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- Description of Subject Matter: DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat
May 10, 2019 – December 31, 2020
Habitat features 14 exhibits displayed throughout the Smithsonian campus, including exterior and interior garden spaces. The exhibits tell diverse stories about habitats and the plants, animals, and humans that call them home. But they all share one big idea: Protecting habitats protects life. During the exhibition’s two-year run, Smithsonian Gardens is hosting a variety of habitat-related events and educational programs. For more information and a full calendar of events, visit gardens.si.edu.
1 -- Sheltering Branches @ National Museum of African American History and Culture
2 -- Life Underground @ National Museum of American History
3 -- Dead Wood Is Life @ National Museum of American History
4 -- We Need You! @ National Museum of American History
5 -- Nests @ National Museum of Natural History
6 -- Bug B&B @ National Museum of Natural History
7 -- Biomes: Life in the Balance @ S. Dillon Ripley Center
8 -- Key to the Forest @ Enid A. Haupt Garden
9 -- Sign of the Dragonfly @ Enid A. Haupt Garden
10 -- Foundation of the Sea @ Enid A. Haupt Garden
11 -- Homes @ Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
12 -- Monarchs on the Move @ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
13 -- Habitat of Flight @ National Air and Space Museum
14 -- Native Landscape @ National Museum of the American Indian
(1) Sheltering Branches
Outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Discover the story of the Southern live oak tree: an enduring symbol of safety, strength, and resilience. Live oaks serve as a habitat for many species of plants and animals, but they have also played an important role in our nation’s history. Sheltering Branches explores how live oaks furnished the timber to build America’s first ships and provided African Americans with places to gather, rest, read, and reflect.
(2) Life Underground
Outside the National Museum of American History
Did you know that beneath your feet is a network of living organisms communicating with each other? Life Underground combines art and science to reveal how organisms such as fungi interconnect in a habitat hidden below the ground.
(3) Dead Wood Is Life
Outside the National Museum of American History
When a tree dies, it’s not the end of the story; it’s the start of a new chapter. Immerse yourself in artist Foon Sham’s wooden sculptures in Dead Wood is Life and discover the important role dead wood plays as a source of food, shelter, and soil fertility.
(4) We Need You!
Outside the National Museum of American History
Native wildflowers are beautiful, but did you know they also help us produce food? As you explore the We Need You! exhibit, notice the pollinators in the meadow. Beneficial bugs attracted to native flowering plants and grasses pollinate our vegetable gardens, orchards, and croplands. We need pollinators to help us grow the food we eat.
(5) Nests
Outside the National Museum of Natural History
Ever wondered what a bird nest looks like up close? In Nests, see larger-than-life replicas of birds’ nests and marvel at the diversity of these structures and the remarkable ingenuity of the creatures that build them.
(6) Bug B&B
Outside the National Museum of Natural History
Bugs are everywhere, and they need places to live, just like us. Visit Bug B&B, a series of structures built just for bugs, to discover the vital role insects play in our ecosystem and how you can make them feel at home.
(7) Biomes: Life in the Balance
Inside the S. Dillon Ripley Center
Visit deserts, rainforests, grasslands, wetlands, and tundra without leaving the National Mall. Biomes: Life in the Balance highlights these distinct ecological regions (known as biomes), the plants and animals that call them home, and the Smithsonian scientists who study and protect them.
(8) Key to the Forest
Enid A. Haupt Garden
Figs are delicious, but did you know they also play a vital role in their habitats? In tropical forests, the fig tree’s abundant, year-round fruit provides a crucial food source for many species. Key to the Forest highlights figs and other keystone species that are key to the health and success of their ecosystems.
(9) Sign of the Dragonfly
Enid A. Haupt Garden
How healthy is your wetland? Ask a dragonfly. Scientists monitor certain species of plants and animals, known as indicator species, to gauge the health of an ecosystem. Sign of the Dragonfly focuses on one of the oldest indicator species: the dragonfly, which needs clean water to thrive.
(10) Foundation of the Sea
Enid A. Haupt Garden
Plants and animals live in habitats, but did you know that some species create habitats themselves? In Foundation of the Sea, discover how organisms such as coral and kelp (known as foundation species) provide habitats for many other species.
(11) Homes
Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
Want to transform your garden into a habitat? Visit Homes to find out how you can surround yourself with beautiful plants while providing food, shelter, and water for creatures great and small.
(12) Monarchs on the Move
Outside the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Monarch butterflies travel around 3,000 miles when migrating—that’s farther than the distance between Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. Monarchs on the Move, a certified Monarch Waystation, provides monarchs with a much-needed pit stop, where they can rest and feed during their long journeys.
(13) Habitat of Flight
Outside the National Air and Space Museum
For centuries, humans have sought inspiration from nature while studying the mysteries of flight. Visit Habitat of Flight to discover how birds and seeds adapted to fit their habitats and inspired humans in their efforts to take to the skies.
(14) Native Landscape
Outside the National Museum of the American Indian
The Native Landscape at the National Museum of the American Indian features more than 33,000 plants of approximately 150 species native to our area. The grounds encompass four habitats—upland hardwood forest, wetland, cropland, and meadow—and showcase Native American crop rotation and sustainable practices.
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