Continuing Education

Longwood at the Creamery. Create a beautiful—and sturdy—poinsettia arrangement perfect for your centerpiece, sideboard, or mantel.

Longwood at the Creamery. Spruce up your Christmas tree knowledge and learn which type of tree is best for your home.

Fully online. Enhance the skills developed in Floral Design 1 by creating arrangements that focus on dominance, contrast, proportion, scale, balance, texture, and pattern.

Capture the quiet, dramatic tonal contrast of the winter landscape with exclusive photography access in our Gardens.

Using materials from our Gardens, explore basic drawing techniques and how to create lifelike and botanically accurate sketches.

Explore a selection of horticulturally significant woody plants and how to identify them.

5 online sessions. Learn the standard tools and practices used to represent the landscape in this informative online series.

Join Mackenzie Knight-Fochs of The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College as she demonstrates how to create a sumptuous floral arrangement inspired by this sweet treat

Longwood at the Creamery. Learn how to make your landscape inviting for songbirds to butterflies to other wildlife.

Learn how to light an orchid from Longwood’s collection in dramatic fashion while shooting in a low-light environment.

Grow your photography practice at Longwood with this course designed for beginner and intermediate photographers.

Learn how plants reproduce and the different types of plant propagation, and then engage in hands-on practice while trying different propagation techniques.

This daylong symposium is hosted by the Professional Gardener Alumni Association of Longwood Gardens.

Fully online. Join us to create your very own mossariums—terrariums filled with mosses!

Fully online. Explore edible plants that can add interest to your garden and plate.

Learn when and how to prune shrubs properly, and why shrubs require different pruning than other plants.

Fully online. Expand and refine your floral design skills by exploring historical and international floral design.

Fully online. Focus on contrast, proportion, scale, and more while building your floral design skillset.

Fully online. Learn the skills you need to create beautiful floral arrangements in this self-paced course.

5 online sessions. Develop a foundation in field sketching techniques, including line, tone, and color.

Join floral designer Chad Wlazelek for a fun spin on the cupcake as he demonstrates how to create a floral design inspired by this beloved sweet treat.

Learn about orchids’ growth requirements and how their needs differ from those of other houseplants, as well as their natural habitat and plant structure.

Learn techniques such as bending, binding, folding, braiding, and weaving to take your designs to the next level.

Fully online. Expand and refine your floral design skills by exploring historical and international floral design.

Dig deep into vegetable cultivation with this introductory level class for beginner vegetable gardeners.

Learn why small flowering trees require different pruning than other plants and how best to care for your small flowering trees.

Join Longwood East Conservatory Karl Gercens as he demonstrates how to create an equally flavorful—and sweet!—floral design inspired by the iconic key lime pie.

Examine the properties and psychological effects of color while creating your own beautiful design in harmonious hues.