United States Botanic Garden

United States Botanic Garden and the Capitol


"An Alphabet of Orchids" exhibit
Today Caelan and I had a really fun adventure. We took the Metro and traipsed thru the snow flurries of DC to go to the U.S. Botanic Garden. If you ever have the opportunity to visit us, this stop is a must!!!! Wow is it beautiful. And on a day like today a wonderful cheer me upper, the plants, the nature sounds, the serenity and the heat (its warm in there, and humid). Currently they have a beautifully designed orchid exhibit, The Alphabet of Orchids. So many different orchids, each different and perfect. Can you tell I was in awe. I am NOT a knowledgible plant person by any means, Shawn says I could kill a plastic plant. But I was really taken by the display of plants. The Botanic Garden is actually pretty large, sectioned off into different habitats, ie: desert, jungle, Hawaii, etc. Each exibiting plants commonly found in the environment. I told Carrie, one of the mom's from our group that we went with, I could come here every weekend. It was so peaceful, so serene! I took so many pics while I was there and can't fit them all in one post so, three posts to our blog it is. Enjoy!