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As a vital and vibrant part of the Smithsonian experience, we engage people with plants and gardens, inform on the roles both play in our cultural and natural worlds, and inspire appreciation and stewardship.
Events
Let’s Talk Gardens
Stay tuned as we will be posting new webinars which will begin in mid-January.
Turn your thumb green! Join Smithsonian Gardens’ horticulturists for a series of free lunchtime webinars on gardening basics on Thursdays 12 to 1 p.m.
Gardens as Sources of Resilience
Watch this webinar to learn more about exploring personal relationships with plants and celebrating garden communities during challenging times. The panelists will share stories from their past and their current professional lives to better understand how and why garden communities are formed.
Virtual Tours
Welcome to the verdant beds of Smithsonian Gardens, splashed with color and buzzing with activity. Morning walks along shady garden paths are calling. We would like to offer you virtual tours through our gardens and greenhouses.
Visit Us!
Smithsonian Gardens is excited to announce the reopening of our gardens and outdoor exhibits!
Current Exhibitions
Latest News
Meet Smithsonian Gardens New Director
03/11/2020 at 5:30 pm
Smithsonian Gardens (SG) is pleased to announce that Joy (Kaminsky) Columbus, most recently the Vice President of Horticulture at the new Houston Botanic Garden, has been hired as the fifth Director of Smithsonian Gardens. Joy has dedicated twenty years to a career in public gardens, working at sites in New York, Ohio, Illinois and, most recently, Texas. She’s always known she wanted to work outside […]
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Smithsonian Gardens Digital Backgrounds
Download these scenes from Smithsonian Gardens to use as your desktop background, or on your next Zoom meeting!