Visit the Procrastinator's Holiday Market on Saturday, December 11th at the National Arboretum. This is held alongside our tree sale from 10 AM to 4 PM at the New York Avenue parking lot.

We're partnering with Bladensburg Road and Rhode Island Avenue Main Street Programs to bring together all the best local vendors. The market will also feature family-friendly entertainment, a holiday card-making station, Roaming Rooster food truck, and FREE holiday train rides for kids.

Get your own Christmas tree or wreath at our Christmas Tree Sale at the National Arboretum. The sale is December 11th and 12th from 10 AM to 4 PM at the New York Avenue parking lot. We're only accepting credit cards for this sale, please no cash or checks.

Guarantee your tree or wreath by pre-ordering before December 10th. You can pick up your order (1) at the National Arboretum during our sale on December 11-12, (2) at our partner site in Alexandria, VA before the sale, or (3) have it delivered to your home.

Give the gift of FONA this holiday! Find us at the Holiday Market on Saturday to buy a one-of-a-kind Arboretum Christmas ornament and Washington Youth Garden honey.

Ornaments are $15 for non-FONA members and $12 for FONA members. If you buy a gift membership during the sale, ornaments are $10 a piece. We’re only accepting credit cards for this sale, please no cash or checks.

Thanksgiving may be over, but turkeys are still out and about at the National Arboretum. Wild turkeys have called the Arboretum home for at least the last 12 years. Though it’s hard to know for certain since the grounds are so large, based on trail camera footage USNA staff suspect there could be three to six turkeys currently living at the Arboretum. One group, a male tom and two female hens, are living in the eastern side of the grounds near the Dogwood and Gotelli Conifer Collections.

Since these turkeys prefer to eat bugs and seeds over plants, they don’t pose a direct threat to the Arboretum’s plants and collections. If you come across a wild turkey during your visit, please be respectful and keep your distance so they do not feel threatened.

We said farewell this week to our carrot and sorrel sculpture at the Washington Youth Garden. For the past five years, this sculpture gave new life to the trunk of a tree we removed around the same time our education pavilion was built.

Building new nature play features and incorporating art elements into WYG is as major component of redesigning the garden. As we celebrate 50 years of Washington Youth Garden, we are elevating WYG as a premier destination in our region for garden-based education and nature play.