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2016_AL_BBG53AL -- Birmingham -- Birmingham Botanic Garden
2022_AZ_Arb_Flagstaff83AZ -- Flagstaff -- Arboretum at Flagstaff
2022_AZ_Arb_Flagstaff_Crit28AZ -- Flagstaff -- Arboretum at Flagstaff -- Critters
2022_AZ_Arb_Flagstaff_Black14AZ -- Flagstaff -- Arboretum at Flagstaff -- Exhibit: Botanical Blacksmiths
Botanical Blacksmiths
The Botanical Blacksmiths exhibit is a seasonal art installation of metal garden sculpture available for purchase. Thirty percent of all sales benefit The Arboretum at Flagstaff. The exhibit runs from May 8 to Sept 17 2022.
Shipping is not included in the price of the pieces and...
2017_AZ_DBG286AZ -- Phoenix -- Desert Botanical Garden
2009_CA_LAC_Arboretum165CA -- Arcadia -- LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
2009_CA_LAC_ArboretumA22CA -- Arcadia -- LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden -- Animals
Mostly peacocks and waterfowl.
2009_CA_LAC_ArboretumS52CA -- Arcadia -- LA County Arboretum and Botanic Garden -- Historic Structures
2010_CA_RSABG55CA -- Claremont -- Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
2010_CA_Descanso111CA -- La Canada Flintridge -- Descanso Gardens
2022_CA_SBNF_Heaps67CA -- Lake Arrowhead -- Heaps Peak Arboretum
2015_CA_UCR_Botanic62CA -- Riverside -- University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens
2014_CA_Sacramento_CapPkWP38CA -- Sacramento -- Capitol Park -- World Peace Rose Garden
2018_CA_Sacramento_CapPkWP57CA -- Sacramento -- Capitol Park -- World Peace Rose Garden
2006_CA_SDBotanical20CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Botanical Building
2008_CA_SDBotanical26CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Botanical Building
2009_CA_SDBotanical43CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Botanical Building
2012_CA_SDBotanical45CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Botanical Building
2017_CA_SDBotanical13CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Botanical Building
2022_CA_SDBotanical10CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Botanical Building
2009_CA_SDJFG42CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Japanese Friendship Garden
2008_CA_SDVMMC13CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Veterans Museum & Memorial Center
2009_CA_SDVMMC137CA -- San Diego -- Balboa Park -- Veterans Museum & Memorial Center
2006_CO_Denver_Botanic129CO -- Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
2006_CO_Denver_BotanCloud40CO -- Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield -- Cloud Forest Tree
2006_CO_Denver_BotanBronze25CO -- Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield -- Living Bronze sculptures by Robert Wick
These are pictures of artworks by Robert Wick. He likes to join the textures of earth, the life and vitality of plants, and the ideas of ultimate wisdom in his works. He works in bronze because of its permanence. His sculptures range in height from six to 18 feet and weigh up to 2,500 pounds.
2021_DC_SIAM_Without_Walls17DC -- Anacostia Community Museum -- Exhibit: A Museum Without Walls
2018_DC_Blechman_18110343DC -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Event: An Afternoon with R. O. Blechman
An Afternoon with R. O. Blechman
The creator of what are now considered by many to be the earliest graphic novels, R. O. Blechman, will discuss his first work, The Juggler of Our Lady. This cartoon retelling of the medieval legend was first published in 1953 and later adapted into an award-winning...
2018_DC_DumbartonO_Jug33DC -- Dumbarton Oaks Museum -- Exhibit: Juggling the Middle Ages
Juggling the Middle Ages
October 16, 2018–February 28, 2019
See how one tale has transformed over time, captivating medieval and modern audiences alike with its enduring messages. Art is miraculous!
A humble juggler-turned-monk struggles to think of a gift worthy of the Virgin Mary, before delivering...
2023_DC_DumbartonO_BO30DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Bliss and Orientation Galleries
Bliss and Orientation Galleries
A small space located immediately to the right of the Museum lobby, the Bliss Gallery is used for small-scale, rotating exhibitions related to the founders of Dumbarton Oaks, Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. Selected artworks highlight themes relevant to the collections...
2018_DC_DumbartonO_BC1DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Byzantine Collection
2023_DC_DumbartonO_BC180DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Byzantine Collection
Byzantine Collection
The Byzantine Collection, which encompasses the imperial, ecclesiastical, and secular realms, is one of the finest collections of portable, sumptuous objects in the world. Selected objects are on display in the Byzantine Gallery and Courtyard Gallery.
The Dumbarton Oaks Byzantine...
2023_DC_DumbartonO_C21DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Exhibit: Contemporaries: Twentieth-Century Painting at Dumbarton Oaks
Contemporaries: Twentieth-Century Painting at Dumbarton Oaks
May 9–December 3, 2023 | The exhibition provides a cross-sectional view of the House Collection through a chronological lens, in order to illustrate how objects from across the collection relate to one another, how the narratives of...
2006_DC_DumbartonO_G62DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Gardens
2023_DC_DumbartonO_L32DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Library Exhibit: Garden and Nature in the Medieval World
Garden and Nature in the Medieval World
February 13–July 2023 | Snapshots of medieval gardens in a global comparative framework and medieval peoples’ relationship to gardens and nature through their art.

This exhibition presents snapshots of medieval gardens in a global comparative framework,...
2023_DC_DumbartonO_MR49DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Music Room
Music Room
European paintings, sculptures, tapestries, and antique furnishings from the House Collection are displayed in the Music Room. Framed by two sixteenth-century Italian Verona marble arches and a sixteenth-century French chimneypiece, the room is essentially Renaissance in character. Artworks...
2018_DC_DumbartonO_PC15DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Pre-Columbian Gallery
2023_DC_DumbartonO_PC194DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Pre-Columbian Gallery
Pre-Columbian Gallery
Objects from the Pre-Columbian Collection are on display in the Pre-Columbian Gallery, which opened to the public in 1963. This building is comprised of eight circular domed galleries, with an open-air fountain at the center, all set within a perfect square. Composed of curving...
2023_DC_DumbartonO_T15DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks -- Textile Gallery: Clothing for the Afterlife
Textile Gallery
The Textile Gallery features changing exhibitions of Andean and Byzantine textiles. Garments, hangings, and other light-sensitive objects illustrate weaving styles, iconographic elements, and the use and function of cloth in early societies. The Gallery’s floor bears a Byzantine mosaic...
1997_DC_DumbartonO3DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW)
2011_DC_DumbartonO1DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW)
The gardens at Dumbarton Oats don't open until 2pm on Sundays. There was quite a line to get in at opening time.
2013_DC_DumbartonO5DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW)
Some shots from the street.
2018_DC_DumbartonO1DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW)
2023_DC_DumbartonO21DC -- Georgetown -- Dumbarton Oaks (1703 32nd St NW)
2011_DC_HillwoodO160DC -- Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens -- Outside
2003_DC_Aquatic16DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2004_DC_Aquatic49DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Two visits to the place.
2006_DC_Aquatic72DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2007_DC_Aquatic78DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Several visits:
(070423) Before much was in bloom but it was worth a shot.
(070811) The lotus blossoms at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens were in their final days of splendor. Enjoy!
(070916) These were taken well after the lotus had bloomed but it's still a beautiful place.
2008_DC_Aquatic62DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2009_DC_Aquatic163DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2011_DC_Aquatic32DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
Including a visit from Dad and Dixie.
2013_DC_Aquatic125DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2016_DC_Aquatic122DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2017_DC_Aquatic257DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2019_DC_Aquatic83DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2021_DC_Aquatic68DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
2013_DC_AquaticVC14DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens -- Exhibits in Visitor Center
2016_DC_AquaticVC45DC -- Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens -- Exhibits in Visitor Center
2013_DC_GAFG4DC -- Mall -- German-American Friendship Garden
2016_DC_GAFG9DC -- Mall -- German-American Friendship Garden
2004_DC_SINH_Orchids9DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchid Express @ Natural History Museum
The Orchid Express
December 4, 2004 – May 1, 2005
Until recently, orchids have been considered finicky, difficult, and prohibitively expensive; but with the new technologies, they have become ubiquitous, appearing in movies and TV shows, hotel lobbies and information desks, as well as windowsills and...
2019_DC_SIPG_Orchids55DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchid Show @ Donald Reynolds Center
Orchids: Amazing Adaptations
February 16, 2019 – April 28, 2019
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, SAAM, and National Portrait Gallery, this...
2007_DC_SINH_Orchids18DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchid Show @ Natural History Museum
2013_DC_SINH_Orchids62DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids of Latin America @ Natural History Museum
Orchids of Latin America
January 26, 2013 - April 21, 2013
Do you want to stroll through a tropical rain forest on a cold winter's day? Visit this year’s orchid exhibition to explore the rich crossroads where orchid botany, horticulture, and Latin American cultures meet. Learn about the importance of...
2009_DC_SINH_Orchids69DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids Through Darwin's Eyes @ Natural History Museum
Orchids Through Darwin's Eyes:
Forming one of the largest families of flowering plants, orchids had adapted to live in almost every type of environment around the world. Orchids helped Charles Darwin (1809-1882) formulate his theories of natural selection and evolution. Since then, they have starred in...
2017_DC_SIHIR_Orchids31DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- orchids: A MOMENT @ Hirshhorn
orchids: A MOMENT
January 14, 2017 – May 14, 2017
The Smithsonian Gardens and United States Botanic Garden 2017 Orchid Exhibition, showcases over 100 orchids in a limited-time display amidst the Hirshhorn’s unique architecture. Selected from the collections of both Smithsonian Gardens and the U.S....
2011_DC_SINH_Orchids78DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids: A View From The East @ Natural History Museum
Orchids: A View From The East: January 29 - April 24, 2011:
Orchids have been a part of Chinese culture for many centuries, permeating Chinese history, legends, literature, and art. Since ancient times, orchids have been celebrated in China for their beauty and fragrance, and appreciated as symbols of...
2022_DC_SIPG_Orchids248DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women @ Donald Reynolds Center
Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women
January 29, 2022 – April 24, 2022
Escape the winter cold and step into a floral oasis in the Kogod Courtyard with Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women. The exhibition highlights unsung horticultural heroines and solidifies their ongoing...
2015_DC_SINH_Orchids77DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty @ Natural History Museum
Orchids: Interlocking Science and Beauty
January 24, 2015 – April 26, 2015
Explore the rich crossroads where orchid botany, horticulture, and technology connect. Featuring orchids from the Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection and the United States Botanic Garden Orchid Collection, the exhibit looks...
2024_01_27E1_SIPG_Orchids185DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids: The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration @ Donald Reynolds Center
The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration
January 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Smithsonian Gardens and the United States Botanic Garden present the 28th annual orchid exhibition, filling the entire Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. The...
2024_01_28B2_SIPG_Orchids30DC -- Smithsonian Gardens & USBG -- Orchids: The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration @ Donald Reynolds Center
The Future of Orchids: Conservation and Collaboration
January 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024
Smithsonian Gardens and the United States Botanic Garden present the 28th annual orchid exhibition, filling the entire Kogod Courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. The...
2017_DC_Common_Ground70DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Common Ground: Our American Garden @ NMAH
1997_DC_SIHG3DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
1999_DC_SIHG9DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2002_DC_SIHG13DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2003_DC_SIHG3DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2004_DC_SIHG21DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2005_DC_SIHG6DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2007_DC_SIHG11DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2008_DC_SIHG52DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2012_DC_SIHG3DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2013_DC_SIHG4DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2015_DC_SIHG48DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2017_DC_SIHG28DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2019_DC_SIHG55DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2020_DC_SIHG19DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
The gate to the garden is closed due to the Covid-19 crisis. The Smithsonian gardens remained closed until August.
2021_DC_SIHG9DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2023_DC_SIHG22DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle
2024_03_26C3_SIHG6DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle (Partially reviewed)
2014_DC_SIHG_Lost_Bird11DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle -- Lost Bird Project
The Lost Bird Project
March 27, 2014 – March 15, 2015
Location: Haupt Garden (south of Castle) and Bird Garden (northwest of Natural History)
Bronze memorials by Todd McGrain depict extinct species of North American birds: the great auk, Labrador duck, heath hen, and Carolina parakeet (Haupt Garden)...
2022_DC_SIHG_Recharge18DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Enid A. Haupt Garden @ Smithsonian Castle -- Recharge Station
Note: These recharge stations were introduced in April, 2022 and are intended to be here through early 2023.

New Smithsonian Solar-Powered Clean Energy “Recharge Stations” To Debut as Part of “FUTURES” Exhibition
Visitors to the National Mall Can Now Recharge Their Devices, and Themselves, at...
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_Bi39DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Biomes: Life in the Balance @ S. Dillon Ripley Center
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_BB54DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Bug B&B @ National Museum of Natural History
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_DW55DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Dead Wood is Life @ National Museum of American History
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_FS13DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Foundation of the Sea @ Enid A. Haupt Garden
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_HF11DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Habitat of Flight @ National Air and Space Museum
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_H14DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Homes @ Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_KF6DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Key to the Forest @ Enid A. Haupt Garden
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_LU22DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Life Underground @ National Museum of American History
2021_DC_SI_Habitat_LU7DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Life Underground @ National Museum of American History
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_MM10DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Monarchs on the Move @ Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_N24DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Nests @ National Museum of Natural History
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_SB28DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Sheltering Branches @ National Museum of African American History and Culture
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_SD25DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Sign of the Dragonfly @ Enid A. Haupt Garden
2020_DC_SI_Habitat_SD4DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: Sign of the Dragonfly @ Enid A. Haupt Garden
2020_DC_SI_Habitat_In65DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: The Great Indoors: Bringing the Outside In @ Donald Reynolds Center
2019_DC_SI_Habitat_NY22DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: We Need You! @ National Museum of American History
2020_DC_SI_Habitat_NY3DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Habitat: We Need You! @ National Museum of American History
2019_DC_SIFRG28DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden (In front of Castle)
2004_DC_SIMLRG40DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg)
2008_DC_SIMLRG74DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg)
2009_DC_SIMLRG23DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg)
2012_DC_SIMLRG18DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg)
2015_DC_SIMLRG38DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg)
2017_DC_SIMLRG40DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg)
2019_DC_SIMLRG30DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Mary Livingston Ripley Garden (Between Hirshhorn & Arts and Industries Bldg)
2008_DC_SIBG31DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Pollinator Garden (Butterfly Habitat Garden) @ Natural History Museum
2018_DC_SIBG23DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Pollinator Garden (Butterfly Habitat Garden) @ Natural History Museum
2019_DC_SIBG48DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Pollinator Garden (Butterfly Habitat Garden) @ Natural History Museum
2020_DC_SIBG22DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Pollinator Garden (Butterfly Habitat Garden) @ Natural History Museum
2021_DC_SIBG3DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: Pollinator Garden (Butterfly Habitat Garden) @ Natural History Museum
2022_DC_IfThenSheCan_Wk1382DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: #IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit (Opening weekend)
#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit
March 5, 2022 – March 27, 2022
On and around the National Mall and Smithsonian museums
#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit is the largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together, to be installed on and around the National Mall. The 120 life-size 3D-printed statues...
2022_DC_IfThenSheCan_Wk2532DC -- Smithsonian Gardens: #IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit (Spread out after Opening Weekend)
#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit
March 5, 2022 – March 27, 2022
On and around the National Mall and Smithsonian museums
#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit is the largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together, to be installed on and around the National Mall. The 120 life-size 3D-printed statues...
2001_DC_Botanic3DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2002_DC_Botanic105DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2003_DC_Botanic26DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2004_DC_Botanic28DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2005_DC_Botanic26DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2006_DC_Botanic39DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2007_DC_Botanic10DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2008_DC_Botanic27DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2009_DC_Botanic24DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2010_DC_Botanic50DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
Including a potato display.
2011_DC_Botanic40DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2012_DC_Botanic105DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2013_DC_Botanic36DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2014_DC_Botanic8DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2015_DC_Botanic4DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2016_DC_Botanic37DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2017_DC_Botanic34DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2018_DC_Botanic11DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2019_DC_Botanic75DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2021_DC_Botanic7DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
On this gorgeous weather day, I ran into the Archivist of the United States, David Ferriero, who I hadn't seen since the pandemic shut-down started.
2022_DC_Botanic82DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2023_DC_Botanic75DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden
2001_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi9DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2004_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi4DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2005_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi3DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2008_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi22DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
The last picture shows the gap where there's normally the massive statue in the middle of the fountain area. I presume it was removed for maintenance or maybe it's always yanked in winter.
2015_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi14DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2017_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi2DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2019_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi33DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2021_DC_Botanic_Bartholdi41DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park
2019_DC_Botanic_BartholdiG8DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Bartholdi Park -- Gardens Across America
2008_DC_Botanic_Orchids91DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Alphabetical Garden of Orchids
"An Alphabet Garden of Orchids" Orchid Exhibit Opens February 2, 2008 at U.S. Botanic Garden

Note: Due to large numbers of visitors, use of tripods will not be permitted on Saturdays, Sundays, and Presidents' Day (Feb. 18) during the period of the orchid exhibit (February 2- April 13)

December 3,...
2019_DC_Botanic_New_Gardens96DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Celebrating New American Gardens
Celebrating New American Gardens exhibit
January 31 - October 15, 2019
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...
2004_DC_Botanic_Xmas12DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2004) -- Home for the Holidays
A Landscape Architect Who Has Found His Station in Life
Star of New York Train Display Arrives in Washington

By Adrian Higgins
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 16, 2004; Page H01

Paul Busse flips a switch in the conservatory of the U.S. Botanic Garden and his creation comes to...
2005_DC_Botanic_Xmas47DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2005)
2006_DC_Botanic_Xmas8DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2006)
2008_DC_Botanic_Xmas150DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2008) -- Windows to Wonderland
Called "Windows to Wonderland," this year's exhibit allows visitors to follow seven trains through a magical wonderland with six hamlets: Fairy Tale Trails, Santa's Village, Secret Mountain, Castle Mountain, Caterpillar Garden and Gremlin Corner.
2009_DC_Botanic_Xmas107DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2009) -- Holiday Magic
The U.S. Botanic Garden’s National Mall and fanciful garden-train exhibits have become a beloved Washington tradition, and this year we’re serving up even more magic with larger and more amazing displays made of plant-based natural materials. You’ll find an enchanted storybook garden with trains popping...
2010_DC_Botanic_Xmas184DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2010) -- World Heritage Sites (?)
The famous garden railway will feature world landmarks from the continents of Africa, Asia Europe and South America. 
2011_DC_Botanic_Xmas76DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2011) -- Presidential Homes
2012_DC_Botanic_Xmas122DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2012) -- Fantastical Landscapes
2013_DC_Botanic_Xmas114DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2013) -- World's Fairs
Items seen from which World's Fair:
* 1876 Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition -- Bartholdi Fountain
* 1876 Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition -- Bartholdi Fountain
* 1878 Paris Exposition Universelle -- Statue of Liberty
* 1884 New Orleans Universal Exposition --...
2014_DC_Botanic_Xmas180DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2014) -- Lighthouses
Exploration and Celebrating the U.S. Exploring Expedition of 1838-1842
Season’s Greenings
November 27, 2014 through January 4, 2015
Holiday cheer abounds at the U.S. Botanic Garden! Despite the cold winter outside, the Conservatory boasts a tropical paradise, one of the largest indoor decorated...
2015_DC_Botanic_XMas240DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2015) -- Pollination Station
"Season’s Greenings: Pollination Station". Including some Christmas card family shots.
2016_DC_Botanic_Xmas376DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2016) -- National Parks and Historic Places
Season's Greenings: National Parks and Historic Places
November 24 - January 2, 2017
Immerse yourself in the sights, smells, and sounds of the season in our annual holiday show Season’s Greenings. See thousands of blooms from exotic orchids to a showcase of heirloom and newly developed poinsettia...
2017_DC_Botanic_Xmas302DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2017) -- Roadside Attractions
Season's Greenings: Roadside Attractions
November 23, 2017 - January 1, 2018
This year, take a trip across America as our annual holiday show Season's Greenings showcases Roadside Attractions! In our model train show, trains will chug around, below, through, and above plant-based recreations of iconic...
2018_DC_Botanic_XMas387DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2018) -- "All Aboard!"
Season's Greenings: All Aboard!
November 22, 2018 - January 1, 2019
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...
2019_DC_Botanic_XMas121DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2019) -- America's Gardens
Season's Greenings: America's Gardens!
November 28, 2019 - January 5, 2020
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...
2021_DC_Botanic_XMas146DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2021) -- Farming Scenes (Year 1)
This year, the outdoor holiday display will include a train display in the gated outdoor gardens, with trains running from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. between Nov. 24, 2021, and Jan. 2, 2022, closed on Christmas Day, Dec. 25. The trains will run through a display of agricultural scenes from across the...
2022_DC_Botanic_XMas238DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2022) -- Farming Scenes (Year 2)
Outdoor Train Display

Model train display with trains circling a miniature barn, corn, and wheat farmThis year, the outdoor holiday display will include a train display in the gated outdoor gardens, with trains running from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. between Nov. 24, 2022, and Jan. 2, 2023, closed Dec....
2023_DC_Botanic_XMas127DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Christmas (2023)
2022_DC_Botanic_Cultivate155DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Cultivate: Growing Food in a Changing World
Visitors can see a new exhibit on agriculture, "Cultivate: Growing Food in a Changing World," in the galleries and multiple other garden spaces.
2015_DC_Botanic_Exposed45DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots
Exposed: The Secret Life of Roots
February 21 through October 13, 2015

Hidden Treasures:
Plant roots are vital components of the earth's ecosystem. They are necessary for all plant growth, including the production of food and nutrients for humans and many other organisms. However, as root systems...
2011_DC_Botanic_FloraP13DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Flora Photographica
2021_DC_Botanic_OSay18DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: O Say Can You See (Stickwork by Patrick Dougherty)
Patrick Dougherty stickwork installation
Sticks were woven to create a 15-feet-tall sculpture at the U.S. Botanic Garden "O Say Can You See"
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Botanic Garden's (USBG) original 1820 creation, the Garden has collaborated with renowned stickwork artist Patrick...
2018_DC_Botanic_Orchids39DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Orchid Spectrum
Orchid Spectrum
February 23 - April 8, 2018
From February 23 through April 8, immerse yourself in the U.S. Botanic Garden's annual orchid show, presented in collaboration with Smithsonian Gardens. Found on every continent except Antarctica, orchids showcase a wide spectrum of diversity in color,...
2010_DC_Botanic_Potato59DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Spuds Unearthed
“Spuds Unearthed!” Exhibit Digs Up History of the Potato
Posted by Jennifer Martin, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, on October 4, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Jean Ristaino of North Carolina State University used USDA funds to sequence late blight disease, pictured, responsible for the Irish potato...
2003_DC_Botanic_Stink5DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Stink Plant
This blooming flower had a lot of press coverage during the days leading up to its opening. It blooms once every 10 years or so and apparently the stench is akin to rotting elephant flesh. It never opened completely but people who came the first day got to smell it. I came on its last day and, despite...
2005_DC_Botanic_Stink10DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Stink Plant
I had no idea but it was the return of the Titan Arum weekend. There was another infamous stink plant. Native to Sumatra, Indonesia, they had had another one that bloomed in July 2003. I had gone then, along with 10,000 others, and couldn't smell it at all. This time, I could smell it but didn't find it...
2008_DC_Botanic_Quilts14DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Stitch In Vine (Quilts)
A Stitch in Vine: Botanical Quilts

February 15, 2008 - Washington, DC -- The United States Botanic Garden explores new territory in the cultural meaning of plants with its first-ever textile exhibit! A Stitch in Vine presents botanically themed contemporary quilts handmade by artists of the...
2018_DC_Botanic_Murals14DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Wall Flowers: Botanical Murals
Wall Flowers: Botanical Murals
January 31 - October 15, 2018
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...
2021_DC_Botanic_BB74DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Outdoor Holiday Exhibit: Pollinators
Five Plant-Based Sculptures:
* Ruby-throated Hummingbird
* Lesser Long-nosed Bat
* Blue-tailed Day Gecko
* Tranes Weevil
* Swallowtail Butterfly
2010_DC_Botanic_BHS_10121956DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2010) -- Barrington High School Madrigal Singers
2011_DC_Botanic_CAC_11121314DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2011) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
2015_DC_Botanic_CAC_15121515DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2015) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
2016_DC_Botanic_40Thieves10DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2016) -- 40 Thieves
Concert: Season's Greenings
40 Thieves, Irish rock
Evenings in the Conservatory are magical! Join us for live seasonal music in the Garden Court. Please note: Limited seating will be available on a first come, first served basis.
2017_DC_Botanic_CAC_17122813DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2017) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
December 2017 holiday concert series:
Dec. 28: Capital Accord Chorus (choral)
2018_DC_Botanic_CAC_18122726DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- Performance: Christmas (2018) -- Capital Accord Chorus (choral performance)
Capital Accord Chorus (choral)
Capital Accord Chorus is a women's chorus performing four-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style. Their fun and engaging repertoire ranges from jazz to pop, through standards and show tunes -- they sing it all
2002_DC_Botanic_Garden2DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2004_DC_Botanic_Garden1DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2008_DC_Botanic_Garden16DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2009_DC_Botanic_Garden25DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2011_DC_Botanic_Garden6DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2019_DC_Botanic_Garden17DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden -- The National Garden
2017_DC_Botanic_Production214DC -- U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility Tour
USBG Production Facility
Tour: Horticultural Backstage Pass: The USBG Production Facility Collection Highlights
Go behind-the-scenes on this guided horticultural highlights tour of the U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility. Featuring almost two acres of greenhouses, this facility is the largest...
1999_DC_Arboretum113DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2000_DC_Arboretum73DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2003_DC_Arboretum46DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2004_DC_Arboretum57DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2005_DC_Arboretum23DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
With fall colors.
2006_DC_Arboretum75DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2007_DC_Arboretum33DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2008_DC_Arboretum44DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2009_DC_Arboretum27DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2010_DC_Arboretum51DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
Fall colors.
2011_DC_Arboretum65DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
Time for fall colors!
2012_DC_Arboretum45DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
Fall colors at the National Arboretum
2013_DC_Arboretum53DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2016_DC_Arboretum18DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2017_DC_Arboretum55DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2020_DC_Arboretum29DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2021_DC_Arboretum5DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum
2024_03_29_Arboretum17DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum (Partially reviewed)
2000_DC_Arboretum_Big_Bugs100DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- Exhibit: Big Bugs
This was a very cool exhibit. "Big Bugs" creator David H.G. Rogers fashions giant garden sculptures of insects and spiders from whole trees, cut green saplings, and other found forest materials. Huge sculptures were placed in strategic locations around the Arboretum grounds.
2016_DC_Arboretum_Grass53DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- Exhibit: Grass Roots: The Exhibit
Grass Roots: The Exhibit
A first-of-its-kind interactive outdoor exhibit at the National Arboretum focuses on new cultivars of turf developed through research programs—including the Arboretum’s—and science-based management of lawns and turfgrass. The primary message of the exhibit is that the best...
2020_DC_Arboretum_Grass56DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- Exhibit: Grass Roots: The Exhibit
Grass Roots: The Exhibit
A first-of-its-kind interactive outdoor exhibit at the National Arboretum focuses on new cultivars of turf developed through research programs—including the Arboretum’s—and science-based management of lawns and turfgrass. The primary message of the exhibit is that the best...
2007_DC_Arboretum_Sogetsu40DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- Exhibit: Sogetsu Plant Show
1999_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai47DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2003_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai5DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2004_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai19DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2005_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai21DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2006_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai11DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2007_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai8DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2009_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai36DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2011_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai30DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2012_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai66DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2020_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai251DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
2021_DC_Arboretum_Bonsai81DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Bonsai & Penjing Museum
1999_DC_Arboretum_CapCols53DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2000_DC_Arboretum_CapCols25DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2003_DC_Arboretum_CapCols8DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2004_DC_Arboretum_CapCols13DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2006_DC_Arboretum_CapCols6DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2007_DC_Arboretum_CapCols2DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2011_DC_Arboretum_CapCols2DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2012_DC_Arboretum_CapCols66DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2013_DC_Arboretum_CapCols22DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2020_DC_Arboretum_CapCols66DC -- U.S. Natl Arboretum -- National Capitol Columns
2018_DE_Winterthur_Design102DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Exhibit: Dining by Design: Nature Displayed on the Dinner Table
Dining by Design: Nature Displayed on the Dinner Table
April 1, 2018–January 6, 2019
From the 1600s to the present, dinnerware designs have been inspired by nature. Explore a visual feast of flora and fauna adorning hundreds of dazzling tableware.
2007_DE_Winterthur_Dominy7DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Exhibit: Dominy Clock and Woodworking Shops
2018_DE_Winterthur_Dominy21DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Exhibit: Dominy Clock and Woodworking Shops
2018_DE_Winterthur_Embroid14DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Exhibit: Embroidery: The Thread of History
Embroidery: The Thread of History
Opening October 5, 2018
History can be defined as a series of events that are remembered and preserved through time. This exhibition explores the use of embroidery as historical documents that can deepen our understanding of women’s lives. It considers how needlework...
2018_DE_Winterthur_Follies34DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Exhibit: Follies: Architectural Whimsy in the Garden
Follies: Architectural Whimsy in the Garden
April 1, 2018–January 5, 2020
Escape into the imaginative world of garden follies, Winterthur’s first-ever exhibition of whimsical and classic garden structures. Thirteen fantastic structures await discovery and exploration—from a Gothic-inspired tower, an...
2007_DE_Winterthur_Quilts18DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Exhibit: Quilts in a Material World
Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection
March 10–September 16, 2007
2018_DE_Winterthur_Chip6DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Exhibit: Thomas Chippendale at 300
Thomas Chippendale at 300: Treasures from the Winterthur Collection
July 20, 2018–May 27, 2019
This year marks the 300th anniversary of Thomas Chippendale’s birth. To celebrate the 18th-century cabinetmaker and his influential publication The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, objects from the...
2007_DE_Winterthur_Garden52DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Garden
2018_DE_Winterthur_Garden48DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Garden
2007_DE_Winterthur_Mansion121DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Mansion
2018_DE_Winterthur_Mansion194DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Mansion
2007_DE_Winterthur_Museum70DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Museum
Several major parts of the collection:
* American Quilts -- part of this was a session of the Delaware Quilt Documentation Project. This is a collaborative effort between the University of Delaware and the Delaware State Division of Historic and Cultural Affairs to record the quilts currently residing...
2018_DE_Winterthur_Museum60DE -- Wilmington -- Winterthur Museum and Country Estate -- Museum
2006_FL_Flamingo131FL -- Fort Lauderdale -- Flamingo Gardens
The was an interesting place so the pictures are divided by subject: ...
2006_FL_Edison_Ford76FL -- Fort Myers -- Edison & Ford Winter Estates -- Homes
2006_FL_Edison_Lab19FL -- Fort Myers -- Edison & Ford Winter Estates -- Lab
Previously on this site was Edison's original electrical laboratory, constructed in 1886. Here, he and his assistants conducted experiments to improve incandescent lighting. After observing Edison at work, a journalist from the New York World reported that his bulbs "burst out into a radiance that...
2006_FL_Edison_Museum41FL -- Fort Myers -- Edison & Ford Winter Estates -- Museum
2006_FL_Selby32FL -- Sarasota -- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
This botanical gardens is located right on the Gulf of Mexico and features 20,000 colorful plants, including a live collection of more than 6,000 orchids. Marie Selby was born in West Virginia. She met William Selby, a partner with his father in the Selby Oil and Gas Company (which later created...
2006_FL_Selby_Masks22FL -- Sarasota -- Marie Selby Botanical Gardens -- Rainforest Masks 2006 exhibit
The Borucan Indians of Costa Rica, living in the rainforests, have a passion for making ceremonial masks. By the late 1970s, the carving tradition began to wane, a victim of the area's economic decay. This exhibit is part of an attempt to reinvigorate the artform.
The show was held in The Mansion at...
2006_FL_Sunken31FL -- St Petersburg -- Sunken Gardens
In 1903, a four acre property was purchased by George Turner, Sr., a plumber, who was an avid gardener. He drained a shallow sink-hole lake that dropped ten feet below street level and grew fruits and exotic plants from all over the world. By 1924, his amazing garden was attracting visitors who paid...
2006_GA_Atlanta_Botanic68GA -- Atlanta -- Atlanta Botanical Garden
2006_GA_Atlanta_BotNiki48GA -- Atlanta -- Atlanta Botanical Garden -- Niki in the Garden
Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) is an artist born in France, raised in New York City. She was a founding member of the Noveau Realisme movement, and collaborated with Christo, Yves Klein, Arman and Jean Tingueley. Her artworks fall into four categories -- nanas (large-scale chicks and babes), animals,...
2006_GA_Atlanta_BotScare41GA -- Atlanta -- Atlanta Botanical Garden -- Scarecrows
Scarecrows in the Garden is a display of about 50 scarecrows in the Woodland and Children's Garden. They were designed by various organizations and some of them were quite creative.
2012_IN_IMA_Garden64IN -- Indianapolis -- Indianapolis Museum of Art -- Garden
2012_IN_Watanabe_Garden8IN -- Indianapolis -- Watanabe Garden
2008_KY_Bernheim45KY -- Clermont -- Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
2010_KY_UK_Arboretum52KY -- Lexington -- University of Kentucky Arboretum
2013_LA_Longue_Vue111LA -- New Orleans -- Longue Vue House and Gardens
2021_MA_Berkshire_BotG116MA -- Stockbridge -- Berkshire Botanic Garden
2021_MA_Berkshire_BotG_TF22MA -- Stockbridge -- Berkshire Botanic Garden -- Exhibit: Taking Flight
Taking Flight
An Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody
Friday, June 11, 2021 - 6:00pm to Sunday, October 31, 2021 - 5:00pm
Renowned collector and friend of the Garden Beth Rudin DeWoody has curated a marvelous collection of sculptures by notable and emerging artists, each...
2005_MD_Cylburn6MD -- Baltimore -- Cylburn Arboretum
2006_MD_Cylburn22MD -- Baltimore -- Cylburn Arboretum
2008_MD_Cylburn37MD -- Baltimore -- Cylburn Arboretum
2011_MD_Cylburn64MD -- Baltimore -- Cylburn Arboretum
2005_MD_Rawlings18MD -- Baltimore -- Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
2006_MD_Rawlings27MD -- Baltimore -- Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
2008_MD_Rawlings97MD -- Baltimore -- Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
2010_MD_Rawlings48MD -- Baltimore -- Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
2011_MD_Rawlings50MD -- Baltimore -- Rawlings Conservatory & Botanic Gardens
2005_MD_McCrillis38MD -- Bethesda -- McCrillis Gardens
Two visits.
2006_MD_McCrillis13MD -- Bethesda -- McCrillis Gardens
Including pictures of an amazingly-large house going up, having destroyed every tree in the yard so it can have outhouses larger than some people's regular houses. You can only hope for bad things to happen to people like this.
2008_MD_McCrillis32MD -- Bethesda -- McCrillis Gardens
2012_MD_McCrillis45MD -- Bethesda -- McCrillis Gardens
2014_MD_McCrillis36MD -- Bethesda -- McCrillis Gardens
2019_MD_McCrillis48MD -- Bethesda -- McCrillis Gardens
2005_MD_Lilypons23MD -- Lilypons Water Gardens
2006_MD_Lilypons23MD -- Lilypons Water Gardens
2007_MD_Lilypons30MD -- Lilypons Water Gardens
These pictures were taken during "Lilypons Day" so there was some entertainment and such going on.
2004_MD_Brookside280MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2005_MD_Brookside208MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
Many visits. Including:
(050301) After a snow fall.
(050623) I was waiting for word from my veterinarian on my cat, BC, who was suffering from chronic renal failure. I knew BC probably would be put to sleep that night and I wanted him to be home and secure that day. It was a beautiful day and I had to...
2006_MD_Brookside229MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2007_MD_Brookside80MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2008_MD_Brookside121MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2009_MD_Brookside102MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
Includes a lot of testing with the new Nikon D90 camera trying to figure out the proper settings to get decent pictures without them being too huge. Some of the images ended up being over 5MB apiece. Basically, there are a number of settings that impact picture quality -- medium (3216x2136) and large...
2010_MD_Brookside140MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
Including pics from the 2010 National Capital Cactus and Succulent Society Plant Show and Sale. The show featured several hundred cacti and other types of succulent plants. The sale will feature hundreds of common and not so common succulent plants, as well as books, pots, etc.
Also included one...
2011_MD_Brookside97MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2013_MD_Brookside156MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2014_MD_Brookside59MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2015_MD_Brookside94MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2016_MD_Brookside59MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2017_MD_Brookside164MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2019_MD_Brookside192MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2020_MD_Brookside111MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2021_MD_Brookside193MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2022_MD_Brookside319MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
A cat siting -- the neighborhood cat used to come onto the grounds and basically hang-out. During the year though, the owner apparently worried about it crossing the street in traffic and decided to give it away to someone else.
The Gardens replaced the trllises used for the wisteria. The plants...
2023_MD_Brookside341MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens
2024_03_24A_Brookside63MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens (Partially reviewed)
2021_MD_BrooksideFH51MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Facets of Hope (2021)
Facets of Hope
Brookside Gardens announces a new temporary art installation, “Facets of Hope”, to honor the lives lost to COVID-19 in Montgomery County.
Since March 6, 2020, when COVID-19 was first reported in Montgomery County, more than 1,400 county residents have died from the virus. “Facets of...
2022_MD_BrooksideFH16MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Facets of Hope (2022)
Facets of Hope
Brookside Gardens announces a new temporary art installation, “Facets of Hope”, to honor the lives lost to COVID-19 in Montgomery County.
Since March 6, 2020, when COVID-19 was first reported in Montgomery County, more than 1,400 county residents have died from the virus. “Facets of...
2020_MD_Brookside_SP12MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Fall Story Walk
Fall Story Walk
Have some fall seasonal fun throughout the gardens while walking and reading at the same time! Practicing safe distance protocols, it’s perfect for a relaxing but engaging walk with young children. Your self-guided, approximate half-mile walk will lead you on a loop walk through the...
2022_MD_Brookside_FF43MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance
2023_MD_Brookside_FF32MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Flamingo Flamboyance
Flamingo Flamboyance Exhibit at Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens celebrates garden art this summer with its outdoor installation Flamboyance of Flamingos. Dozens of whimsical flamingos dot the gardens in different poses and are adorned with containers of varying annuals.
We’re taking the iconic...
2020_MD_Brookside_Mind6MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Garden Mindfulness
2005_MD_BrooksideX22MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Gardens of Lights (Winter)
2013_MD_BrooksideX7MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Gardens of Lights (Winter)
These were taken during the daytime. It's incredible how many lights they actually need to use to make these things!
2019_MD_BrooksideLP18MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Legacy Project
April 1 - April 30, 2019
The Legacy Project – Our Lives of Consumption and Waste
Interdisciplinary visual artist and choreographer Keira Hart-Mendoza presents The Legacy Project- Our Lives of Consumption and Waste, an outdoor art exhibit situated within the landscapes at Brookside Gardens. This...
2022_MD_Brookside_Colin_22031697MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now -- Event: The Burning
"Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/
2022_MD_Brookside_Colin_220320169MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now -- Event: Unveiling event
"Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/
2021_MD_Brookside_Colin26MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now (chainsaw carving by Carving Colin Vale) (2021 Dec)
"Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/
2022_MD_Brookside_Colin385MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: The Only Time is Now (chainsaw carving by Carving Colin Vale) (2022 Jan-Apr)
"Carving Colin" Vale was commissioned by Brookside Gardens to do a chainsaw piece which he called "The Only Time is Now". He started work on November 11, 2021 and the official unveiling was on March 20, 2022. His website is https://www.carvingcolin.com/
This page covers all images from 2022 except for...
2021_MD_Brookside_WAP167MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2021 and Yarn Bomb
Pyramids 2021 Exhibit at Brookside Gardens
Brookside Gardens is excited to announce its partnership with Wheaton Arts Parade to bring our visitors Pyramids 2021 from June 11 through September 19, 2021. The outdoor exhibition features thirteen works of art by sixteen local artists and highlights the...
2023_MD_Brookside_WAP112MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023
Wheaton Arts Parade Pyramids 2023 at Brookside Gardens
June 12 - August 28, 2023
The Wheaton Arts Parade (WAP) Pyramids Art Exhibition is back by popular demand!
Thanks to support from the Maryland State Arts Council and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, five new tetrahedrons with...
2008_MD_BrooksideB75MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies)
I wasn't planning to visit the exhibit this year but, while I was in the garden photographing the roses, I ran into a guy babbling on a cell phone. (I'm not a huge fan of cell phones.) Eventually, he was joined by his girlfriend. She said "I didn't realize you'd act like that..." To which he replied,...
2009_MD_BrooksideB90MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies)
"Wings of Fancy" - Live Butterfly Exhibit: Help a caterpillar fly, plant your garden to provide! Why did the caterpillar cross the road? To get to its host plant!
This year the focus is on butterflies in your backyard, and the host plants that local caterpillars need in order to survive and thrive....
2010_MD_BrooksideB247MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies)
Beginning in early May and running daily through Mid- September 2010, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 p.m., Brookside Gardens South Conservatory will feature live butterflies. Come witness the butterfly life cycle as tiny eggs hatch into crawling, chewing caterpillars, which then encase themselves in jewel-like...
2013_MD_BrooksideB71MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies)
2015_MD_BrooksideB80MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Wings of Fancy (butterflies)
2023_MD_BrooksideRR108MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set
2009_MD_BrooksideRR43MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2009)
The railroad display was done by the Washington, Virginia and Maryland Garden Railway Society.
2013_MD_BrooksideRR46MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2013)
2015_MD_BrooksideRR104MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2015)
2016_MD_BrooksideRR61MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2016)
2017_MD_BrooksideRR65MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2017)
2018_MD_BrooksideRR46MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Gardens -- Exhibit: Winter Train Set (2018)
2014_MD_Brookside_Nature17MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center
2015_MD_Brookside_Nature38MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center
2022_MD_Brookside_Nature34MD -- Wheaton -- Brookside Nature Center
1996_NC_Biltmore_Gardens6NC -- Asheville -- Biltmore Estate -- Gardens
2004_NC_Biltmore_Gardens21NC -- Asheville -- Biltmore Estate -- Gardens
2021_NC_Biltmore_Gardens132NC -- Asheville -- Biltmore Estate -- Gardens
2021_NC_Biltmore_GardensT55NC -- Asheville -- Biltmore Estate -- Gardens -- Gardens Railway exhibit @ Conservatory
Our fun-for-all-ages botanical model train displays invite you to experience our grounds in an engaging new way. Located in the Conservatory in the Walled Garden, the displays feature replicas of structures connected with Biltmore and its founder George Vanderbilt. Each beautifully executed piece was...
1996_NC_Biltmore_Winery7NC -- Asheville -- Biltmore Estate -- Winery
1998_NC_Aville_Botanical21NC -- Asheville -- Botanical Garden
2005_NC_CFBG20NC -- Cape Fear -- Botanical Garden
The botanical gardens are 85 acres bordered on the Cape Fear River and Cross Creek.
2010_NC_Duke_Gardens75NC -- Durham -- Sarah P. Duke Gardens
2009_NJ_Cross58NJ -- Morristown NHP -- Cross Estate Gardens
2009_NY_Buffalo_Gardens137NY -- Buffalo -- Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
2017_OH_FP_Cons128OH -- Columbus -- Franklin Park Conservatory
2017_OH_FP_Cons_Butterflies32OH -- Columbus -- Franklin Park Conservatory -- Blooms and Butterflies
Blooms & Butterflies
March 11–September 17, 2017
Hundreds of colorful butterflies fly freely in the Pacific Island Water Garden, a tropical haven filled with bright nectar blooms. Patrons can visit at any time to see a diverse array of butterflies soaring overhead or basking on nearby plant life....
2017_OH_FP_Cons_Chihuly34OH -- Columbus -- Franklin Park Conservatory -- Chihuly Pieces
2017_OH_FP_ConsO45OH -- Columbus -- Franklin Park Conservatory -- Outside Park Area
2017_OH_FP_Cons_Topiary52OH -- Columbus -- Franklin Park Conservatory -- Topiaries at the Conservatory
Topiaries at the Conservatory: Wild Wonders
May 20–October 29, 2017
Topiaries at the Conservatory: Wild Wonders celebrates the art of living sculpture. Focusing on endangered animals, horticulturists planted, designed and sculpted several topiary installations to be placed throughout the...
2012_OH_Topiary62OH -- Columbus -- Topiary Park
2007_OH_Dawes106OH -- Newark -- Dawes Arboretum
2007_PA_Longwood161PA -- Kennett Square -- Longwood Gardens
2007_PA_LongwoodC141PA -- Kennett Square -- Longwood Gardens -- Conservatory
2011_PA_Tyler45PA -- Media -- Tyler Arboretum
2011_PA_Tyler_Kids121PA -- Media -- Tyler Arboretum -- Kids Areas
2007_PA_Phipps78PA -- Pittsburgh -- Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens
2007_PA_PhippsG121PA -- Pittsburgh -- Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens -- Chihuly Glass
2007_SC_Riverbanks_Garden42SC -- Columbia -- Riverbanks Zoological Park & Botanical Garden -- Garden
2007_SC_Riverbanks_Koala14SC -- Columbia -- Riverbanks Zoological Park & Botanical Garden -- Koalas
2007_SC_Riverbanks_Zoo79SC -- Columbia -- Riverbanks Zoological Park & Botanical Garden -- Main
2006_TN_CNC21TN -- Chattanooga -- Chattanooga Nature Center
2006_TN_Cheekwood35TN -- Nashville -- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
2010_TN_Cheekwood62TN -- Nashville -- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
2014_TN_Cheekwood71TN -- Nashville -- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
2014_TN_Cheekwood_Carell48TN -- Nashville -- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art -- Carell Woodland Sculpture Trail
Carell Woodland Sculpture Trail
The Carell Woodland Sculpture Trail is a unique attraction among American art museums - a place where contemporary sculpture by internationally recognized artists is integrated into reclaimed woodland. Its wood-chip paths are rugged and stretch more than one mile. The...
2010_TN_Cheekwood_Chihuly135TN -- Nashville -- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art -- Chihuly Exhibit
CHIHULY AT CHEEKWOOD
May 25 - October 31, 2010

A Joint ticket for the Chihuly exhibitions at Cheekwood and the Frist Center will be available for $20 through the Nashville Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Chihuly at Cheekwood features stunning, hand-blown glass sculptures on display throughout the...
2014_TN_Cheekwood_Bugs77TN -- Nashville -- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art -- David Rogers' Big Bugs
David Rogers' Big Bugs
May 23 - August 31, 2014

We’re thrilled to host David Rogers’ Big Bugs this summer, an enchanting outdoor art installation featuring 10 enormous insect sculptures created from fallen or found wood, cut saplings, twigs, raw branches, twine, bark and other natural materials. In...
2019_UT_Ashton224UT -- Lehi -- Thanksgiving Point -- Ashton Gardens
2019_UT_Ashton_Changed57UT -- Lehi -- Thanksgiving Point -- Ashton Gardens -- Exhibit: Plants That Changed History
Plants That Changed History
May-September, 2019
Plants have had a dynamic role in shaping the history of mankind. This summer, visit Ashton Gardens to see exclusive displays of plants from around the world. Plants of legend and plants of everyday life.
2019_UT_Ashton_Light26UT -- Lehi -- Thanksgiving Point -- Ashton Gardens -- Light of the World garden
The Light of the World garden is a new two-and-a-half acre garden inside the Ashton Gardens with artwork and themed landscaping donated by the I Am the Light of the World Foundation. Created by Utah artist Angela Johnson, the garden includes a total of 15 scenes and 35 statues, with 14 scenes from the...
2006_UT_Salt_Peace34UT -- Salt Lake City -- International Peace Garden
2006_UT_Red_Butte141UT -- Salt Lake City -- Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
2019_UT_Red_Butte267UT -- Salt Lake City -- Red Butte Garden and Arboretum
2006_UT_Red_Animals16UT -- Salt Lake City -- Red Butte Garden and Arboretum -- Animals
2019_UT_Red_Animals9UT -- Salt Lake City -- Red Butte Garden and Arboretum -- Animals
The bees were desperate for water. I was curious if it was chlorinated or not -- I hope not.
2006_UT_Red_Jurassic31UT -- Salt Lake City -- Red Butte Garden and Arboretum -- Jurassic Garden
2006_VA_SAVA19VA -- Boyce -- State Arboretum of Virginia
2013_VA_Carrier_Arboretum46VA -- Harrisonburg -- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum
2005_VA_Pagoda9VA -- Norfolk -- Elizabeth River Trail -- Taiwan Friendship Pavilion
2022_VA_Pagoda6VA -- Norfolk -- Elizabeth River Trail -- Taiwan Friendship Pavilion
2005_VA_NBG51VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden
2006_VA_NBG86VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden
2015_VA_NBG171VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden
2022_VA_NBG197VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden
2006_VA_NBG_Eagles17VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden -- Eagle nesting
The Norfolk Botanical Garden has a tree where bald eagles have been keeping a nest for years. I was told the nest was originally on the other side of the airport (which is right next to the garden) but one of the eagles had been killed by a plane so the state decided to move the nest. Once a year, the...
2022_VA_NBG_Raccoon8VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden -- Rabid (?) Raccoon
2005_VA_NBG_Reenact9VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden -- Reenactor Weekend
2015_VA_NBG_VC7VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden -- Visitor Center
2022_VA_NBG_VC58VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden -- Visitor Center
2015_VA_NBG_WOW14VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden -- WOW Children's Garden
2022_VA_NBG_WOW106VA -- Norfolk -- Norfolk Botanical Garden -- WOW Children’s Garden
WOW Children’s Garden
The WOW Children’s Garden offers opportunities for learning and exploration for family members of all ages. Trek across the globe in our world-themed splash fountains and Passport Gardens, climb Discovery Peak to see, smell, and touch edible plants, and take a nature walk through...
2006_VA_Agecroft59VA -- Richmond -- Agecroft Hall
2006_VA_Ginter152VA -- Richmond -- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
2014_VA_Ginter98VA -- Richmond -- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
2005_VA_Maymont20VA -- Richmond -- Maymont Park
2006_VA_Maymont97VA -- Richmond -- Maymont Park
2013_VA_Maymont96VA -- Richmond -- Maymont Park
2005_VA_Maymont_Zoo1VA -- Richmond -- Maymont Park -- Zoo
2013_VA_Maymont_Zoo32VA -- Richmond -- Maymont Park -- Zoo
2012_WI_Olbrich90WI -- Madison -- Olbrich Botanical Gardens
2007_WV_Oglebay_Flora25WV -- Wheeling -- Oglebay Park -- Gardens and other flora


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Abraham Lincoln Institute Twenty-Seventh Annual Symposium “The Latest in Lincoln Scholarship” Abraham Lincoln Institute, Inc. (ALI), provides free, ongoing education on the life, career, and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., ALI offers resources for educators, g... (Partially reviewed)
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