It was a perfectly clear, humidity free day when my Aunt Gloria & I ventured out on August 9, 1999. My personal favorites were the Asian gardens, Bonsai and herb gardens. The entire place is one super photo opportunity. It's difficult to take bad pictures here. I used my Canon Rebel G w/a 28-80 zoom lens. Oh, but if I only had a macro! (Next season I hope) Check out their web site for yourself:

The U.S. National Arboretum

Looking into the Chinese Pavilion	Side view of the same	Row of Chinese Bonsai, some up to 300+ years old!

Cute hut	Bonsai in training	Japanese fish in pond outside Administration Building

Woman removing a yucky pad	A formal knot garden near herb garden (Capitol Columns in background)	Veranda in Asian Valley area

End of the road here	Butterfly	Bee

Walking towards Asian gardens	Wheel barrow in Youth Garden maintained by DC school kids	Neat flower

Brief view of Conifer collections	Ayla & a twisted pine of some sort	Typical tourist

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