Capitol Hill's Bartholdi Park Is Brimming With Beauty -- and Ideas

The Washington Post | December 15, 2001| | Copyright

There has been a lot written lately about the renovated U.S. Botanic Garden and for good reasons. Standing on the National Mall, at the foot of the Capitol, it was the first botanic garden in North America, the original greenhouse having been built in 1846 to house plants brought from a South Seas plant expedition. The Garden Conservatory as we know it today opened in 1931, and as of last Tuesday it is open once again, fully renovated.

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