Every holiday season since 2004, the U.S. Botanic Garden has staged the Garden Railway exhibit, a wonderful display of incredible workmanship and holiday whimsy. And it has a Kentucky connection.
The Garden Railway is the work of Paul Busse and his company, Applied Imagination of Alexandria, Kentucky (see the Applied imagination website for more information). A landscape architect by training, Busse freely admits to being an incurable model train enthusiast with a deep appreciation of plants. His garden railways and building replicas have been a part of the holidays at the U.S. Botanic Garden since 2004.
Here are some photos I took this year of the Garden Railway and replicas of the buildings that line the National Mall in Washington, DC.
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- US Capitol at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- US Capitol at US Botanic Garden
- US Supreme Court at US Botanic Garden
- Smithsonian “Castle” at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Christmas Tree at US Botanic Garden
- Lincoln Memorial at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Smithsonian “Castle” at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- US Supreme Court at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- US Capitol at US Botanic Garden
- Jefferson Memorial at US Botanic Garden
- Library of Congress at US Botanic Garden
- Jefferson Memorial at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- The White House at US Botanic Garden
- Lincoln Memorial at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Smithsonian “Castle” at US Botanic Garden
- The White House at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Christmas Tree at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Walkway at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- US Botanic Garden Conservancy at US Botanic Garden
- Reflecting Pool at US Botanic Garden
- Washington Monument at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden
- Garden Railway at US Botanic Garden








































The 39th Annual Marion County Country Ham Days is set for Saturday, September 27 and Sunday, September 28 in Lebanon, Kentucky. Major Sponsors include Spring View Hospital, TG Kentucky, Maker’s Mark and The Oak Barrel.
This year’s Casey County Apple Festival will take place in Liberty, KY on September 20-27, 2008. There will be food, arts and crafts, and a flea market as well as events that amke the Festival the place to be next weekend.
