What is United States Botanic Garden?
{{coord|38.888|N|77.013|W|display=title|source:dewiki}} '''United States Botanic Garden''' is the national [[botanical garden]] of the [[United States]]. It is in [[Washington D.C.]], [[United States]]. It was established in 1920 by the [[United States Congress]].<ref name=AC>{{cite web|url=http://dc.about.com/od/touristattractions/a/USBotanicalGard.htm|title=U.S. Botanic Garden|publisher=About.com|access-date=15 September 2015|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906163527/http://dc.about.com/od/touristattractions/a/USBotanicalGard.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The gardens are a feature of the [[National Mall]] directly across from the [[United States Capitol]].<ref name=AC/> They are funded by the [[non-profit organization]] the National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usbg.gov/national-fund-us-botanic-garden|title=National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden|publisher=United States Botanic Garden Conservatory|access-date=15 September 2015}}</ref> == Related pages == * [[List of botanical gardens]] == Gallery == <gallery> US botanic garden.jpg| Gregwashington5.JPG| 12-07-13-washington-by-RalfR-04.jpg| </gallery> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{cite web|url=http://www.usbg.gov|title=United States Botanic Garden|publisher=Official website of the United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC|access-date=2010-07-08}} * {{cite web|url=http://www.usbg.gov/history/A-Botanic-Garden-for-the-Nation-The-United-States-Botanic-Garden.cfm|title=A Botanic Garden for the Nation: the United States Botanic Garden|publisher=United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC|access-date=2010-07-08}} Website contains a link to download a free electronic version of an illustrated 180 page book about the U.S. Botanic Garden (Botanic Garden for the Nation: the United States Botanic Garden. Publisher: Congress, Architect of the Capitol, United States Botanic Garden, 2007.) * [http://www.tanglewoodconservatories.com/heritage/us-botanical-garden-conse