Botanical Gardens in Washington DC

National Botanical Gardens in Washington DC

United States National Botanical Garden
Construction began on the National Botanical Garden on October 17, 2001 and the garden first opened to the public on October 1, 2006. Features of the garden include the Rose Garden, the Butterfly Garden, the Lawn Terrace, the First Ladies Water Garden, the Regional Garden, and an outdoor amphitheater. The National Botanical Garden is located at 100 Maryland Avenue Southwest in Washington DC. For more information call 202-225-8333. Cell phone tours of the garden are available by calling 202-730-9303.

Constitution Gardens
This garden on the National Mall in Washington DC was dedicated in 1976. National Mall and Memorial Parks interpretive staff provide lectures, walking tours, and bicycle tours through Constitution Gardens.

United States National Arboretum
446 acre garden with 9.5 miles of winding roadways that was established in 1927 by the United States Congress. Gardens, collections, and planted areas include a grove of state trees, the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, the Friendship Garden, the Washington Youth Garden, and gardens featuring Asian plants, azaleas, boxwood dogwood, ferns, herbs, holly, magnolias, and the Gotelli Dwarf and Slow Growing Conifer collection, For information about how you can support the National Arboretum see the Friends o the National Arboretum Web site. The National Arboretum is located at 3501 New York Avenue Northeast in Washington DC. For more information call 202-245-2726.

Hillwood Museum and Gardens
Visitors to Marjorie Merriweather Post's Washington DC estate can visit the gardens surrounding the estate. Her garden features a rose garden, a Japanese style garden, a cutting garden, greenhouses, fountains, lawns, and other features.

Enid A. Haupt Garden
This public garden in Washington DC's Smithsonian museum complex is located between the Smithsonian Castle and Independence Avenue. The garden features a brick paths, hanging baskets, a Chinese style garden, and fountains. Guided tours of the garden are usually available once a week from late Spring through early Fall.

Other Smithsonian Gardens
Other gardens in the Washington DC Smithsonian Complex include the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, the Butterfly Habitat Garden at the National Museum of Natural History, the Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden, the Victory Garden and the Heirloom Garden at the National Museum of American History, the Native Landscape at the National Museum of American Indian, the outdoor sculpture garden at the Hirshhorn Museum, the Courtyard Garden at the Freer Gallery of Art, and the landscaping around the National Air and Space Museum,

Dumbarton Oaks Gardens
The gardens surrounding the former country home of Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss can be visited between March 15 and October 31 on fair weather days. The Dumbarton Oaks Gardens are located at 2233 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest. For more information call 202-466-5050.