The United States Botanic Garden is a botanical garden on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Washington DC, near the James A. Garfield Monument. The botanic garden was created by the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences in 1820, and the Wilkes expedition of the South Pacific in 1842 brought back a collection of plants. The botanic garden was also expanded by the Greek-American abolitionist and traveler Photius Fisk in 1853, and, in 1933, the "National Herbarium" was moved to its present location just to the southwest of the Capitol. The botanic garden was renovated from 1997 to 2001, and is now home to Bartholdi Park, a production facility, and a conservatory including desert, Hawaiian, garden, jungle, and Southern biomes.
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