United States Botanic Garden

About

Lush indoor gardens and rare plants, a free dc gem

Why go

• A peaceful escape from the city
• Feels like a mini jungle adventure
• Pretend you’re not in the middle of DC

Must try

• America's State Flowers exhibit
• World Deserts exhibit
• Corpse Flower
• Monarch Butterfly exhibit
• Dahlia exhibit

Pro tips

• Grab a midday coffee for $3.75
• You can find street parking a few blocks away
• Summer evening hours every third Thursday until september
• Take the metro

Good to know

• It’s very hot and humid inside
• Be prepared to shed your jacket

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Rating

4.7 / 5 (18129 reviews)

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