Join the Garden to learn about gardening, talks by garden book authors, yoga, cooking with seasonal food plants, and more via online programs. Find more ways to connect with the Garden from home at www.USBG.gov/AtHome.
Upcoming online programs
Videos for some will be posted here after the program occurs.
May
- May 6 - Spring Fling (Online Cooking Demo)
- May 13 - Korean Dishes with Magpie and Tiger (Online Cooking Demo)
- May 18 - Top Topiary Tips (Online Lecture)
- May 19 - Bloom: The Story of a Rose (Online Poetry Workshop)
- May 20 - Eco-Printing with Flowers (Online Demonstration)
- May 21 - Floral Wearables with Wire and Tape: Preparing for Parties (Online Demo)
- May 26 - Ask an Expert: Indoor Plant Health Care (Online Q&A)
June
- June 11 - Basic Watercolor with Summer Flowers (Online Workshop)
- June 17 - Plant Science Conversations: The More Mangoes the Merrier (Online Discussion)
July
- July 14 - Intro to Air Layering Propagation (Online Demo)
- July 21 - Ask an Expert: Growing Outdoor Fruit Trees (Online Q&A)
August
- August 5 - Seasonal Summer Eats (Online Cooking Demo)
- August 18 - Ask an Expert: Late Summer in the Kitchen Garden (Online Q&A)
Programs Archive: Recordings of previous programs
- Paint Your Own Botanical Mural
- Book Talk: Resilience - Connecting with Nature in the Time in A Time of Crisis
Online Demo: Caring for Houseplants
Online Corpse Flower Live Q&A: Horticulture Focus
Author Talk: Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life
Author Talk: American Eden
Author Talk: Finding Solace at Theodore Roosevelt Island
Live Cooking Demo: Quick Pickles and Pumpkin Butter
Live Cooking Demo: "Can I Substitute...?" Using What You've Got to Make A Meal
Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist (lecture)
Yard of the Month! Plants for Civic Engagement and Transformation
Scary Beautiful: Carnivorous Plants Q&A
Online Demo: Natural Dyes at Home: The Basics
Online Art Workshop: Drawing Winter Trees in Pencil and Ink
Online Demo: Shrub Pruning for the Home Gardener
Mexican Dishes with Muchas Gracias - Local Chef Series
Online Talk: Hillwood - A Garden For All Seasons
Herbarium Demo: Plant ImPRESSIONs
Online Q&A: Plant Health Care for Home Growers
Early Spring Flowers in Watercolor (Online Art Workshop)
Online Ask An Expert: Kitchen Garden Preparations
Celebrating Women in Science: Crop Wild Relatives in Research (Online Panel)
Online Q&A: Orchid Care for the Home Grower
Horticulture, History, and Immigrants: Systems Altering This Land (Online Talk)
Online Q&A: Seasonal Vegetable Gardening
Creating a Cutting Garden (Online Lecture)
Natural Dyes at Home: Simple Techniques
USBG at 200 (Part 1): Deeply Rooted
Unexpected Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson
Plant Science Conversations: Global Coffee Conservation and Genetics (Online Discussion)
Spring Container Gardening (Online Demo)
USBG at 200 (Part 2): Branching Outward (Online Discussion)
Cooking with Lemon and Tamarind (Online Cooking Demo)
Becoming Urban Nature: NYC's Washington Square Park from 1609-2021 (Online Lecture)
Growing a Corpse Flower (Online Q&A)
A Piet Oudolf Story (Online Lecture)
Low Floral Centerpieces (Online Demo)
Floral Design: Intro to Cut Flowers
Drawing Cacti & Succulents in Colored Pencil Art Workshop
D.C.'s Bees: Natives in our Neighborhoods (Online Lecture)
June Seasonal Vegetable Gardening Q&A
July Seasonal Vegetable Gardening Q&A
August Seasonal Vegetable Gardening Q&A
Sustainable Gardening (Online Lecture)
Fall Container Gardening (Online Demo)
Unexpected Fall Foraging with Alexis Nikole Nelson (@blackforager) (Online Lecture)
Jamaican Cuisine with Island Bwoy Cuisine (Local Chef Series)
Hardy Plants for the Cutting Garden (Online Lecture)
Seasonal Vegetable Gardening - October (Online Q&A)
Farmers Market Treasures (Live Online Cooking Demo)
African Dishes with Afro91: Local Chef Series
Draw and Paint Autumn Leaves in Watercolor (Online Art Workshop)
Fall Favorites (Live Online Cooking Demo)
Cooking with Scraps (Online Demo)
Introduction to Natural Indigo Dyeing (Online Demo)
Floral Wearables Using Adhesives (Online Demo)
Braising, Baking, and Broiling Vegetables (Live Online Cooking Demo)
Gardening for Pollinators in Fall and Winter (Online Lecture)
Horticulture as an Act of Conquest (Online Lecture)
Exploring the World of Hydroponics and Indoor Food Production (Online Demo)
Drawing Winter Trees (Online Art Workshop)
Winter Treats (Online Cooking Demo)
Winter Wreath Refresh (Online Demo)
D.C. in Bloom: The History and Science of the Capitol's Cherry Blossoms
Unexpected Spring Foraging with @blackforager
Virtual Tours and other resources:
If you're looking for other ways to connect with the Garden online during this time, explore our gardens through a Virtual Tour and video tour series:
- USBG at Home - see the many ways you can connect with the Garden from home!
- Plant Morphology Learning Series
- USBG Cooking series - find cooking demos and recipes
- Virtual Tours of the Garden
- Video tours, plant profiles, and more posted daily on our Facebook page