2017’s Winter In-Service Training program began on January
25th in the beautiful Rasmuson Auditorium at the National Museum of the American Indian with over 250 attendees. The five-week program featured lectures ranging from climate change and sustainable gardening to advances in pest management and garden exhibit design. The Let’s Talk Gardens program continued with 20 weekly summer lunchtime sessions covering everything from orchid care, to tool maintenance, hops, and even mulch! Nearly
400 people attended these half-hour talks held in the Enid A. Haupt Garden. More than 600 elementary school children participated in the Smithsonian Gardens’ Green Team’s Garbage to
Gardens program on April 27 & 28. Ideal weather made for an excellent garden program for all involved. SG hosted seven summer interns from five universities. All gained practical skills in the fields of horticulture, landscape
design, or collections management. Released on iTunes on April 1st, the Community of Gardens app is the mobile companion to the Community of Gardens website, a digital archive featuring stories of everyday gardens contributed by the public.
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