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"Season's Greenings" holiday exhibit 2023

Our popular annual holiday display “Season’s Greenings” will feature model trains in the gated outdoor gardens, festive lights throughout the Garden, and the Conservatory will feature poinsettias, holiday decor, and D.C. landmarks made from plants. On the lawn in the gated outdoor gardens, G-gauge model trains will circulate from 10:00-5:00 daily through displays of pollinators made from plant parts. These scenes will range from oversized models of native U.S. flowers, butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds to an orchid bee pollinating a vanilla orchid flower, a chocolate midge pollinating a cacao flower, a lemur pollinating a traveler’s tree flower, and more! The Garden will be closed on December 25.
Location: Outdoor Gardens
a sculpture made from plant parts shows a green-blue bee landing on a yellow vanilla orchid flower

Become a U.S. Botanic Garden Volunteer!

Volunteers are a crucial part of the U.S Botanic Garden community. Through their time at the Garden, volunteers develop new skills, explore their personal interests, and make significant contributions that enable the Garden to fulfill its mission. Volunteering is a great way to meet others and connect with the community. Have you ever wondered how you could be part of the experience?

Partnerships

The U.S. Botanic Garden collaborates with other public gardens, federal and municipal agencies, and nonprofit organizations to achieve shared goals through projects that have wide-reaching impacts.

Plants and Climate Change Education (PLACCE)

Educating public audiences about the connection between plants and climate change can help cultivate scientifically-informed understandings of the importance of plants in the context of our changing world.

Urban Agriculture

Since the U.S. Botanic Garden’s creation 200 years ago, one of the Garden’s primary functions has been growing and demonstrating plants to tell the story of agriculture and economic plants to the public.

“Season’s Greenings” at U.S. Botanic Garden to spread cheer Thanksgiving Day through New Year’s Day

Washington, D.C. – The popular annual holiday display “Season’s Greenings” at the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) will run from Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 23, 2023, through New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2024, closed on Dec. 25. G-gauge model trains will run between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day in the gated outdoor gardens, and the Conservatory will feature poinsettias, holiday decor, and D.C. landmarks made from plants.
a sculpture made from plant parts shows a green-blue bee landing on a yellow vanilla orchid flower

Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens

This favorite “secret” garden of Washingtonians, is across Independence Avenue from the Conservatory. Here visitors will find modern sustainable gardens surrounding the historic Bartholdi Fountain. The gardens suggest interesting plants and innovative designs at a scale suitable for the home landscape.
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"Season's Greenings" holiday exhibit 2022

The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) offered a garden-wide “Season’s Greenings” holiday display in 2022, running from Thursday, Nov. 24, through Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, closed Dec. 25. As part of the festivities, G-gauge model trains ran between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day in the gated outdoor gardens and the Conservatory featured poinsettias, holiday decor, and D.C. landmarks made from plants.
Location: Outdoor Gardens

Field Trip Experiences

Learn about the types of field trips offered by the U.S. Botanic Garden and register your class or students for a trip.

About Us

Learn about the United States Botanic Garden's history and mission.

Congressional Events

Information about Congressionally sponsored evening events at the U.S. Botanic Garden

Corpse Flowers

Learn about the corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) collection at the U.S. Botanic Garden.

U.S. Botanic Garden Helps Veterans with Urban Farming

Armed to Urban Farm is a new program presented by the U.S. Botanic Garden and the National Center for Appropriate Technology to teach veterans about urban farming careers providing opportunities for military veterans that combine classroom sessions with farm tours and hands-on activities.

USBG Volunteer Categories

Learn more about the two categories of volunteer positions at the USBG - Public Engagement and Hands-On Gardening.
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Discover the World of Orchids

This winter, explore the fabulous world of orchids at the U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG)! This year’s joint orchid show celebrates the diversity of orchids found throughout the world. One of the largest plant families in the world, orchid shapes, sizes, colors, scents, and more vary greatly! Throughout the Conservatory, thousands of orchid blooms will showcase the USBG and Smithsonian Gardens’ extensive orchid collections. Join us to celebrate these fantastic flowers!
Location: Conservatory
Purple orchids with many water drops

Outdoor Gardens

The gated outdoor gardens, opened in 2006, feature the Regional Garden of Mid-Atlantic native plants, the Rose Garden devoted to the U.S. national flower, the Pollinator Garden, and the First Ladies Water Garden.

Korean Dishes with Magpie and the Tiger (Online Cooking Demo)

Join Chefs Caleb and Roren to see a demonstration of sweet potato two ways: japchae (sweet potato noodles and mixed vegetables) and goguma mat tang (candied sweet potatoes), highlighting the use of sweet potatoes, mushrooms, eggplant, carrots, and more!
A man and woman cook in a kitchen

Field Trips & Resources

Field trips, both in-person and online, make the U.S. Botanic Garden an extension of your classroom.

The Children's Garden

Kids are invited to see what's in bloom, dig, plant, water, and touch and smell the plants in the Children's Garden.
A girl uses a blue watering can to water a young plant

Native Plant Recommendations

Explore lists of plants from our Regional Garden of Mid-Atlantic native plants for you to try in your own garden.

Poinsettias flourish at U.S. Botanic Garden

The gardeners have grown almost 2,000 poinsettia plants to brighten up the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory's annual holiday exhibit "Season's Greenings." An expert team at USBG cares for the annual poinsettia crop with daily attentiveness starting in July.
a bed of red and white poinsettias
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"Cultivate: Growing Food in a Changing World" exhibit

Agriculture impacts everyone’s daily life and not just because of the food we eat. Explore the galleries and gardens to learn how inventive ideas in agriculture, both scientific and social, sustain and enrich life and how growing and cooking food connects people with each other and communities.
Location: Conservatory

2021 Urban Agriculture Resilience Program

The United States Botanic Garden and American Public Gardens Association are collaborating to support public gardens and their community partners engaging in urban agriculture and food-growing to address food security challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Plant Collections

The living collection of the U.S. Botanic Garden is the foundation of the institution. Maintaining an ordered, documented, labeled collection of living plants is essential to the Garden's mission of promoting botanical knowledge.

U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility

Our Production Facility is the largest greenhouse complex supporting a public garden in the United States. The greenhouse, completed in 1993, includes 85,000 square feet under glass divided into 34 greenhouse bays and 17 environmental zones.

Cultivating Carnivorous Plants

Carnivorous plants fascinate with how they lure, catch, kill and digest insects. There are more than 720 species of carnivorous plants, many with astounding adaptations to inhospitable habitats.

Schools & Families

Whether through science, art, storytelling, or curiosity, our gardens offer amazing opportunities for plant-based learning.

Seasonal Summer Eats (Online Cooking Demonstration)

Join Danielle and Adrienne for two peak-of-summer recipes: one sweet, one savory, and both delicious. The Tomato Trifecta with Bucatini Pasta and Basil Drizzle recipe showcases vine ripe tomatoes. Summer’s Peak Crostada highlights stone fruits, such as peaches and plums. Learn about growing and selecting summer bounty for optimal flavor, substitutes, optional additions, and much more! Presenters: Danielle Cook, MS, Nutritionist, and Cooking Instructor, and Adrienne Cook, Gardening and Cooking Writer This program was recorded on August 5, 2022. Find upcoming programs at www.USBG.gov/Programs
a bowl of pasta with red sauce and a pie with lattice crust

U.S. Botanic Garden Taps New Technologies To Grow Plant Education

The Learning and Engagement team has embraced new technology and instructional approaches to successfully offer more than 200 programs online, engaging more than 17,500 participants from all 50 states and 27 countries. The team has also developed live virtual field trips for schools, engaging more than 4,000 students from throughout the D.C. area and from states ranging from Florida to Maine.
Grace Anderson adjusts the camera and laptop for an online horticultural education program.

Learn

Led by experts in their fields, our programs and events offer something for every age, interest, and skill level. With so many options to choose from, you will find something that teaches you more about the wonder of plants at the Garden!

Eco-Printing with Flowers (Online Demonstration)

Join An to explore an exciting and approachable style of natural dyeing: eco-printing. In this online demonstration, An will share a variety of plants and flowers that can be used for eco-printing, focusing on plants you can view on a visit to the U.S. Botanic Garden outdoor gardens. An will demonstrate eco-printing, in which plant matter is placed on top of fiber, bound, and then steamed, whereby color and form are transferred to the cloth. Finally, participants will learn about treating the fiber to keep color in place.

yellow flowers on a square cloth

Spring Fling (Online Cooking Demonstration)

Looking for a main-dish salad that celebrates herbs and a “mess”y dessert from across the pond? Then join the Cook Sisters as they welcome spring with two dishes – one savory, the other sweet – that truly capture the season’s bright flavors. The salad, replete with savory fresh herbs and featuring smoked fish, makes a great luncheon or light diner. The dessert, known as the Eton Mess, is an intense combination of meringue, whipped cream, and the season’s best berries.

A white baked dessert is topped with strawberries and a salad features mixed vegetables

Contract Opportunity : Curriculum & Training Plan for Volunteer Program

The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) seeks a contractor to lead a collaborative effort with USBG employees to redesign the USBG volunteer training program, including pre-service training for new volunteers and ongoing, in-service training for active volunteers.The objective is to create a flexible learning ecosystem and a culture of continuous professional learning to support the growth and development of the USBG volunteer program.

Teacher Training at the U.S. Botanic Garden

The U.S. Botanic Garden offers special workshops throughout the year for teachers on how to use the Garden as an extension of the classroom and engage students in plant-based learning.

Landscape For Life™

Harness nature’s power to create a healthy, beautiful home landscape Gardens are a gift, providing backyard beauty, a pleasant atmosphere and often, food for the table.

Accessibility at the USBG

The U.S. Botanic Garden strives to make its collection, programming, and facilities accessible to ensure a successful museum visit for all visitors.

School Garden Guide

This guide will assist you with: starting a new school garden, maintaining an existing school garden; and providing high-quality garden-based instruction.

Ask an Expert: Indoor Plant Health Care (Online Q&A)

Are your houseplant's roots rotting? Do you have spider mites munching? You're not alone! Pests and pathogens plague all indoor plants, from those living in studio apartments to the more than 65,000 plants in the USBG collection. Join Chelsea to learn how pests and pathogens are managed in the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory. Chelsea will share some of the unique challenges faced in the USBG's greenhouses and take questions about your indoor plant concerns. Presenter: Chelsea McKinley, USBG Plant Health Care Specialist This program was recorded on Thursday, May 26, 2022. Find upcoming programs at www.USBG.gov/Programs
two plant parts are spliced together and held together with a wrap

Ask an Expert: Growing Orchids at Home (Online Q&A)

Orchids are beloved blooms, but their care can be confounding. Join Terry to ask your questions about growing orchids at home. From fabulous Phalaenopsis to delightful Dendrobiums, after this Q&A you'll feel confident in caring for your home orchid collection. Presenter: Terry Hodge, U.S. Botanic Garden Gardener This program was recorded on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Find upcoming programs at www.USBG.gov/Programs
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Intro to Air Layering Propagation (Online Demo)

One plant, two plant, three plant, four! Air layering is an easy way to propagate some of your favorite flora. Join Carl to learn how to propagate both indoor and outdoor plants with this simple technique. What will you do with all of your new plants? Presenter: Carl Johnson, USBG Gardener This program was recorded on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Find upcoming programs at www.USBG.gov/Programs
a gardener wraps moss and plastic wrap around a plant cutting

Tours at the U.S. Botanic Garden

There is so much to take in at the U.S. Botanic Garden! Tours provide more information about the Garden’s plants and collections.

Program Recordings

Watch recordings of many of the Garden's past programs about gardening, plant care, talks by garden book authors, cooking with seasonal foods, and more.

Conservatory

The permanent exhibits in our Conservatory will take you around the world all year long. It houses collections of plants from subtropical, tropical and arid regions and showcases orchids, medicinal, economic, endangered, and Hawaiian plants.
Conservatory Garden Court with a long pool and fountain and pink flowers surrounding

History of the U.S. Botanic Garden

Established in 1820, the United States Botanic Garden is the oldest continuously operating public garden in the United States. The Garden is rooted in the nation’s heritage. During the late 18th century, George Washington had a dream of a national botanic garden and was instrumental in establishing one on the National Mall in 1820.

Gardening Tips

Find basic gardening tips from the U.S. Botanic Garden.
A clump of yellow flowers with short petals arranged in a ray

On-Site Activity Resources

Students on Self-Guided Exploration field trips and families visiting with children can take advantage of the U.S. Botanic Garden’s plant passports, field journals, and more to make their visit participatory, fun, and educational.

Kids and Families

The U.S. Botanic Garden is a living museum that welcomes kids of all ages. Be sure to look for special programs and events happening during your visit, and take advantage of activities and a special garden made just for kids!

Field Trip Logistics

Field Trip Guidelines - expectations, guidelines, bus and arrival information

Gardens & Plants

Any time of year, you'll see something beautiful in bloom at the U.S. Botanic Garden Conservatory, outdoor gardens, and Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens!

Plant Conservation

In the United States, about three out of every 10 plant species are threatened.

Conserving North America’s Native Orchids

The North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC) is a collaboration between the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center and the U.S. Botanic Garden to conserve, cultivate and restore North America’s native orchids.

Friends of the U.S. Botanic Garden

The Friends of the U.S. Botanic Garden is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that supports the educational outreach activities at the U.S. Botanic Garden.

Take a Virtual Tour

To get a feel for what you might see when you come to visit the U.S. Botanic Garden, we encourage you to take our virtual tour. You’ll get a peek at our Conservatory, gated outdoor gardens, and Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens, but the plant displays and exhibits are likely to be different each time you come.

Ray Mims

Partnerships and Sustainability Specialist

Programs and Events

Interested in learning more about plants? Come join us for a program! With a huge range of offerings including workshops, children’s programs, cooking demonstrations, highlights tours, free concerts, and more, there’s something for everyone at the U.S. Botanic Garden!
Three women plant a plant in a ball of moss

Gardens

From roses to orchids, the rainforest to the Mid-Atlantic, rare and endangered plants to the latest in home gardens, you will find a world of plants and environments in our permanent exhibits and gardens.
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Corpse flower bloom 2013

Titan Arum: Amorphophallus titanum is known as the titan arum, or corpse flower, because at full bloom, the inflorescence is said to smell like a large rotting corpse. The U.S. Botanic Garden has displayed these amazing blooming plants in 2003, 2005 and 2007, 2013, and 2016.
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Season's Greenings: All Aboard! 2018

This year, explore America by train as our annual holiday show Season's Greenings showcases historic railroad stations across the country. In our model train show, trains chug around, below, through, and above plant-based recreations of iconic depots from across the United States. View thousands of blooms throughout the Conservatory, including a showcase of heirloom and newly developed poinsettia varieties. Join us as we celebrate the holidays and America's natural and cultural treasures.
Location: Conservatory
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Discover the World of Orchids

Come explore the fabulous world of orchids! In celebration of the U.S. Botanic Garden’s bicentennial year, our orchid show celebrates plant exploration and the diversity of orchids found throughout the world.
Location: Conservatory
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You Can Grow It!

The world of horticulture is for everyone -- those with green thumbs and those green with envy. Growing and caring for plants might seem daunting, but this exhibit will help experienced and novice gardeners alike have more fruitful indoor and outdoor gardening experiences. Wander the exhibit gallery and outdoor gardens to explore the basics of growing plants and investigate solutions for many common plant problems. Along the way, discover foolproof plants, learn about the right plant for the right place and person, and even pick up a few specialty horticulture techniques for plants requiring a little extra care. Whatever your skill level, You Can Grow It has something for you!
Location: Conservatory
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It's Hip to Be Square: The Mint Family

Did you know that coleus, sage, and rosemary are all in the mint family (Lamiaceae)? This plant family contains many culinary herbs. This plant family contains many culinary herbs. Mint family members are usually aromatic, have square stems, and opposite leaves. Most people know about Mentha (peppermint and spearmint) and Salvia (sage) species, but there are over 230 genera and more than 7,000 species in the mint family. Come explore this beautiful exhibit to learn about the interesting plants in this unique family. This exhibit was on display in the Conservatory's South Lobby.
Location: Conservatory
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Outdoor Holiday Display 2021

The U.S. Botanic Garden featured an outdoor holiday display in 2021 with festive adornments, lighted trees and shrubs, and an outdoor train display throughout the outdoor gardens.
Location: Outdoor Gardens
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Season's Greenings: America's Gardens

Join us to explore botanic gardens from Hawaii to Maine in this year’s Season’s Greenings holiday show! Plant based recreations of conservatories, fountains, and sculptures will fill the model train room.These will include iconic gardens scenes like Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s vibrant red Japanese torii gate, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens’ flamingo topiaries, Missouri Botanical Garden’s famous Climatron conservatory, and Huntsville Botanical Garden’s Rocket Gardenfeaturing NASA space nodes and rockets! The Conservatory will be filledwith thousands of flowers, including a showcase of heirloom and newly developed poinsettia varieties. Our collection of D.C. landmarks made from plant materials will return to fill the Garden Court, and the West Gallery will feature a decorated tree with its own model train. Join us as we celebrate the holidays and America’s beautiful and diverse public gardens.
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U.S. Botanic Garden Celebrates 200th Anniversary

For 200 years, the Garden has shared the beauty and usefulness of plants with the world. Join us on a journey of plant exploration, and challenge yourself with plant science interactives, three-dimensional sights, infamous smells, and more! Learn more about the rich history and developing future of the USBG in this two-part exhibit.

Butterflies in the Garden

To attract a diversity of butterflies and other pollinators in your garden, select a variety of plants with different floral colors, shapes, sizes, and bloom times.
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Flora of the National Parks

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, this art exhibit showcases some of the plant species and communities found throughout the more than 400 national park sites.
Location: Conservatory
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Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots

Plant roots are vital components of the earth’s ecosystem. They are necessary for plant growth, including the production of food and nutrients for humans and many other organisms. However, as root systems are out of sight, their beauty and importance often go unnoticed. This exhibit used the work of agricultural ecologist Dr. Jerry Glover, sculptor Steve Tobin, and photographer Jim Richardson to showcase the importance of roots through visually stunning root representations.
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Celebrating New American Gardens exhibit

Public gardens across America are engaging, inviting, and dynamic. Gardens are living creations, as they display seasonal changes along with a constant ebb and flow. This exhibit celebrates American gardens created or renovated within the last five years. These gardens showcase new plant collections, create spaces for people to connect with nature, and foster sustainability. Come explore what's new in public gardens!

Sustainability at the U.S. Botanic Garden

Big changes start with small steps – individuals, families, businesses and governments can all make a difference in improving our planet’s potential to provide for generations to come.

Sustainable Solutions at the U.S. Botanic Garden

At the U.S. Botanic Garden, we live what we preach. And, like our visitors, we know that living sustainably is a process. We are continually learning and expanding our conservation and sustainability practices.

USBG at Home

Explore photo and video updates from around the Garden!

Become a Junior Botanist

Visit the U.S. Botanic Garden and check out a Junior Botanist Backpack Adventure Kit. You must be nine or older and be accompanied by an adult with an official ID (such as a driver’s license).

The Sustainable Sites Initiative™

The most comprehensive system for developing sustainable landscapes, the SITES v2 Rating System, has been released by the Sustainable Sites Initiative(tm) for use by landscape architects, designers, engineers, architects, developers, policymakers and others who work in land design and development.

2020 Urban Agriculture Resilience Program

The U.S. Botanic Garden partnered with the American Public Gardens Association (the Association) to offer immediate support to urban agriculture and other urban food-growing programs at public gardens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Annual Joint Orchid Show with Smithsonian Gardens: Orchids: Amazing Adaptions [at Kogod Courtyard]

Escape the winter cold and step into a floral oasis in the Kogod Courtyard with Orchids: Amazing Adaptations. A joint collaboration with Smithsonian Gardens, United States Botanic Garden, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and National Portrait Gallery, this installation fills the courtyard with hundreds of orchids of stunning variety. The installation showcases how orchids have adapted to their many different environments and can be found on every single continent except Antarctica. Orchids: Amazing Adaptations is part of Habitat, a Smithsonian Gardens–wide exhibition exploring the importance of habitats and how we can help protect them. Habitat is the first in a series of changing exhibitions connecting all of Smithsonian Gardens’ spaces with a single theme. From 2019 to 2020, Habitat will feature a variety of indoor and outdoor displays, exhibits, and educational programs.
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Botanical Art Worldwide: America's Flora

The United States Botanic Garden in collaboration with the American Society of Botanical Artists presents a juried exhibition of American native plant botanical artworks. The exhibit, on display in the West Gallery of the U.S. Botanic Garden, features 46 pieces depicting a diverse range of plants including trees, cacti, wildflowers, and more. These artworks were selected from a field of over 200 entries. Similar exhibitions will be held in 24 other countries, each highlighting plants native to their own country.
Location: Conservatory
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Wall Flowers: Botanical Murals

Stop and take a look at the murals covering our city walls and you’ll notice plants are often featured. Plants in murals communicate the aesthetic, ecological, and historic importance of plants in the urban environment. This exhibit features large-scale art by local artists who specialize in public murals that beautify our cities. Their murals depict plants using bold colors and monumental scale. The exhibit fosters creative conversations about botanical art and new ways to communicate the important roles plants play in our lives.
Location: Conservatory
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Orchid Spectrum

Come immerse yourself in our annual orchid show, presented in collaboration with Smithsonian Gardens. Found on every continent except Antarctica, orchids showcase a wide spectrum of diversity in color, shape, size, habitat, scent, and many other aspects. Visit the USBG Conservatory to explore thousands of amazing orchid blooms arranged in captivating displays, and appreciate many unique, rarely seen orchids from the USBG’s and Smithsonian Gardens’ extensive plant collections.
Location: Conservatory
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Orchids: A Moment

The 2017 Orchid Exhibit, a collaborative effort between Smithsonian Gardens, U.S. Botanic Garden, and Smithsonian Exhibits, was held in the Hirshhorn Museum for the first time. Exhibit designers from the Hirshhorn created artistic structures for showcasing the orchids that enabled visitors to move through the display and experience their own personal moment.
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Flourish Inside and Out

From a walk in the woods to strolling through a park, and from gardening at home to visiting a public garden, therapeutic horticulture, nature therapy, and accessible gardening connect people to nature and themselves.
Location: Conservatory
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Orchids in Focus exhibit

Orchids in Focus (February - April 2016) was the 2016 joint USBG-Smithsonian Gardens annual orchid exhibit. Orchids in Focus showcased how these exotic beauties have inspired artists and photographers for centuries and allowed visitors to immerse themselves in a floral paradise of orchids from the forest canopy down to the ground, and focus their own camera on these unique and beautiful plants.
Location: Conservatory
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Illustrating Hidden Treasures: Botanical Art by Wendy Hollender

Illustrating Hidden Treasures: Botanical Art by Wendy Hollender (West Gallery, September 1 - October 25, 2015) explored the belowground structures of plants through the botanical art of Wendy Hollender. On display in the West Gallery were several pieces by this celebrated artist who owns her own farm in the Catskills where she lives, farms, and draws
Location: Conservatory
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Plants in Culture - A Sensory Experience

(West Gallery, 2001-2015) emphasized the countless ways in which plants enrich human life. Sensory displays feature plants in therapy, ornamentation, music, ceremony, language and many other expressions of culture.
Location: Conservatory
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Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty

Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty at the National Museum of Natural History was the 2015 joint Smithsonian Gardens and U.S. Botanic Garden annual orchid exhibit. The 2015 exhibit explored how new ideas, technologies, and inventions are changing the way we study, protect, and enjoy orchids.
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Plants In Print: The Age of Botanical Discovery - broken links

The advent of book publishing ushered in an exuberant age of plant exploration and discovery. Plants in Print: The Age of Botanical Discovery, a collaboration between the U.S. Botanic Garden and the Chicago Botanic Garden, shares the rich history of botany and plant exploration with a nationwide audience.
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Savage Gardens

Savage Gardens provided a special look into the captivating, and bizarre, world of carnivorous plants and their astounding adaptations to inhospitable habitats. Hungry for more? Don't miss the time lapse video of a sundew trapping a fruit fly.
Savage Gardens
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Slow Life - broken external link to plantsinmotion

Slow Life is a window into the world of plants. It accelerates the time-scale of plants into our own frame of reference, speeding up their everyday lives to a pace that resonates with our own. This online guide to the lives of plants is based on the traveling exhibit developed by the U.S. Botanic Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden and Indiana University. https://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/
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Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women

“Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women” unearths stories of women who have enriched our understanding and appreciation of orchids. Despite their remarkable achievements in art, botanical illustration, orchid cultivation and scientific discovery, many of the featured women have not received the recognition they deserve. “Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women” highlights these unsung horticultural heroines and solidifies their ongoing influence on orchid collections. Visitors can see the exhibit and its accompanying orchid display at the Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, shared by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. This exhibit is a collaboration between U.S. Botanic Garden and Smithsonian Gardens.

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