraps (Online Demo)
- October 16 - Floral Wearables Using Adhesive (Online Demo)
- October 21 - Satisfying Sweet Potatoes (Online Cooking Demo)
- October 22 - Farmers' Market Treasures (Live Online Cooking Demo)
- October 23 - Draw and Paint Autumn Leaves in Watercolor (Online Workshop)
- October 28 - Minestrone Magic (Online Cooking Demo)
- October 29 - Explore Washington, D.C. "City of Trees" (Online Book Talk)
- October 30 - Introduction to Natural Indigo Dyeing (Online Demo)
- October 2, 16, 23, 30 - Yoga from the Garden
November
- November 5 - Horticulture as an Act of Conquest (Online Lecture)
- November 6 - Gardening for Pollinators in Fall and Winter (Online Lecture)
- November 13 - Unearthing The Secret Garden (Online Book Talk)
- November 19 - Fall Favorites (Live Online Cooking Demo)
Programs Archive: Recordings of previous programs
- Paint Your Own Botanical Mural
- Book Talk: Resilience - Connecting with Nature in the Time in A Time of Crisis
Online Demo: Caring for Houseplants
Online Corpse Flower Live Q&A: Horticulture Focus
Author Talk: Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life
Author Talk: American Eden
Author Talk: Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island
Live Cooking Demo: Quick Pickles and Pumpkin Butter
Live Cooking Demo: "Can I Substitute...?" Using What You've Got to Make A Meal
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist (lecture)
Yard of the Month! Plants for Civic Engagement and Transformation
Scary Beautiful: Carnivorous Plants Q&A
Online Demo: Natural Dyes at Home: The Basics
Online Art Workshop: Drawing Winter Trees in Pencil and Ink
Online Demo: Shrub Pruning for the Home Gardener
Mexican Dishes with Muchas Gracias - Local Chef Series
Online Talk: Hillwood - A Garden For All Seasons
Herbarium Demo: Plant ImPRESSIONs
Online Q&A: Plant Health Care for Home Growers
Early Spring Flowers in Watercolor (Online Art Workshop)
Online Ask An Expert: Kitchen Garden Preparations
Celebrating Women in Science: Crop Wild Relatives in Research (Online Panel)
Online Q&A: Orchid Care for the Home Grower
Horticulture, History, and Immigrants: Systems Altering This Land (Online Talk)
Online Q&A: Seasonal Vegetable Gardening
Creating a Cutting Garden (Online Lecture)
Natural Dyes at Home: Simple Techniques
USBG at 200 (Part 1): Deeply Rooted
Unexpected Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson
Plant Science Conversations: Global Coffee Conservation and Genetics (Online Discussion)
Spring Container Gardening (Online Demo)
USBG at 200 (Part 2): Branching Outward (Online Discussion)
Cooking with Lemon and Tamarind (Online Cooking Demo)
Becoming Urban Nature: NYC's Washington Square Park from 1609-2021 (Online Lecture)
Growing a Corpse Flower (Online Q&A)
A Piet Oudolf Story (Online Lecture)
Low Floral Centerpieces (Online Demo)
Floral Design: Intro to Cut Flowers
Drawing Cacti & Succulents in Colored Pencil Art Workshop
D.C.'s Bees: Natives in our Neighborhoods (Online Lecture)
June Seasonal Vegetable Gardening Q&A
July Seasonal Vegetable Gardening Q&A
August Seasonal Vegetable Gardening Q&A
Sustainable Gardening (Online Lecture)
Fall Container Gardening (Online Demo)
Unexpected Fall Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson (@blackforager) (Online Lecture)
Jamaican Cuisine with Island Bwoy Cuisine (Local Chef Series)
Hardy Plants for the Cutting Garden (Online Lecture)
Virtual Tours and other resources:
If you're looking for other ways to connect with the Garden online during this time, explore our gardens through a Virtual Tour and video tour series:
- USBG at Home - see the many ways you can connect with the Garden from home!
- Plant Morphology Learning Series
- Virtual Tours of the Garden
- Video tours, plant profiles, and more posted daily on our Facebook page