Now in its 35th year, the 2026 New York Botanic Garden’s Holiday Train Show will be on exhibit, indoors and outdoors, November 14, 2026 through January 10, 2027. Model steam engines, streetcars, freight and passenger trains run through tunnels, across familiar bridges, climb up and along overhead trestles, and outside, traverse mountains and a luscious woodland.
The trains pass by some 200 botanical replicas of some of New York’s most outstanding landmarks, including Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Macy’s, the original Yankee Stadium and the original Penn Station, plus one of the city’s newest architectural features, One Vanderbilt. Each landmark is composed of plant parts, such as palm fronds, pine cones, cinnamon sticks, branches, leaves and more. And don’t miss all the special events that accompany this annual spectacular show.
And, if you’re in the Washington DC area, stop by the US Botanic Garden for a holiday show in collaboration with the National Park Service. This year’s show includes an outdoor display, where G-gauge model trains will pass by botanical models that celebrate the country’s national parks and sites in the National Register of Historic Places, including
Yellowstone, the Statue of Liberty, Elvis’ Graceland, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, the Grand Canyon National Park, Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, and much more. In the garden’s inside Conservatory, botanical landmarks will include the US Capitol building, the Lincoln Memorial, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and others, all surrounded by thousands of poinsettias, from heirloom plants to brand new cultivars. The show runs from November 27, 2026 (Thanksgiving Day) through January 3, 2027.
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