To limit the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus, the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) has changed its operations. The Conservatory and gated outdoor gardens are temporarily closed to the public while Bartholdi Park and the Terrace Gardens remain open. Please monitor this website for updates to operating status. Many resources can be accessed online, including educational materials, virtual tours, informational videos, and our fall programs will all be online. Connect with resources from home at www.USBG.gov/AtHome.
Join the Garden to learn about gardening, talks by garden book authors, yoga, cooking with seasonal food plants, and more via online programs. Find more ways to connect with the Garden from home at www.USBG.gov/AtHome.
On-going online programs:
(Recordings are posted to each page for future viewing)
- Cooking Demonstrations - every Thursday
- Yoga from the Garden - every Saturday
Fall online programs
Additional programs coming soon, and videos for some will be posted here after the program occurs.
September
- Sept. 22 - American Roots Music Concert: Seth Kibel, jazz and swing
- Sept. 24 - Trivia Night: Botanical Brainiacs
- Sept. 25 - Live: Canning and Pickling Tips and Techniques
- Sept. 30 - Online Theatre: Sowing Seeds of Change: Your Stories of Farming and Gardening
October
- Oct. 2 - Lecture: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist
- Oct. 3 - Lecture: Foundations of Cut-Flower Care
- Oct. 8 - Trivia Night: Botanical Brainiacs
- Oct. 14, 21, and 28 - Online Workshop: Field Sketching
- Oct. 16 - Live: Quick Pickles and Pumpkin Butter Cooking Q&A
- Oct. 20 - Family Program: The Art and Science of Terrariums
- Oct. 22 - Trivia Night: Botanical Brainiacs
- Oct. 23 - Live: "Can I Subtitute...?" Using What You've Got to Make A Meal
- Oct. 24 - Fall Floral Arranging Demo
- Oct. 30 - Scary Beautiful: Carnivorous Plants Q&A
November
- Nov. 5 - Trivia Night: Botanical Brainiacs
- Nov. 7 - Make Your Own Botanical Bitters
- Nov. 10 - Yard of the Month: Plants for Civic Engagement and Transformation
Nov. 14 - Fall Floral Centerpieces Demo- Nov. 19 - Trivia Night: Botanical Brainiacs
- Nov. 21 - Family Program: Herbarium Demo: Plant Impressions
December
- Dec. 4 - Live Cooking Demo: How to Use Dried Fruits
- Dec. 5 - Winter Wreath-Making Demo
- Dec. 8 - Seasonal Music Concert: Chelsey Green, classical, R&B, hip hop fusion
- Dec. 15 - Seasonal Music Concert: Cantor Arianne Brown, Chanukah/world music
- Dec. 22 - Seasonal Music Concert: Chris Urquiaga (JChris), pop, R&B, latin
- Dec. 29 - Seasonal Music Concert: Veronneau, acoustic jazz with a global twist
Programs Archive: Recordings of previous programs
- Paint Your Own Botanical Mural
- Book Talk: Resilience - Connecting with Nature in the Time in A Time of Crisis
Online Demo: Caring for Houseplants
Online Program: Uprooting Racism in the Garden Ph.D. Research Presentation
Online Corpse Flower Live Q&A: Horticulture Focus
Author Talk: Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life
Author Talk: American Eden
Author Talk: Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island
Live Cooking Demo: Quick Pickles and Pumpkin Butter
Live Cooking Demo: "Can I Substitute...?" Using What You've Got to Make A Meal
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist (lecture)
Yard of the Month! Plants for Civic Engagement and Transformation
Scary Beautiful: Carnivorous Plants Q&A
Virtual Tours and other resources:
If you're looking for other ways to connect with the Garden online during this time, explore our gardens through a Virtual Tour and video tour series:
- USBG at Home - see the many ways you can connect with the Garden from home!
- Plant Morphology Learning Series
- Virtual Tours of the Garden
- Video tours, plant profiles, and more posted daily on our Facebook page