This garden at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts has been maintained by Park staff with support from GSEMG since 2016. It is located down the hill from the Filene Center by Parking Lot 1.

The garden features more than 180 varieties of plants that are mostly native to Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic Region. Native plants are critical to healthy ecosystems that support both people and wildlife.

Wolf Trap Woodland Garden

Master Gardeners are on site on Tuesday mornings, every week in March through May and September through October from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and every other week (second and fourth Tuesday of the month) from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in June through August. Stop by for an informal tour.

Garden tours can also be scheduled in advance. Contact:

• Wolf Trap Park Staff at wotr_interp@nps.gov

• Children’s Theatre-in-the-Woods program

• Summer Ranger Programs at (703) 255-1824 or visit the Wolf Trap website

Spring Highlights

A visual display about the White Oak tree, including a large green oak leaf, a photograph of acorns, and text describing the tree's age and size.
Side-by-side photos of blooming plants identified as Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea), with yellow flowers on the left and yellow flowers with blue seed heads on the right, surrounded by green leaves.
Close-up images of Ostrich Ferns, showing long, finely dissected fronds providing cover for wildlife and indicating the presence of ostrich plumes; credited to Elaine Mills, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia.
A collage with a large image of fresh green skunk cabbage leaves and three smaller images of skunk cabbage in various stages, including a decomposing plant, a flowering plant with a brown spathe, and a close-up of a spadix with tiny flowers. The text explains that skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) has leaves that smell like skunk if crushed and can generate heat and bloom in snow.
Image of a Wood Poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) with yellow flowers and a close-up of a fuzzy seed pod, accompanied by information about the plant's flowers, fruit, and native use in dyeing.
Images of four different types of Trillium plants with their common and scientific names: Catesby's, Great White, Little Sweet Betsy, and Yellow, with descriptive text about their leaves, petals, and sepals, and the number of varieties planted in the sanctuary.
Two pictures of Virginia Bluebell flowers, showing the color change from pink to blue as the pH drops, with bees pollinating the flowers.
Collage of images showing mayapple plant, including leaves, flower, fruit, and bud. The fruit is green and egg-sized. Caption explains it's loved by box turtles.
Close-up of small, pink-flowered plant with striped petals, with green foliage in the background.
Two images of the Shooting Star (Prunula meadia) plant with white, star-shaped flowers and green foliage, showing flowers resembling wind-blown umbrellas or tiny shooting stars.

Unless otherwise credited, photos courtesy of Lisa Lofton and Mindy Waltham-Sajdak, who are GSEMG and Wolf Trap Volunteers.

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is located at 1551 Trap Road, Vienna, VA 22182-1643. For more information, visit the Wolf Trap website and the Friends of Wolf Trap website.