On-line Learning

Learn how to keep your tropical treasures for more than a summer. 

Learn about the common challenges and best practices for watering, choice of nutrients, repotting methods, light requirements, air circulation, and the optimal supplies required for home orchid cultivation

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

Learn about basic design principles and learn how to put foliage first!

Learn about hand-tinted glass lantern slides and how they were used a century ago to document gardens.

With thoughtful plant selection, garden design and cultural practices, your rose garden can be beautiful and earth friendly.

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

Watch this webinar to learn more about exploring personal relationships with plants and celebrating garden communities during challenging times.  

Plant suggestions, design tips, and techniques for how to make your late season garden excel. 

Learn how to upcycle things to create beautiful (and shareable) garden tchotchkes.

Join Andrew Bunting for an overview of great magnolias for the Mid-Atlantic region.

Learn how to create a harvest themed centerpiece floral arrangement for all your holiday gatherings

Learn design tips and tricks, recommended supplies, and a step-by-step tutorial for decorating a fresh-cut, evergreen wreath,.

Learn how to use color, texture and height to your seasonal container.

Who are our native bees and how do they interact and compare with the non-native honeybee.

Find out how to create a Monarch Waystation in your garden!

Get ready to flex your creative muscles whether you are stuck indoors or braving the elements.  Open to shutterbugs of all levels and ages.  

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

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.

Learn how to add another dimension to your tree and shrub pruning skillset.

Learn tips and tricks about planting fall bulbs such as daffodils, tulips and hyacinths.

Discover how to grow 10 herbs to flavor your summer.

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.

Examine the epidemic of tree and shrub health problems caused by our most basic garden maintenance practices.

Learn more about native shrubs to substitute for your non-native plants.

Suggestions on perennials that make excellent additions to gardens AND help support the habitat ecosystem.

Learn about the basic visual signals that plants show when they are under stress

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.

Learn how to design and recognize the beauty in a winter garden.