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- ARBOR_210606_01.JPG: U.S. National Arboretum
Visitor Information
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Download the U.S. National Arboretum's free app. With maps, a plant finder, and specialized tours, it's the best way to explore.
Visitor Guides are available inside Arbor House located the Friendship Garden. Supplies may be limited.
Some buildings and collections remain closed to ensure visitor and staff safety. Visit our website for the latest information, www.usna.usda.gov
Have a question for need help? Call ...
- ARBOR_210606_15.JPG: Look, Ma! No hands!
Koi can be very friendly, and fish might swim close to the edge to say hello. Although it's tempting to pet them, please don't.
Koi have a slime coating on their skin that contains antibodies and enzymes that keep the fish healthy. Touching the fish removes this important protection, making them vulnerable to disease.
- ARBOR_210606_19.JPG: Snack-Free Zone
You know that sad face your dog makes when you're eating supper? Koi make it too! They're fed special food customized for their health, but that doesn't stop them from asking visitors for a treat. Don't give in!
Overeating is unhealthy for the fish and for the water they live in. More food in means more food out, if you catch our meaning, and that excess waste promotes algae growth. Thank you for not feeding the fish!
- ARBOR_210606_23.JPG: Wishes & Fishes
This is a water garden, not a wishing well. Please don't toss coins. Koi are natural bottom feeders, and will scavenge coins from the bottom of the pond. Coins are also dangerous to the fish because they can leach metal into the water.
- ARBOR_210606_27.JPG: This building is closed.
- Wikipedia Description: United States National Arboretum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. It was established in 1927 by an act of Congress after a campaign by USDA Chief Botanist Frederick Vernon Coville.
It is 446 acres (1.80 km2) in size and is located 2.2 miles (3.5 km) northeast of the Capitol building, with entrances on New York Avenue, NE and R Street, NE. The campus' gardens, collections, and features are connected by roadways that are 9.5 miles (15.3 km) long in total. In addition to the main campus in Washington, D.C., there are research locations at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland and in McMinville, Tennessee.
The Arboretum functions as a major center of botanical research conducted by the USDA, including applied research on trees, shrubs, turf, and the development of new ornamental plants. In addition to a library and a historical collection (archive), the institution also has an extensive herbarium of over 800,000 specimens documenting wild and cultivated plant diversity.
History
The United States National Arboretum was formally established by an act of Congress on 4 March 1927. The act authorized the creation of the arboretum on what was then called Mount Hamilton, but it did not actually appropriate any funding to make that happen. That particular area was well-suited for the arboretum because it had varied soils and physiography, and no permanent buildings were then present. Ten months later, President Calvin Coolidge signed a law appropriating $300,000 for the National Arboretum. An initial 189 acres were purchased in 1928, with an additional 196 acres being acquired in 1934. Additional land was purchased in 1938, 1948, and 1949 that, along with subsequent minor expansions, contributed to the Arboretum's current footprint of 446 acres.
On April 11, 1973 the U.S. National Arboretum was listed as a Category II Landmark in the National Register of Historic Places for its "importance which contributes significantly to the cultural heritage and visual beauty of the District of Columbia."
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