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Smithsonian Gardens

A landscaped garden with yellow and flowers, foliage, a paved walkway, and a Smithsonian Gardens logo.
Smithsonian Gardens

The many gardens that surround the Smithsonian are a “museum without walls.” All have been designed to complement the museums they border and to enhance the overall museum experience of learning, appreciation, and enjoyment.

What's on View

Growing Tomorrow signage and gardens in front of the Arts and Industries Building
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.
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Native plants in the colors of deep purple and green
Aproximately 150 species native to the Piedmont region are featured in four habitats: upland hardwood forest, wetland, cropland, and meadow. Native wildflowers grow under oaks, pines, and magnolias, while paw-paws and birch trees surround the . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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Large stone vase in front of a symmetrical garden with purple and white flowers lining the grass.
A 4.2-acre rooftop park, named for its donor, features an embroidered parterre in a geometric design of plants and flowers rotated seasonally, an Asian-influenced garden adjacent to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and a Moorish-influenced garden. Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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