Horticulture & Gardening

Useful and practical information on the care of certain plants or specific gardening techniques will add to your knowledge, whatever your level of gardening experience.

Longwood offers the opportunity to learn directly from our gardeners and horticulturists in a unique learning environment. These courses require no prerequisites, and beginners are welcome.

Upcoming Classes

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Foraged and Succulent Pumpkins

Join us in The Garden Shop (in the Visitor Center outside the Gardens) to arrange your favorite fall gourds into gorgeous succulent, foliage, and flower centerpieces for an autumn-inspired tablescape. Gardens admission not included. Sold out.

Offered on multiple dates
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Espalier Workshop

This space-saving technique makes it possible for the home gardener to cultivate their own trees at home.

Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 1:00 pm
A close up photo of purple cattleya orchids.
Orchids 2

Learn about orchid potting requirements and how to find success growing orchids at home.

Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 8:00 am
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Learning Together: Magnificent Mossariums

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

Monday, October 23, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Yellow ginko leaves on a tree in the fall season.
Falling Into Winter

Explore a selection of horticulturally significant plants that give a landscape life through the fall and into winter.

Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 9:00 am
A vegetable garden in the late fall.
Putting Your Garden to Bed

Take the steps necessary to get your garden ready for seasonal slumber.

Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 9:00 am
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Longwood Reimagined Lecture Series: Celebrating Collections from Bonsai to Victoria

Discover how Longwood Reimagined celebrates the legacy of our horticultural collections while elevating them for the future.

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 6:30 pm
Several evergreen trees decorated for Christmas in white lights and red plants.
O, Christmas Tree

Fully online. Join us online and learn more about winter’s favorite tree—and how to keep it happy in your home for the entire holiday season.

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 6:30 pm
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Turn Your Lawn into a Meadow

Learn management techniques we use here in our Meadow Garden and how to apply them to your own landscape.

January 24-27, 2024
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