About Community of Gardens
Growing garden history through your images, stories, & exhibits
Welcome to Community of Gardens, a digital archive hosted by Smithsonian Gardens in partnership with our Archives of American Gardens and created by YOU. By contributing images, videos, and stories to this website, your participation will help others to better understand the meaning and value of gardens to American life – today and in the future. Community of Gardens is the Smithsonian’s digital home for sharing and preserving the stories of gardens and the gardeners who make them grow.
Random Gardens
Wrangling & Flowers in the Absaroka
Intro: Marianne S.Narrative: (Sheryl) Sherry M.All photos: Marianne S.
We may not normally think of our national parks as community gardens, but consider that Yellowstone Park itself, an ecosystem…
Descanso Gardens: A Peaceful Place
In the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in La Cañada Flintridge, north of Los Angeles, California is the largest collection of camellias in North America. Descanso’s 150 acres are filled with…
Memories of World War II
Collecting Milkweed Pods During World War IIWe lived in a small, prosperous town in the middle of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, a very fertile valley, good for growing fruits and vegetables, still…
Featured Garden
Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden
The Many Faces of the Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden Our Botanic Garden consists of about 13 recognizable gardens: Pollinator, Spanish-Moorish, Jardin Redondo, Xeric, Curandera, High Desert Rose,…