Best Gardens in Washington DC | Seasonal Blooms & Peaceful Walks
Explore DC’s most beautiful gardens with seasonal flowers, fountains, and walking paths. A perfect outdoor escape for visitors and locals alike.
15 Places in Best Gardens in Washington DC | Seasonal Blooms & Peaceful Walks
Fresh air, open space, and a break from screens. Sometimes it’s flowers, sometimes it’s trees—but always something slower than the rest of the day.
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Rose Garden, US Botanic Gardens
Bartholdi Fountain and Gardens (U.S. Botanic Garden)
Scenic place with flowers & a fountain. 2-acre garden featuring a range of unique plants & flowers, plus a dramatic cast-iron fountain.
The Moongate Garden
National Herb Garden
Franciscan Monastery Garden
The Bishop's Garden
Brookside Gardens
Conservatory, ponds & plants on 50 acres. Sprawling 50-acre green space with conservatories, water elements, flowers & fruit trees.
Enid A. Haupt Garden
Horticultural beds spread over 4 acres. Various horticultural beds over 4 acres, surrounded by benches, cast-iron fixtures & water features.
Kathrine Dulin Folger Rose Garden
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens
Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Research library, museum & gardens. Famed research library & museum for Byzantine & pre-Columbian studies with formal gardens.
German-American Friendship Garden
Plants native to Germany & the U.S.. Garden commemorating German-American friendship with plants native to both countries.
Smithsonian Pollinator Garden
Butterflies & the plants they love. This 11,000-sq.-ft. garden with tours offers plantings & habitats showing the butterfly life cycle.
Wangari Gardens
Tudor Place
Home with historic items & hourly tours. This historic 1816 home features a huge collection of items from the 1700s-2000s plus hourly tours.