Walking tour highlights wheat

On Saturday, Oct. 11, the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, National Gallery of Art and U.S. Botanic Garden will be teaming up to present the second encore presentation of their popular moving exhibit: “Walking with Wheat: A Journey through History, Botany and Culture.”

The tour, which begins in the Capitol Visitor Center, will cover the life and discoveries of Nobel Prize Laureate and Wheat Pioneer Dr. Norman Borlaug, who was recently honored by the State of Iowa with the addition of his statue into the National Statuary Hall.

The tour then moves to the U.S. Botanic Garden’s Amber Waves of Grain exhibit, where the history, science and importance of wheat will be discussed.

Finally, the tour will conclude in the National Gallery of Art with a viewing of Vincent van Gogh’s “Green Wheat Fields: Auvers,” where guests are invited to dwell on the importance of wheat and its great impact on human art and civilization. Dates and tour times are available on the U.S. Botanic Garden website.