Zach and I also had a great time at the US Botanic Garden. The US Botanic Garden has multiple sections to represent the plant life in different parts of the world. There was a room for Hawaii, for example, where the signs in the room explained how more plants there have become endangered. There was a section that explained how farming techniques have become more efficient and sustainable. There, Zach and I discussed the evolving role of the farmer in today’s society. Another part of the US Botanic Garden discussed hybrid plants such as the Venus Fly Trap. Apparently, many of the foods we eat today are hybrids- a cross-pollination between the original plant and the wild, ‘tougher’, plant so that the crops we grow for food are more resilient.
Zach’s and my time at the US Botanic Garden was not only very fun, but educational. We learned that there was a lot we didn’t know about different plant species: how tenuous their future survival is, and how innovative new crop-breeding techniques have become.
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