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While our Plantology on Tap offerings are fantastic ways to spend the evening, they also serve a greater purpose—all profit generated by Plantology on Tap goes to free, public family programming designed to serve our diverse communities and in partnership with our fantastic community partners.

For the first time, we’re highlighting our Continuing Education programs with a Christmas tree entirely designed and created by Continuing Education floral design students and volunteers.

Blending nature and culture to create functional and aesthetically pleasing outdoor spaces, landscape design is a dynamic, growing field full of ample opportunities.

Read on to gather some tailored, top-notch picks from a variety of Longwood staff for your summer reading list—or your year-round to-be-read list.

We’re proud to introduce our new Gardening Certificate and our newly-evolved Floral Design Certificate and Landscape Design Certificate—designed with you in mind.

A new way to create, explore, connect—and get ready for the holidays—is now here at Longwood by way of our new Studios.

At Longwood, we create many spaces to explore your passions, practice your creativity, and deepen your wellness through diverse learning opportunities that allow you to dive deeper into your relationship with nature—and wellness.

As the president and chief executive officer of Black Girl Florists and the owner of One Soul Events (Atlanta, GA), and in the spirit of Black Girl Florists’ mission, we are thrilled about our upcoming collaboration with Longwood.

With its name composed of two Japanese characters that mean “grass” and “thing”, the literal translation of kusamono—a Japanese botanical art of small, potted grasses traditionally displayed next to bonsai as seasonal accent plants—may suggest that this Japanese botanical art is unassuming or falls secondary to its bonsai counterpart.

We are excited to be highlighting a facet of Mr. du Pont’s vision: practical education, in the form of spectacular fresh-cut floral arrangements and intricate botanical art, all proudly displayed in our Conservatory for the duration of A Longwood Christmas.

Through our Longwood @ The Creamery collaboration, not only are we able to connect with new learners and those in our community through fun, lighthearted events—but we’re also able to make an impact and offer public programming designed to serve the needs of our wonderful community.

Floral desing became a journey that meandered through time and brought me to unexpected and wonderful places, including my time at Longwood working toward my Certificate of Merit in Floral Design.

It’s been nearly 18 months since we last welcomed students into the Gardens as part of our in-person Continuing Education programming … but all of that changes this October.

Behind every great garden is a great gardener telling a story through his or her design.