Fernwood Botanical Garden in Niles featured in Washington, D.C., exhibit

NILES — Fernwood Botanical Garden is one of fewer than two dozen public gardens plucked by the U.S. Botanic Garden to be featured in a new exhibit.

The exhibit, “Celebrating New American Gardens,” debuted Jan. 31 and runs through Oct. 15 at the USBG conservatory in D.C. and showcases 21 gardens from across the U.S. that have created new gardens or renovated a garden within the last five years.

Photos, drawings, landscape designs and project descriptions share the story of each new garden. The panel about Fernwood features its Franklin-Sehy Entry Garden, a formerly native plant garden that was updated as a “reinterpreted meadow,” featuring a birch grove canopy and 9,000 native and non-native grasses, bulbs and other perennials. The garden was redesigned by Roy Diblik of Northwind Perennial Farm in Wisconsin.

“Fernwood is quite honored to have our work featured in Washington, D.C., among that of our esteemed colleagues at fine gardens across the country,” said Carol Line, Fernwood executive director. “The unique nature of all gardens and the diversity represented within their botanical collections is so well demonstrated in this exhibit.”

The U.S. Botanic Garden is open to the public, free of charge, every day of the year from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The conservatory is located at 100 Maryland Ave. SW, on the southwest side of the U.S. Capitol.

More information is available at usbg.gov and at fernwoodbotanical.org. Fernwood is located at 13988 Range Line Road, Niles. Call 269-695-6491.