There are 12 Smithsonian Institution Gardens, all located on or just off the National Mall. Visiting information here.
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.
Above, Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and Freer Gallery of Art.
Above, Native Landscape at the National Museum of American Indian, and National Air and Space Museum
Above, Victory Garden at National Museum of American History and Butterfly Habitat Garden.
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
Click here for a slide-show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in April.
MAY
Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in May.
JUNE
Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in June.
JULY
Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in July.
AUGUST
Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in August.
SEPTEMBER
Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in September.
OCTOBER
Click here for a slide show tour of the Smithsonian Gardens in October.
UNDER SNOW
Click here for the gorgeous blizzard photographs of Smithsonian horticulturist James Gagliardi, the story of gardeners sleeping on cots, and more.
