Many peoples and their plants have left a mark on the American landscape. Our gardens include plants that were found here, brought from other countries, or passed down by seed or shared with neighbors. These plants now represent a shared American . . . — — Map (db m211394) HM
Many peoples and their plants have left a mark on the American landscape. Our gardens include plants that were found here, brought from other countries, or passed down by seed or shared with neighbors. These plants now represent a shared American . . . — — Map (db m211402) HM
Echinacea is a native prairie plant admired around the world. Thanks to plant breeders in Europe and now back here in the United States, there are many coneflower choices for our gardens, in colors ranging from subtle to bold.
Did you know . . . — — Map (db m211399) HM
This Asian tree was first introduced to the American South around 1790 by a French botanist.
The U.S. National Arboretum has bred over two dozen cultivars, including pink-blooming 'Sioux' and white-blooming 'Natchez.'
Notice how the flowers . . . — — Map (db m164286) HM
Wood helped build our cities and drive American prosperity. But its unrestricted harvesting has led to serious environmental issues. Today, scientists, gardeners, and forestry professionals are developing sustainable practices that allow us to . . . — — Map (db m164268) HM
Many cultures contributed to America's landscape. Each brought insights as people shared new and unfamiliar plants and their uses. Explorers, botanists, horticulturalists, and home gardeners continue to introduce new plants to American gardens. . . . — — Map (db m211388) HM
Many cultures contributed to America's landscape. Each brought insights as people shared new and unfamiliar plants and their uses. Explorers, botanists, horticulturalists, and home gardeners continue to introduce new plants to American gardens. . . . — — Map (db m211397) HM
Many plants have a history of providing comfort, restoration, and inspiration. Different communities found medicinal purposes for plants and passed down knowledge from generation to generation. People sought answers for common ailments, spiritual . . . — — Map (db m164285) HM
Many plants have a history of providing comfort, restoration, and inspiration. Different communities found medicinal purposes for plants and passed down knowledge from generation to generation. People sought answers for common ailments, spiritual . . . — — Map (db m211387) HM
Clever gardeners used plants to overcome obstacles, and found solutions to allow desired plants to thrive.
Whether with a lack of resources or an abundance of opportunity many minds came together to create networks and industries to serve . . . — — Map (db m211389) HM
Clever gardeners used plants to overcome obstacles, and found solutions to allow desired plants to thrive.
Whether with a lack of resources or an abundance of opportunity many minds came together to create networks and industries to serve . . . — — Map (db m211400) HM
Early Conservation Efforts
In the past, live oaks were so valuable to shipbuilding and U.S. national security that in the early 1800s Congress passed laws to prevent them from being harvested illegally. The U.S. government also purchased and . . . — — Map (db m143310) HM
Native communities and newcomers have shared plants and adapted them for their own personal use. Many plants native to the Americas have been used for food and fiber and honored as elements of cultural heritage. People brought plants as heirlooms . . . — — Map (db m211385) HM
Native communities and newcomers have shared plants and adapted them for their own personal use. Many plants native to the Americas have been used for food and fiber and honored as elements of cultural heritage. People brought plants as heirlooms . . . — — Map (db m211395) HM
Alliums include edible onions, garlic, leeks, and chives. Plant explorers have also collected non-edible or "ornamental" varieties with globe-like flowers from around the world to breed new sizes and colors for gardens.
Did you know that . . . — — Map (db m211403) HM
About 200 million years old Found near Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Contributors: Mr. and Mrs. James M. Gray Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Zuhl City of Holbrook, Arizona — — Map (db m54063) HM
A Long-Lived Species
The graceful ginkgo tree, with its distinctive fan-shaped leaves, lines urban streets all over the world. Ginkgo biloba is the sole survivor of an ancient seed-plant lineage that first appeared 200 million . . . — — Map (db m164282) HM
The Live Oak
Look up. The branches above you belong to the Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana), also known simply as the live oak. This tree gets its name because it's evergreen; unlike other oaks, it doesn't lose its leaves in . . . — — Map (db m143309) HM
The Live Oak
Look up. The branches above you belong to the Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana), also known simply as the live oak. This tree gets its name because it's evergreen; unlike other oaks, it doesn't lose its leaves in . . . — — Map (db m211382) HM
This long-blooming native perennial puts on a spectacular show from July to October. Sneezewood does not derive its common name from the effects of pollen. Rather, Menominee Indians dried and crushed this plant into a fine powder called "snuff" . . . — — Map (db m164287) HM
This American elm (Ulmus Americana) is one of the oldest and most majestic trees on the Smithsonian grounds. It was planted around 1850, well before the opening of the National Museum of Natural History in 1910. Known as the Smithsonian . . . — — Map (db m113994) HM
Native wildflowers are beautiful, but did you know they also help us produce food?
We rely on insects to pollinate our vegetable gardens, orchards, and croplands. By planting native flowering plants and grasses in our gardens and near . . . — — Map (db m164281) HM
Chestnut Blight Strikes!
First identified in 1904 in New York's Bronx Zoological Park, the chestnut blight is caused by an Asiatic fungus (Cryphonectrik parasitica) and is almost always lethal to the American chestnut. Moving through . . . — — Map (db m187482) HM
Bringing Back the American Chestnut
In 1983 a dedicated group of scientists founded The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) with the mission of restoring the American chestnut to our eastern forests to benefit our environment, our wildlife, . . . — — Map (db m187479) HM
The Mighty Giant
The American chestnut tree was once one of the most important trees in our eastern forest. The tree's native range extended from Georgia all the way to Maine and west to the Ohio River Valley. In the Appalachian Mountains, . . . — — Map (db m187474) HM
Victory Gardens, also called War Gardens, were planted both at private residences and on public land during World War I and World War II to reduce the pressure on the public food supply brought on by the war effort. The AOC donates . . . — — Map (db m211483) HM
The AOC has recreated a War Garden as it would have been during World War I. Materials, planting schedules and methods such as companion planting and succession planting, have been adopted from period publications. The vegetables are . . . — — Map (db m111462) HM
In March 1917, the National War Garden Commission urged Americans to help its starving allies in Europe by planting vegetables on lands not generally used for gardening. Civilians across the country pitched in, converting every available parcelfrom . . . — — Map (db m111463) HM
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Botanic Garden's original 1820 charter, the Garden has collaborated with renowned artist Patrick Dougherty to create a custom sculpture to stand throughout the 2020 celebratory year. Over three . . . — — Map (db m198328) HM
U.S. Botanic Garden
Architecture by Bennett, Parsons & Frost, 1933
Easily recognized by the sparkling glass dome of its Conservatory, the U.S. Botanic Garden, overlooking the National Mall, is located near the U.S. Capitol. Visitors . . . — — Map (db m110445) HM
More than 4,000 years ago, before domestication, citrus was so acidic it couldn't be eaten. Modern citrus varieties are the result of thousands of years of selection from the wild and selective breeding. Lemons, oranges, grapefruits, and Persian . . . — — Map (db m226457) HM
African people have long cultivated a diversity of grains well adapted to their climates, including African rice (Oryza glaberrima). Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), or great millet, is used for both human food and animal feed, and its . . . — — Map (db m226456) HM
In 1986 President Ronald Reagan signed legislation creating the rose as the national floral emblem for the United States. Plans then got underway to find a site to showcase roses in the nation's capital.
The U.S. Botanic Garden (USBG) was . . . — — Map (db m110456) HM
The United States Botanic Garden (USBG), established by the Congress in 1820 is one of the oldest botanic gardens in North America. It is a living plant museum dedicated to demonstrating the aesthetic, cultural, economic, . . . — — Map (db m110451) HM
Gardeners classify roses into groups reflecting the history of their cultivation: wild, old garden, and modern.
Wild roses have flourished in nature for millions of years. Roses cultivated before 1867 are known as old garden rosesor . . . — — Map (db m226459) HM
East Potomac's Miniature Golf Course
listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
as part of the East and West Potomac Parks Historic District
by the United States Department of Interior
Visitors enjoy . . . — — Map (db m190285) HM
Created in 1932, Bartholdi Park is named after Frιdιric Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the historic Fountain of Light and Water located at its center. Bartholdi is best known for designing the Statue of Liberty.
The beds in . . . — — Map (db m110435) HM
Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens is a showcase of sustainable and accessible landscape design for the professional and home gardener. Bartholdi Gardens was renovated in 2016 using the principles of the Sustainable SITES Initiative. The gardens feature . . . — — Map (db m211425) HM
Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens is a showcase of sustainable and accessible landscape design for the professional and home gardener. Bartholdi Gardens was renovated in 2016 using the principles of the Sustainable SITES Initiative. The gardens feature . . . — — Map (db m211427) HM
Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens is a showcase of sustainable and accessible landscape design for the professional and home gardener. Bartholdi Gardens was renovated in 2016 using the principles of the Sustainable SITES Initiative. The gardens feature . . . — — Map (db m211431) HM
Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens is a showcase of sustainable and accessible landscape design for the professional and home gardener. Bartholdi Gardens was renovated in 2016 using the principles of the Sustainable SITES Initiative. The gardens feature . . . — — Map (db m211432) HM
Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens is a showcase of sustainable and accessible landscape design for the professional and home gardener. Bartholdi Gardens was renovated in 2016 using the principles of the Sustainable SITES Initiative. The gardens feature . . . — — Map (db m211433) HM
Welcome to Earth Day Park Earth Day Park is a living example of the United States Governments commitment to environmentally conscious landscape design and use of renewable resources. As part of the celebration of Earth Day 1994, President . . . — — Map (db m99344) HM
Sarah P. Duke Gardens creates and nurtures an environment in the heart of Duke University for learning, inspiration, and enjoyment through excellence in horticulture and community engagement. The 55-acre garden was first planted in 1934 as a garden . . . — — Map (db m134245) HM
Bartholdi Gardens is a living demonstration of sustainable landscaping. Two goals of sustainable landscape design are to limit waste and mimic nature in the built environment.
In the recent renovation of Bartholdi Gardens, much of the . . . — — Map (db m211426) HM
This Potomac Riverfront has hosted numerous celebrations, and the views during the Cherry Blossom Festival from the Southwest Waterfront are unrivaled, attracting the likes of President Wilson and Eleanor Roosevelt. — — Map (db m239003) HM
Philanthropist and publishing heiress Enid Annenberg Haupt (1906-2005) donated millions of dollars to support public gardens, horticultural institutions, and other green spaces in Washington, D.C., New York, and around the world. — — Map (db m110723) HM
Plant nomenclature is the naming of plants using the binomial (meaning "two names") system. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus introduced this method in 1753. Binomial nomenclature uses Latin to communicate scientific information on a global scale. . . . — — Map (db m110761) HM
Plant nomenclature is the naming of plants using the binomial (meaning "two names") system. The Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus introduced this method in 1753. Binomial nomenclature uses Latin to communicate scientific information on a global scale. . . . — — Map (db m211332) HM
In the early 1900s, botanists reclassified the Spirea, Plum, and Apple families as subfamilies within the Rose family. This new categorization was embodied in Robert Frost's poem from 1927:
The Rose Family
by Robert Frost
. . . — — Map (db m110772) HM
This vase was erected by his friends in memory of
Andrew Jackson Downing
who died July 28, 1852, aged 37 years.
He was born, and lived, and died upon the Hudson River. His life was devoted to the improvement of the national taste in . . . — — Map (db m46600) HM
This tree commemorates the many contributions Native Americans have made to American agriculture, plants domesticated and harvested by Native Americans in the New World still make up a significant proportion of all vegetables produced worldwide. . . . — — Map (db m47743) HM
Built above an underground museum complex, the Haupt Garden is actually a rooftop garden. As such, the limited soil depth and the protection provided by the surrounding museums create a climate milder than is typical of the region. — — Map (db m184554) HM
A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian Castle and the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m110710) HM
A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian Castle and the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m211330) HM
A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian Castle and the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m211331) HM
A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian Castle and the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m211337) HM
A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian Castle and the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m211341) HM
A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian Castle and the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m243154) HM
The ready-cut Christmas tree industry started in the mid-nineteenth century with trees cut from the forest. The planting of trees in plantations began in the early twentieth century and increased greatly after the Second World War.
There are . . . — — Map (db m184538) HM
We Were Always Here, 2012
Old-growth Western red cedar, Port Orford cedar, old-growth Douglas fir, oak, maple, stain, sealer
26/8842
Commissioned from the artist, 2011
In creating these two poles from a . . . — — Map (db m161597) HM
Planted April 11, 1984 to honor the 40th birthday of Smokey Bear
by John R. Block, Secretary of Agriculture
R. Max Peterson, Chief, USDA Forest Service
and the Forester's Wives Club of Washington, D.C. — — Map (db m70456) HM
Sunflowers are truly American! Of all the crops harvested for seed around the world, sunflowers are the only one that was originally domesticated in the United States. In addition to being cultivated for their delicious sees and oil, sunflowers are . . . — — Map (db m184541) HM
Distinguished by its scarlet hourglass-shaped flowers and white sap, the swamp milkweed is a beautiful wetlands plant. The Menominee harvested the plant "heads" when in full bloom and added them to soup, or stored them for winter use. The Sac and . . . — — Map (db m114146) HM
In tropical forests, the fig is considered a keystone species because of its abundant, year-round fruiting. When other fruit is not available, figs sustain many species, including fish, lizards, giant tortoises, birds, fruit bats, monkeys, and . . . — — Map (db m184535) HM
"How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew."
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fossil evidence found in Colorado in the U.S. suggests that plants in the rose family have . . . — — Map (db m110773) HM
The Moongate Garden was inspired by architectural and symbolic elements found in the Temple of Heaven, a masterpiece of Chinese architecture and landscape built in Beijing during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). Now included on . . . — — Map (db m211338) HM
Parterre—from a French term meaning "on or along the ground"—originated in the 16th-century Renaissance Italy as an ornamental garden style. The style, which defines garden pace by arranging hedges, flowers, grass, water, and gravel to . . . — — Map (db m110781) HM
The world derives about 60% of its diet today from foods native to the Americas, including corn, potatoes, tomatoes, quinoa, and even chocolate. Each season some of these foods, which have transformed global cuisine over the last 500 . . . — — Map (db m161603) HM
On March 27, 1912, First Lady Helen Herron Taft, Viscountess Iwa Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador to the United States, and a small group of people assembled at the Tidal Basin. There they planted the first two of more than 3,000 flowering . . . — — Map (db m93423) HM
Admired by thousands each year, the Japanese Pagoda arrived in Washington, not as a gift from one nation to another, but as a gift from one man to another. In 1957, Ryozo Hiranuma, the Mayor of Yokohama and a visitor to Washington, DC four years . . . — — Map (db m309) HM
Flowering cherry trees need constant care to keep them growing and blooming well. They are pruned once a year to remove damaged or diseased limbs. A second annual pruning shapes the trees. Soil that has been compacted – one of the great . . . — — Map (db m100155) HM
Historic Trees. You are standing near two of the most important cherry trees in Washington, D.C. These Yoshino Cherries (Prunus x yedoensis) are among the 3,700 trees of various species that grow in East and West Potomac Park and on the . . . — — Map (db m215) HM
The first Japanese Cherry Trees, presented to the City of Washington as a gesture of friendship and good will by the City of Tokyo, were planted on this site, March 27, 1912. — — Map (db m54912) HM
Flowering cherry trees which bloom profusely but do not bear edible fruit were not common in the United States in 1900. American visitors to Japan found their beauty remarkable and journalist Eliza Scidmore was inspired to have these trees . . . — — Map (db m61837) HM
The single white flowers grow in clusters of two to five; the tree is wide spreading. This hybrid, first noticed in 1872, is now the most cultivated of cherry trees in Japan. It is the most common species in Washington, DC. — — Map (db m178025) HM
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