US Botanic Garden Christmas Trains

We have been there so many times before. Even when we lived in the Midwest we always stopped to visit the US Botanic Garden whenever we were in Washington DC. For thirteen years we always walked over to see the Christmas trains when we lived on Capitol Hill. We moved to northern Virginia this year and need to either drive in or take the metro for the ten mile trek. So that’s what we did a couple of weeks ago to visit not only the trains, but the beautiful poinsettia arrangement, the plant made monuments in the main foyer, the stickwork sculpture on the west lawn, and the trees and ornaments in front of the building where the Capitol Christmas tree is in plain sight. We always try to avoid the crowds so we went on a Thursday late morning. It’s always such a delight to walk through this place any time of the year. But at Christmas time it’s just a must thing do thing. It’s such a tradition for us now. The trains never look as good in pictures as in real life, and it must be even more magical at night. This year the them was “Season’s Greetings - America’s Gardens.” My favorite was the Bartholdi fountain made of plant material - we walked through that place almost every day on our morning jaunts. So it was as good as it always is. We’re so glad we can still visit in the old neighborhood. 

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