To limit the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus, the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) has changed its operations. The Conservatory and gated outdoor gardens are temporarily closed to the public while Bartholdi Park and the Terrace Gardens remain open. Please monitor this website for updates to operating status. Many resources can be accessed online, including educational materials, virtual tours, informational videos, and our winter programs will all be online. Connect with resources from home at www.USBG.gov/AtHome.
Conservatory Closed
Online Programs
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
Winter online programs
Additional programs coming soon, and videos for some will be posted here after the program occurs.
January
- Jan. 21 - Online Trivia: Botanical Brainiacs
- Jan. 23 - Online Demo: Natural Dyes at Home - The Basics
- Jan. 30 - Online Demo: Shrub Pruning for Home Gardeners
- Jan. 9, 23, 30 - Yoga from the Garden
- Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28 - Cooking with the Cook Sisters
February
- Feb. 6 - Online Art Workshop: Drawing Winter Trees in Pencil and Ink
- Feb. 18 - Online Trivia: Botanical Brainiacs
- Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25 - Cooking with the Cook Sisters
- Feb. 6, 20, 27 - Yoga from the Garden
March
- March 11 - Online Lecture: Hillwood: A Garden for All Seasons
- March 13 - Online Demo: Natural Dyes at Home - Simple Techniques
- 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
Programs Archive: Recordings of previous programs
- Paint Your Own Botanical Mural
- 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
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
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