We went to the United States Botanic Garden’s Season’s Greenings exhibit titled “All Aboard,” which showcases historic train stations from around the country made almost entirely from plant materials.

This is the third time we’ve attended the exhibit, with a different theme every year. The conservatory also always features national landmarks from Washington, D.C., which I didn’t photograph this year (with the exception of the US Capitol and the new Union Station model) and which can be seen at the end of last year’s gallery http://www.pbase.com/helenpb/america_return_washington_2_botanic

This representation of the US Capitol took more than 600 hours to create and was made primarily with plant materials. For example, the dome was fashioned using sycamore leaves, willow sticks, seagrass twine, wheat, winged euonymus, fern fronds, kangaroo pods, screw pods, acorns and pine cone scales.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp

The contortionist, posted earlier: