Smithsonian Gardens

Edited draft Smithsonian Gardens Map 2014 SAG

There are 12 Smithsonian Institution Gardens, all located on or just off the National Mall. Visiting information here.

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Above, the Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle) is the orientation center for the Smithsonian. It’s surrounded by two exhibition gardens, the Enid A. Haupt Garden and Folger Rose Garden.

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Above, Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Freer Gallery of Art.

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Above, Native Landscape at the National Museum of American Indian, and National Air and Space Museum

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Above, Victory Garden at National Museum of American History and Butterfly Habitat Garden.

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Above, the Heirloom Garden around the Museum of American History, the Urban Bird Habitat at the Museum of Natural History, and the Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery.

Smithsonian Gardens by Month

APRIL

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Click here for a slide-show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in April.

MAY

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Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in May.

JUNE

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Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in June.

JULY

Smithsonian18Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in July.

AUGUST

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Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in August.

SEPTEMBER

AAASept201518Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in September.

OCTOBER

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Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in October.

UNDER SNOW

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Click here for the gorgeous blizzard photographs of Smithsonian horticulturist James Gagliardi, the story of gardeners sleeping on cots, and more.