Event

Garden Play: Houseplants!

Location
S. Dillon Ripley Center
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Free
Kids & Families
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Join Smithsonian Gardens for a special indoor Garden Play program featuring hands-on activities, story time, and play exploring this month’s topic, houseplants! And be sure to check out the Growing Tomorrow exhibition, Reimagining Houseplants, now on display in the S. Dillon Ripley Center.

Location:
Find us in room 3035 in the S. Dillon Ripley Center (1100 Jefferson Dr SW).

About Garden Play
Garden Play is designed for children ages two and up and their caregivers and families. Activities are designed with early learners in mind, but children of all ages are welcome. Parents and guardians must remain with their children.
 
This program received support from Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: 250, a Smithsonian-wide initiative commemorating the nation’s 250th. Signature support for Smithsonian’s Our Shared Future: 250 has been provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. Additional generous contributions have been made by Target.
 

On View At

A round building with large windows, stone columns, and a domed roof.
S. Dillon Ripley Center
Named after the Smithsonian's 8th Secretary, the underground building's copper domed entrance is on Jefferson Drive between the "Castle" and the Freer Gallery of the National Museum of Asian Art.
Location
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Museum

What's on View

Growing Tomorrow
This campus-wide exhibition consists of nine exhibits opening across Smithsonian Gardens around the National Mall. Discover how gardens hold history and memories, tell American stories, and carry culture through food growing and seed saving. . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
Smithsonian Gardens
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