Join the Garden to learn about gardening, talks by garden book authors, yoga, cooking with seasonal food plants, and more via online programs. Find more ways to connect with the Garden from home at www.USBG.gov/AtHome.

On-going online programs:

(Recordings are posted to each page for future viewing)

• Cooking Demonstrations - every Thursday
• Yoga from the Garden - every Saturday

Spring online programs

Additional programs coming soon, and videos for some will be posted here after the program occurs.

March

• March 5 - Online Ask An Expert: Kitchen Garden Preparations
• March 1-5 - Production Facility Virtual Open House: Behind-the-Scenes videos
• March 6 - Online Q&A: Plant Health Care for the Home Grower (Production Facility Virtual Open House)
• March 6 - Online Q&A: Orchid Care for the Home Grower (Production Facility Virtual Open House)

• March 11 - Online Lecture: Hillwood: A Garden for All Seasons

• March 18 - Online Talk: Growing Healthy Houseplants (in collaboration with Anacostia Community Museum)
• March 18 - Online Trivia: Botanical Brainiacs
• March 19 - Online Lecture: Growing and Using Culinary Herbs
• March 20 - Online Art Workshop: Early Spring Flowers in Watercolor
• March 26 - Online Discussion: Celebrating Women in Science: Crop Wild Relatives in Research
• March 4, 11, 18, 25 - Cooking with the Cook Sisters
• March 6, 13, 20, 27 - Yoga from the Garden

April

• April 3 - Online Lecture: Creating a Cutting Garden
• April 5 - Online Live Q&A: Seasonal Vegetable Gardening
• April 9 - Online Cooking Demo: Jamaican Cuisine with Island Bwoy Cuisine (Local Chef Series)
• April 10 - Online Talk: Horticulture, History, and Immigrants: Systems Altering This Land
• April 15 - Online Trivia: Botanical Brainiacs (Special Theme: April Showers)
• April 16 - Online Talk: You Can Garden For Life: Adaptive Gardening Tips
• April 17 - Online Demo: Natural Dyes at Home - Simple Techniques [rescheduled from March]
• April 22 - Online Demo: Spring Container Gardening (Earth Day)
• April 23 - Online Demo: Floral Design - An Intro to Cut Flowers
• April 23 - Online Panel: Coffee Conservation and Genetics Panel
• April 24 - Online Talk: Unexpected Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson
• April 29 - Online Talk: USBG at 200 (Part 1): Deeply Rooted
• April 30 - Online Live Cooking Demo: Cooking with (And Growing) Lemon and Tamarind
• April 1, 8, 15, 22 - Cooking and Gardening with the Cook Sisters
• April 10, 17, 24 - Yoga from the Garden

May

• May 7 - Online Talk: Starting Seeds for a Successful Season
• May 11 - Online Panel: USBG at 200 (Part 2) - Branching Outward
• May 20 - Online Trivia: Botanical Brainiacs (Special Theme: Conservation)
• May 21 - Online Talk: Becoming Urban Nature: NYC's Washington Square Park from 1609 to 2021
• May 28 - Online Demo: Low Floral Centerpieces
• May 6, 13, 20, 27 - Cooking and Gardening with the Cook Sisters

• May 1, 8, 15, 22 - Yoga from the Garden

Programs Archive: Recordings of previous programs

• All the President's Gardens (lecture)

• Online Art Workshop - Botanical Drawing 101

• Online Art Workshop - Basic Botanical Drawing and Painting with Colored Pencil

• Paint Your Own Botanical Mural

• Online Lecture - Forest Gardening: How to Grow a Food Forest

• Online Art Workshop - Using Markers to Explore Colors and Textures in Nature

• Book Talk: Resilience - Connecting with Nature in the Time in A Time of Crisis

Online Demo: Caring for Houseplants

Online Corpse Flower Live Q&A: Horticulture Focus

Author Talk: Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life

Author Talk: American Eden

Author Talk: Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island

Live Cooking Demo: Quick Pickles and Pumpkin Butter

Live Cooking Demo: "Can I Substitute...?" Using What You've Got to Make A Meal

Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist (lecture)

Yard of the Month! Plants for Civic Engagement and Transformation

Scary Beautiful: Carnivorous Plants Q&A

Online Demo: Natural Dyes at Home: The Basics

Online Art Workshop: Drawing Winter Trees in Pencil and Ink

Online Demo: Shrub Pruning for the Home Gardener

Mexican Dishes with Muchas Gracias - Local Chef Series

Online Talk: Hillwood - A Garden For All Seasons

Online Q&A: Plant Health Care for Home Growers

Virtual Tours and other resources:

If you're looking for other ways to connect with the Garden online during this time, explore our gardens through a Virtual Tour and video tour series:

• USBG at Home - see the many ways you can connect with the Garden from home!
• Plant Morphology Learning Series
• Virtual Tours of the Garden
• Video tours, plant profiles, and more posted daily on our Facebook page