Week of Events
Sunday, August 23, 2026
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Monday, August 24, 2026
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026
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Wednesday, August 26, 2026
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Thursday, August 27, 2026
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August 27, 2026 -The Butterfly Experience
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August 27, 2026 -Exhibit: The Viewing Stone
The Butterfly Experience
(MD) (Montgomery Parks) A world of wonder takes flight as Montgomery Parks’ popular Butterfly Experience returns to Brookside Gardens. Visitors will be surrounded by hundreds of brilliant butterflies from the Americas, Africa, and Asia as they flutter among vibrant, lush tropical blooms. This intimate experience offers rare, up-close encounters while trained staff and volunteers highlight the stages of metamorphosis, the ...
Exhibit: The Viewing Stone
(DC) (US National Arboretum) Viewing stone lovers find inspiration in the traditional stones found and displayed in China and Japan. These small natural objects encourage contemplation of larger landscape scenes, objects in nature, and abstract images. Challenge your imagination by comparing the variety of stones on view in this exhibition. Members of the Potomac Viewing Stone Group, a regional organization ...
Friday, August 28, 2026
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Saturday, August 29, 2026
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August 29, 2026 -Exhibit: America’s State Flowers
Exhibit: America’s State Flowers
(DC) (US Botanic Garden) In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, the U.S. Botanic Garden will bloom with the flowers each U.S. state and territory has chosen as their official flower. Explore the display throughout the Garden that will showcase the state and territory flowers with living plants, artistic displays, botanical illustrations, and herbarium specimens. Associated educational programs will be offered throughout ...