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Horticulture Horticulture Home Smithsonian Gardens Collections and Education Exhibits Interior Plantscapes Internships About Horticulture Contact		Smithsonian Gardens Butterfly Habitat Garden at the National Museum of Natural History The butterfly garden is divided into four different habitats areas. Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden The rose garden is a visual centerpiece in front of the Arts and Industries Building to the east of the Smithsonian Castle. Enid A. Haupt Garden at the Smithsonian Institution Castle This 4.2 acre rooftop garden features an emboidery parterre and two special areas that relate to the National Museum of African Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Mary Livingston Ripley Garden This garden includes more than 200 varieties of plants selected for both educational and aesthetic purposes. It is located between the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Arts and Industries Building. Heirloom Garden at the National Museum of American History Behring Center This garden highlights many types of plants that have been passed down from generation to generation. Victory Garden at the National Museum of American History, Behring Center Located on the terrace outside the National Museum of American History's cafeteria, this recreation of World War II era victory garden is based on a design found in a 1943 pamphlet. Native Landscape at the National Museum of the American Indian The grounds surrounding the National Museum of the American Indian are considered an extension of the building and a vital part of the museum as a whole.  By recalling the natural landscape environment that existed prior to European contact, the museums landscape design embodies a theme that runs central to the museum returning to a Native place.    Smithsonian Landscapes Freer Gallery of Art This landscape enhances the architecture of the building and provides a sense of harmony and balance with its surroundings. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The verdant landscape design serves as a backdrop for the many rich bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, David Smith, and others. National Air and Space Museum Landscaped planters ring the entire museum along with a variety of perennials, shrubs, and trees. Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle) Seasonal plantings of flowers provide splashes of color for visitors to the Smithsonian. Smithsonian Garden Tours Smithsonian Garden Tours Featured by the Horticulture Services Division in 2008.

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