In 2012, the Smithsonian Gardens Green Team developed an Eastern Bluebird Trail at our greenhouse complex in Suitland, Maryland. The trail of ten paired nest boxes was designed to support and exp...
https://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/update-on-the-eastern-bluebird-trail/
Did you know Smithsonian Gardens joined Audubon International’s Cooperative Sanctuary Program? The goal is for the gardens and greenhouses at the Smithsonian to be designated as a Certified Aud...
https://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/wildlife-in-the-winter-garden/
Just because it is winter does not mean that our gardeners or gardens get a rest. Smithsonian Gardens welcomes visitors year-round. These visitors include many tourists but also wildlife, as ...
https://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/winter-interest-in-the-garden/
Last week Smithsonian gardens Horticulturist Janet Draper introduced us to some of the most beautiful of the winter flowering plants, Hellebores. Here are a few more of her favorite picks for you...
https://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/hellebores-jewels-of-winter-part-ii/
Most people think that winter is a “dead time” in the garden, but they could not be more wrong. In a climate as mild as Washington DC (officially a zone 7b, but Mother Nature doesn’t seem t...
https://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/hellebores-jewels-of-winter-part-i/
I am waiting – waiting patiently for blustery, winter weather to begin. Gardening books are neatly stacked by the couch, magazines are piled by the bed and I have even book marked several websi...
https://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/never-enough-time/
The most important winter task is to take stock of your garden’s successes and failures. Mental notes are good, journal entries are better. There are plenty of mistakes to make, why repeat one?...
When the ball dropped in Times Square this January did you make a New Year’s Resolution? Shedding excess weight, increasing physical activity, and expanding intellectual awareness are popular c...
https://smithsoniangardens.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/a-gardeners-resolutions/