{"id":12434,"date":"2018-04-25T16:59:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T20:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2019-01-11T17:19:57","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T22:19:57","slug":"may-19th-2018-field-trip-to-the-national-arboretum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/may-19th-2018-field-trip-to-the-national-arboretum\/","title":{"rendered":"May 19th, 2018 Field Trip to the National Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our final field trip of the 2017-18 club calendar will be&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2091166371\"><span class=\"aQJ\">May 19<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;to the National Arboretum, located at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/?q=3501+New+York+Ave.,+N.E.&amp;entry=gmail&amp;source=g\">3501 New York Ave., N.E.<\/a>&nbsp;We\u2019ll meet at the visitor center at&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2091166372\"><span class=\"aQJ\">8:30<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;\u2014 the Arboretum opens at&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2091166373\"><span class=\"aQJ\">8:00<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15091 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>While the insane weather this year prevents any forecast about what, if anything, will be in bloom, the Arboretum offers a stunning array of attractions for photography. Bonsai, Asian collections, azaleas, the old Capitol columns, herb and ornamental gardens all provide opportunities for creative photography. (The National Bonsai &amp; Penjing Museum opens at&nbsp;<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_2091166374\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10:00<\/span><\/span>.) Please note that federal regulations require fees and permits for any commercial photography.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nvps.org\/main\/images\/fotofax\/2018\/05\/arboretum090620.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div>Directions:&nbsp;Follow I 395 north over the 14th Street Bridge. Follow signs until the freeway ends at New York Avenue. Turn right onto New York Avenue and follow New York Avenue east to the intersection of Bladensburg Road. Turn right (south) onto Bladensburg Road and go 4 blocks to R Street. Make a left on R Street and continue 2 blocks to the Arboretum gates.<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15089 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02838-Edit-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02838-Edit-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02838-Edit-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02838-Edit-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02838-Edit-2-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02838-Edit-2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our final field trip of the 2017-18 club calendar will be&nbsp;May 19&nbsp;to the National Arboretum, located at&nbsp;3501 New York Ave., N.E.&nbsp;We\u2019ll meet at the visitor center at&nbsp;8:30&nbsp;\u2014 the Arboretum opens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-field-trips","category-programs-guest-speaker","entry","has-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/20160408_DSC02909.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 11:38:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12434"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15094,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions\/15094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvps.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}