🌸 The 'Kanzan' cherry trees are in peak bloom at the National Museum of American History! Prunus ‘Kanzan’ (or ‘Kwanzan’) is known for flowering a few weeks after ‘Yoshino’ and for its showy pink double flowers. 🌸 Video description: horticulturist is a grey hooded sweatshirt and navy pants. She is standing under a pink flowering cherry tree. #SmithsonianGardens #PublicGarden #CherryBlossoms | Smithsonian Gardens

Behind the Scenes Tour of the Smithsonian Greenhouses - Smithsonian Gardens

Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian Gardens’ Orchid Collection - Smithsonian Gardens

Biomes: Life in the Balance - Smithsonian Gardens

It takes thousands of plants to sustain the Smithsonian’s ‘outdoor museum,’ 180 acres of gardens, landscapes, and greenspace that engage, inform, and inspire millions of visitors to the Smithsonian each year. Please support your Smithsonian this #GivingTuesday and help us continue to tell important stories through plants, gardens, programming, and collections. https://s.si.edu/4iOxHln #SmithsonianGardens #PublicGarden | Smithsonian Gardens

It takes thousands of plants to sustain the Smithsonian’s ‘outdoor museum’, 180 acres of gardens, landscapes, and greenspace that engage, inform, and inspire millions of visitors to the Smithsonian each year. Please support your Smithsonian this #GivingTuesday and help us continue to tell important stories through plants, gardens, programming, and collections. https://gardens.si.edu/support/ Video description: clips of the gardens around the museum. #SmithsonianGardens #PublicGarden | Smithsonia

#DYK that Smithsonian Gardens has gardens on museum roofs? Although not accessible to the public, our green roof at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is located above the main entrance on the south side of the museum. It is considered an “extensive” (as opposed to an intensive) green roof, which means it includes a shallow soil profile and low maintenance plants with shallow root systems such as the Sedums in this photo. Planted roofs like this one help redu

Smithsonian Gardens is pleased to unveil the completion of a multi-year project, “The Preservation of Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection on Constitution Avenue” outside of the National Museum of Natural History. This initiative addressed the care of our collections (the trees) through the care of the collections’ housing (the soil). The soil was first remediated to correct years of compaction, through airspading and vertical mulching. Then fencing and plantings were installed to help prevent fu

📣 Opening this Friday! Smithsonian Gardens and the U.S. Botanic Garden are pleased to present the 30th annual joint orchid exhibition, “More than a Flower: The Connective Power of Orchids”, hosted at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. The exhibition opens January 30, runs through April 26, 2026, and can be viewed on the second floor of the museum. 🌼 #Orchids #PublicGarden #SmithsonianGardens #UnitedStatesBotanicalGarden Video description: two horticultur