The Enigma of New Zealand’s Plant Life

Learn the basics of orchid propagation, take a tour of our Orchid House, and learn more about Longwood’s extensive orchid breeding program. Sold out. Join the waitlist.

Maximize your spring garden and make it pop with flowering shrubs.

Join orchid expert and longtime educator Barbara Schmidt in this special look at all things native orchids. Sold out. Join the waitlist.

Explore the interaction between landscapes and pollinators, and view your garden as a foodbank for insects.

Take an exciting look at gardening under glass while exploring the history of conservatories near and far.

Enjoy a tour of Longwood’s Abbondi property during the height of spring bird migration. Sold out. Join the waitlist.

During this relaxing weekend morning, bask in the beauty of our Gardens while exploring the practice and science of nature therapy—which you can then practice on your own. Sold out.

Explore the technique of crevice gardening, a gardening method that replicates the exposed and rocky conditions of such environments as mountaintops, deserts, and coastlines.

Explore the historic and cultural significance of magnolias and how to grow and care for them yourself.

Through a series of lectures and plant walks, this course covers the identification and many landscape uses—and benefits—of deciduous trees found in this region.  

Fulfills the Horticulture and Gardening requirement for Landscape Design.

Explore how to recognize pest damage; differentiate between harmful and beneficial insects; and get ahead of potential plant problems.

Join Longwood Horticulturist Alex Correia for this hands-on workshop to create your own productive edible garden in a small container—no plot of land required!

Join us in The Garden Shop (in the Visitor Center outside the Gardens) to create your own miniature desert oasis in glass. Gardens admission not included. 

Have fun planting exotic tropical treasures in a container of diverse and contrasting textures.

Gain exclusive access to several, relatively unknown, regional nurseries and shop high quality and often hard-to-find plants.