Please enjoy our regular updates and insights from FONA, the U.S. National Arboretum, and our award-winning Washington Youth Garden.
Starting June 1, 2021, the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum is officially open to the…
The frost-tolerant Valencia oranges we know today were created in the early 20th century by…
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Capitol Columns was 35 years ago, on May 13, 1986.…
Washington Youth Garden is turning 50! Since 1971, our garden has served thousands of students…
Join the garden party! From Friday, May 7th to Sunday, May 16th, the American Public Gardens…
Get to the roots of organic lawn care with Mary Travaglini of the Montgomery County Department…
Dr. Harlan Svoboda, curator of the National Arboretum’s Herbarium, reports the team’s progress on a major…
Our Virtual Farm Field Trips make it easy to bring garden science into classrooms. We created 13…
Beginning Friday, April 9, the number of visitors and vehicles allowed on the National Arboretum…
Exciting changes are coming to Washington Youth Garden! As WYG embarks on its 50th anniversary…
Washington Youth Garden is honored to receive the American Horticultural Society’s Jane L. Taylor Award this year…
Thank you to members of the Acorn Garden Club for helping construct nearly 1,000 Grow@Home kits this…
We’re celebrating Women’s History Month! This week we honor the women who have paved the…
Roland M. Jefferson was the first Black botanist and plant explorer at the U.S. Department…
Dr. Marie Clark Taylor was a botanist and teacher whose innovative teaching methods continue to…
Henry Kirklin was a former enslaved person who made waves with his gardening, horticulture, and…
George Washington Carver was a renowned Black agricultural scientist from the first half of the…
Did you know that, despite the pandemic, FONA hosted 12 weddings last year? We have already…
In 2020, FONA shifted its focus to grow and donate fresh produce, coordinate safe outdoor activities, and…
The U.S. National Arboretum has one of the largest and oldest assemblages of cultivars of…
The Gotelli Conifer Collection in the Arboretum’s northeast corner is one of the world’s largest collections of dwarf conifers.Before you…
We’re extremely honored Washington Youth Garden was recognized as one of Washingtonian Magazine’s “20 Worthy Local Charities That Would…
This Giving Tuesday, we are raising money to build new raised beds in our Demonstration…
Happy Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day! We acknowledge the Nacotchtank tribe …
Last week, the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts approved a new design for the National Bonsai & Penjing…