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Feb 9, 2025
Third or fourth time visiting. Always have something new or different to see. I’ve only come in the winter. I need to come back in the summer to see the outdoor gardens. Self guided audio tour was…Full review by Stewfoot
Jan 23, 2025
My title sums up the winter visit - free entrance, warm escape from the cold. Not much more. Probably visiting during the spring or summer is a much better experience. Still, not a bad way to spend a…Full review by adventix
Jan 4, 2025
Nice, but small. It opened at 10 and was pretty busy by 11:00. I would pass on this and visit other sights in D.C., particularly in winter. The outside gardens were brown and dead. Best to see in the…Full review by SayCheese
I carried a small backpack with no problems. There was no security that I noticed for the interior portion of the garden. The exterior part is open to the public and shouldn't have any …
I carried a small backpack with no problems. There was no security that I noticed for the interior portion of the garden. The exterior part is open to the public and shouldn't have any restrictions.
Enjoy? Hmm, maybe. I don't think I'd take my kids with that expectation. I love plants and want my kids to appreciate nature, so I'd totally take them with the lower expectation to just …
Enjoy? Hmm, maybe. I don't think I'd take my kids with that expectation. I love plants and want my kids to appreciate nature, so I'd totally take them with the lower expectation to just expose them to new wonders and the diversity of nature. If you like plants, I'd say take them for sure. It's like walking into lots of different natural environments the way it's arranged. The center rainforest area is cool and I'm sure kids would enjoy the multi levels to view down. As with everything with kids, you might go thru it faster with them than you would on your own, but it's totally worth a walk through, especially if you are close by. A bonus is that it is very compact. The variety of shapes, textures, colors I'd think would capture most kids attention, even if only for a short while. And kids are always surprising us us by what they appreciate and what they get into, so who knows, maybe they'd really enjoy it. Speaking for my 9 and 12yo kids, I think they'd tolerate it for my sake and certainly get something out of it, but it wouldn't top their most enjoyable list. But, for me, I'd still take them anyway!
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