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About Horticulture Services Division |
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Horticulture Services Division's mission is to
create unique and awe inspiring horticultural displays at the
Smithsonian Institution utilizing collections and plants to beautify;
to support each museum's focus; and to educate its visitors and
enhance their experience.
The Horticulture Services Division was established in 1972 to
manage the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington,
D.C. and to develop specific interior and exterior spaces as horticulture
exhibitions. In addition, a research and educational program
promotes the ongoing development of collections of living plants,
horticultural artifacts, and garden documentation
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Grounds Management Operations
Grounds Management Operations is responsible for maintaining over
180 acres of grounds around the Smithsonian museums and other
Smithsonian support centers in the Washington, D.C. area. Exhibition
gardens surrounding the museums are designed to reflect the collections
that are found inside. Exhibition gardens at the Smithsonian
include the Enid A. Haupt Garden, the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden,
and the Butterfly Habitat Garden. |
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Greenhouse Nursery Operations
Greenhouse Nursery Operations manages twelve greenhouses that
are located on the grounds of the Armed Forces Retirement Home
in Washington, D.C. This unit grows and cares for all of the annual
and perennial plants as well as the hanging baskets that are displayed
in the gardens around the Smithsonian museums. Greenhouse staff
also supply interior plants for more than seven hundred special
events held throughout the Smithsonian Institution each year including
exhibitions, lectures, formal dinners, and receptions. Greenhouse
Nursery Operations oversees several plant collections including
an orchid collection with approximately 15,000 hybrids and species.
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Horticulture
Collections Management and Education
The Horticulture Collection Management and Education branch manages
the artifact and garden documentation collections of the Horticulture
Services Division. The Horticultural Artifact Collection includes
antique and contemporary garden furniture and ornaments, seed boxes
and seed packets, advertising cards, posey holders, floral frames,
and other items related to the florist trade. The garden documentation
collection is managed under the auspices of the Archives of American
Gardens. This branch also oversees the internship and fellowship
programs sponsored by the Horticulture Services Division. Internships
are available for students who are studying horticulture, entomology,
landscape architecture, or collections management.
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Integrated
Pest Management
Pest Management at the Smithsonian is based
on a strategy called Integrated Pest Management or IPM.
This strategy provides the greatest opportunities for the successful
detection and management of pests regardless of the object of
concern. At the Smithsonian, IPM programs have been developed
and are being implemented for the museums and facilities, food
service areas, greenhouse plants, and landscape and interior plants.
Each of these areas has different needs in terms of monitoring,
potential pest problems, and risks. These programs are scientifically
based and evolve as new and improved control options and information
becomes available.
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