Grades K–5 Self-Guided Field Trips

Plan Your Visit

• Self-Guided Field Trip Availability

  
  

  Self-Guided Fall Field Trips are available during regular Gardens hours on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during the following periods:

  Monday, September 18–Friday, November 10, 2023

  For current availability, call Group Visits: 610-388-5223

  Program Capacities

  • 15 students minimum per group
  • 220 students maximum per day
  • Maximum of 440 students per school, per school year (September–June)

  Requests for Spring 2024 will be available 10:00 AM Wednesday, January 10 through 5:00 PM Tuesday, January 23.

  
  

• Registration Information

  
  

  If you submitted a field trip reservation request before registration closed, please be on the lookout for your field trip reservation request confirmation. Your confirmation will be sent to your supplied email address by Friday, August 25 at 5:00 pm.

  Confirm your reservation. After receiving your confirmation email from us, please confirm your reservation by 5:00 pm on Friday, September 1, 2023 by calling 610.388.5223.

  If any open field trip slots remain,  you will be able to view any openings beginning August 28 at 10:00 am. You may register for any remaining field trip slots at that time, but must submit a registration request at least three weeks prior to the requested visit date.
   

  
  

• Program Cost & Payment

  
  

  Prices

  • Students (ages 4–18): Free
  • For every 5 students attending, groups will receive 1 free adult admission (ages 19+)
  • Additional Adults (19+): $21
  • 1:1 Student Support Staff, School Nurses, Bus Drivers (ages 19+): Free

  Final student and adult count is due three weeks prior to the visit date. A ratio of 1 adult to 5 students is required. Full Garden admission will be charged to adults that are not included in the final group count. Adults may use their Longwood Membership to enter the Gardens. Please note that advance Member Reservations may be required, please refer to the Membership section of the website for more information.

   

  Payment

  • Payment for additional adult admissions is due three weeks prior to your visit date. Payments may be made by check or credit card. Payment on the visit day may be made by credit card only.

  Please send check payments to:
  Group Visits Office/K-12 Reservations
  Longwood Gardens
  PO Box 501
  Kennett Square, PA 19348

  Credit Card payments may be made via phone, by calling our Group Visits office at 610-388-5223.

   

  Refunds

  • Refunds not provided for adult chaperones that do not attend.
  • No refunds will be issued for cancellations made less than 3 weeks prior to the program date.

  Longwood Gardens Federal Tax ID# is 51-0110625.

  
  

• Transportation

  
  

  Groups must travel by bus.

  Title I Schools may apply for reimbursement, up to $500 per bus. Please indicate interest on the Field Trip registration form. Grants will be approved after field trips are booked.

  View directions and parking information.

  
  

• Lunch

  
  

  Food is available for purchase in The Café. Please note picnicking or bringing in any outside food or beverages (except water) is not permitted in the Gardens.

  We offer a Picnic Area located outside the main part of our Gardens and across the street from the main parking lot (two-minute drive) for Longwood visitors, available seasonally (mid-April through early-October). Please plan on having your lunch before or after your visit, as re-entry to the Gardens is not currently permitted.

  
  

• Weather

  
  

  Field trips are held rain or shine. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Bringing water bottles and wearing sunscreen and bug spray are recommended.

  To ensure guest safety, Longwood may cancel your visit due to predicted severe weather conditions in the Gardens. Notification will occur up to one day prior to your visit. Your visit date will be re-booked based on availability or a full refund will be issued.

  
  

• Entering the Gardens

  
  

  • All personal belongings must be left on the bus. Longwood will not store any personal belongings including backpacks.   
  • The lead teacher will check in at the Group Visits Desk inside the Visitor Center to pick up tickets for the visit and distribute the tickets to the adults attending. 
  • Students will appear on one ticket, which should be scanned upon entry to the Gardens.   
  • All school groups should enter the Gardens as a group. 
  • Restrooms are available inside the Group Visits entrance.   
  • Connect to "FreeGardenWifi" free of charge during your visit.