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The United States National Arboretum is an arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C., operated by the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. It was established in 1927 by an act of Congress [ 1 ] after a campaign by USDA Chief Botanist Frederick Vernon Coville .
The National Capitol Columns are a monument in Washington, D.C.'s National Arboretum. It is an arrangement of twenty-two Corinthian columns that were a part of the United States Capitol from 1828 to 1958, placed amid 20 acres (8.1 ha) of open meadow, known as the Ellipse Meadow.
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Horticulturalists at the National Arboretum are growing five new trees from Stumpy's clippings. ... For 'Stumpy,' DC's favorite cherry tree, clones offer new life. Show comments.
The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is located on the 446-acre (1.80 km 2) campus of the U.S. National Arboretum in northeast Washington, D.C. Each year over 200,000 people visit the museum. [ 1 ] Distinguished national and international guests of various federal departments are also among the visitors.
The quadrant is home to two large public gardens located below the waistline of the Anacostia River: the United States National Arboretum and Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens. The headquarters of The Heritage Foundation, one of the nation's largest think tanks, and The Washington Times, a daily newspaper in the city, are also located in Northeast.
Construction was completed on the 3-acre (12,000 m 2) National Garden on the Botanic Garden's west border, in October 2006 and the garden includes a regional garden of plants native to the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont, a rose garden, a butterfly garden, and the First Ladies Water Garden, a water garden in memory of the First Ladies of ...
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