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Second Floor | Experience
The Garden Lounge
Permanent
Did you know?
The cycad, a tree in the garden, is one of the oldest plants to exist on Earth
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Vanilla planifolia, the plant that produces vanilla “beans,” climbing up a trellis

Orchids of many colors, staghorn ferns, and a tree-sized cycad—one of Earth’s oldest types of plants

Tree-stump seating and kid-focused text and graphics, all displayed at a child’s height
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Did you know?
SI Gardens, our partner for this exhibit, creates and manages all of the Smithsonian's outdoor gardens & interior live plants
Things To Do
- Play a sliding-door interactive game to learn how seeds disperse.
- Charge your mobile device.
- Relax, breathe in deeply, exhale, and sit for a while!