
Bringing in Your Tropical Plants for the Winter
Learn how to keep your tropical treasures for more than a summer.

Choosing Plants with Design In Mind
Janet Draper, Horticulturist in the Mary Livingston Ripley Garden, highlights her favorite plants for creating a garden with year-round interest.

Designing Gardens – Foliage First
Learn about basic design principles and learn how to put foliage first!

Early Garden Photography: Glass Lantern Slides
Learn about hand-tinted glass lantern slides and how they were used a century ago to document gardens.

Garden Photography Tips
Learn how to beautifully capture your backyard oasis or neighborhood park no matter what kind of camera you own.

Gardens as Sources of Resilience
Watch this webinar to learn more about exploring personal relationships with plants and celebrating garden communities during challenging times. The panelists will share stories from their past and their current professional lives to better understand how and why garden communities are formed.

Gifts from the Garden
Learn how to upcycle things to create beautiful (and shareable) garden tchotchkes.

Holiday Centerpieces
Learn how to create a harvest themed centerpiece floral arrangement for all your holiday gatherings
Holiday Wreaths and Evergreen Decorations
Learn design tips and tricks, recommended supplies, and a step-by-step tutorial for decorating a fresh-cut, evergreen wreath,.

Let’s Talk Gardens
Stay tuned as we will be posting new webinars which will begin in mid-January.
Turn your thumb green! Join Smithsonian Gardens’ horticulturists for a series of free lunchtime webinars on gardening basics on Thursdays 12 to 1 p.m.

Making Homes for Native Bees – A Chat with Dr. Holly Walker
Who are our native bees and how do they interact and compare with the non-native honeybee.

Planting Fall Vegetables
Learn more about vegetable planting schedules, cultivar selection, maintenance tips, and suggestions on how to make your vegetable garden productive and beautiful.

Poinsettias and Holiday Trees
Watch as Smithsonian Gardens’ extensive poinsettia crop makes its magical transition from small, green slips grown in our greenhouse facility to cheery, colorful holiday plants on display in the interiors of our museums.

Pruning with a Purpose: A Gardener’s Guide to Thinking Like an Arborist
Learn how to add another dimension to your tree and shrub pruning skillset.

Selecting and Planting Fall Bulbs
Learn tips and tricks about planting fall bulbs such as daffodils, tulips and hyacinths.

Small Space: Big Impact
Are you inspired by the big showcase gardens, but don’t think you have space at home to make a showy impact? Learn more about how to create a small garden with big impact.

Top 20 Native Shrubs for Sun and Shade
Learn more about native shrubs to substitute for your non-native plants.

Top Twenty Perennials for Healthy Habitats
Suggestions on perennials that make excellent additions to gardens AND help support the habitat ecosystem.

Understanding Plant Stress Signals: Abiotic Factors
Learn about the basic visual signals that plants show when they are under stress

Winning the War Against Weeds
Learn about organic methods of soil preparation like lasagna layering, how to be strategic with watering, and where to get information on preemergent and post emergent applications.