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Upcoming Classes & Workshops
Photographing the Seasons at Longwood
5 sessions. Photograph Longwood's seasonal displays in the solitude and beauty of the first light of day.
Landscape Design I (Winter)
8 sessions. An in-depth approach to design processes, traditional landscape graphics, and sustainable landscapes.
Macro Photography: Seeds (Morning)
Get up-close and personal with colorful seed coatings, heavily textured husks, and simple samaras.
Macro Photography: Seeds (Afternoon)
Get up-close and personal with colorful seed coatings, heavily textured husks, and simple samaras.
Basic Floral Design I (Winter)
3 sessions. Learn the basics: how to condition flowers and use floral foam, tape, and wire.
Planting Design
7 sessions. Using elements from Landscape Design I, create beautiful planting designs with balance, repetition, and cohesiveness.
Plant Science: Soils
6 sessions. Learn how a plant’s development depends on the soil in which it’s growing.
Ideas for Impact: The World of Mushrooms
Enjoy an immersive experience into the world of mushrooms.
Dig In! Vegetable Gardening for Beginners—Online
Fully online. In the comfort of your own home, learn how to prepare and create a vegetable garden.
Floral Fun February: Mercury
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
People, Plants & Landscape Design
4 sessions. Discover a new design paradigm by exploring relationships between people and plants.
Mini Marvels: Moss for the Home and Garden
Understand the basics of moss gardening and explore the versatile moss species.
Longwood Lecture Series: The Search for Blue: Echiums, Poppies, and Cineraria
Join us to discuss a rarity in the botanical world: blue floriculture.
Identifying Woody Plants in Winter I
Learn to identify common native and non-native trees and shrubs by buds, twigs, bark, and form.
Identifying Woody Plants in Winter II
Learn to identify common native and non-native trees and shrubs by buds, twigs, bark, and form.
Vegetable Gardening Boot Camp
In this immersive day, discuss principles for designing and creating a vegetable garden, including the location, layout, and bed preparation.
Introduction to Botanical Illustration (Spring)
9 sessions. For all who are interested in mastering the art of plant illustration.
Botanical Illustration Studio (Spring)
9 sessions. Illustrate plants and flowers from Longwood's greenhouses and outdoor grounds.
An Evening of Botanical Illustration (Spring)
9 sessions. For beginners as well as more accomplished artists interested in the art of plant illustration.
Principles of Color
2 sessions. Explore the role of color using a spectrum of flowers, greens, and fabric backgrounds.
Bonsai Basics
Learn the care and culture of bonsai and techniques for designing and maintaining these sculptured treasures.
Sketching for Designers
5 sessions. Develop a foundation in field sketching techniques through drawing exercises designed for the novice landscape designer.
Edibles, Bulbs, and Houseplants—Online
Fully online. Explore the edible landscape with an exploration of vegetables, fruits, and herbs that do best in your region.
Gregarious Galanthus: Propagating Snowdrops
Discover new cultivars and favorite selections, and dive deep into the best practices for breeding and multiplying your Galanthus harvest.
Glorious Galanthus: The Best Selections for the Winter Garden
Learn about herbaceous plants that bloom during even the coldest and snowiest of winter days.
Basic Floral Design I (Spring)
6 sessions. Learn the basics: how to condition flowers and use floral foam, tape, and wire.
Advanced Floral Design I
6 sessions. Work with challenging concepts and a broad variety of materials to create exceptional designs.
Performance Pruning: Small Flowering Trees (Morning)
Improve your trees’ performance and take the mystery out of pruning.
Performance Pruning: Small Flowering Trees (Afternoon)
Improve your trees’ performance and take the mystery out of pruning.
Get the Dirt on Dirt
Get your hands dirty while learning about soil profile, bulk density, and the soil horizon.
Floral Fun March: Cobalt
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Small Flowering Trees
6 sessions. Explore many species of flowering trees—the most eye-catching plants in season.
Pencil Power: Basic Drawing
6 sessions. Draw beautiful lines skillfully and achieve three simple values that result in a dimensional realistic flower or plant.
A Second Look at Spring
3 sessions. Explore underutilized plants that add impact when the rest of your garden is still dormant.
Foliage Manipulation Studio
Learn techniques such as bending, binding, folding, braiding, and weaving to take your designs to the next level.
Basic Floral Design II (Spring)
3 sessions. Extend your skills using a variety of containers and gorgeous floral materials.
What’s All the Buzz?
This honey of a class will take the mystery out of beekeeping.
Floral Jewelry
Create stunning wearable art with flowers.
Introduction to Ikebana (Spring)
2 sessions. This course will introduce you to Ikebana in general, featuring two different schools of study.
Interpretations in Colored Pencils (Spring)
6 sessions. Learn techniques to capture the elusive subtleties of nature.
Longwood Lecture Series: Adventures at the Tournament of Roses Parade
Join us for a lively look at the Tournament of Roses parade.
Floral Fun April: Sodium
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
The Strange World of Seeds: Book Talk and Signing
Join fellow readers to hear how these tiny marvels have shaped human history.
Community Conversation with Thor Hanson
Hear Thor Hanson discuss his journey through the world of seeds and their extraordinary impact on the world.
Knowing, Sowing, and Growing: Seeds
Review proper planting depth, spacing, and placement within the garden for a wide range of vegetable crops and herbs.
Fit for a Queen
Simon Lycett showcases decorations inspired by the celebrations for which he provides his own unique floral fabulousness.
Hail Britannia
Discover how to give your designs a touch of Britannia using fragrance and flowers inspired by the Commonwealth.
Reaching Royal Heights
Study under one of the hottest and most renowned floral designers of today—Simon Lycett.
Regally Arranged
Work with Simon creating designs that would grace the tables of Buckingham Palace and dazzle your guests with your new skills.
Performance Pruning: Shrubs (Morning)
Improve the performance of your shrubs and vines and take the mystery out of pruning.
Performance Pruning: Shrubs (Afternoon)
Improve the performance of your shrubs and vines and take the mystery out of pruning.
Gardener and the Chef: The Wide World of Grains
Learn how to grow and manage grains in a vegetable garden or formal landscape.
Growing Great Grains
This course provides the right information to infuse your garden with grains, providing both beauty and bounty.
The Wild Garden, Designed
4 sessions. Utilize an understanding of individual plant morphology to create a thriving landscape.
Ornamental and Native Shrubs
6 sessions. Discover some of the most outstanding shrubs for the home landscape.
By the Dawn’s Early Light
Photograph Longwood in the splendor of early morning's golden light.
Botanically Inspired Jewelry: Seed Pendant
2 sessions. Create a pendant with dried botanicals or seeds for a one-of-a-kind piece incorporating nature’s glamour.
Champion Tree Tour of Bucks County (Spring)
This pleasurable trip will have you on the lookout for the biggest, tallest, and oldest trees in our region.
Growing an Aromatic Life
Learn selection, planting, harvesting, and processing of herbs for your kitchen and medicine cabinet.
Artfully Arranged
Bring a fresh vision to fine art with flowers, and design a three-dimensional masterpiece of your own.
A Garden Tour with “Class”
Enjoy seeing lovely private gardens of two Longwood instructors, and touring the Scott Arboretum.
Floral Design Certificate Exam (Spring)
Students who have completed the requirements of the Floral Design Certificate program are eligible to take the exam.
Seeing the Forest through the Trees
Take an interpretive hike focused on the often-overlooked canopy of Longwood’s natural areas.
What’s New in Bouquets
Try your hand at a new technique and spend the afternoon getting creative.
Identifying Invasives (Spring)
Join our Natural Lands experts to explore the life history, identification, and management of invasive plants in our region.
Succulents on Structures
Make your own succulent structure and learn how to emulate cracks, crevices, and depressions in rocks.
Crevice Gardening in a Trough
Learn about crevice garden care and take home a completed crevice garden within a trough.
A Naturalist’s Notebook
Observe the wonders of the natural world and capture what you see and feel as you draw, paint, and write in a blank journal.
Painting with Natural Dyes (Morning)
Using only nature’s bounty, experiment with the time-honored art of natural dyeing.
Painting with Natural Dyes (Afternoon)
Using only nature’s bounty, experiment with the time-honored art of natural dyeing.
Let’s Celebrate Moms!
Master new accent techniques and create a stunning arrangement that will delight Mom.
Inside the Hive
Are you curious about what goes on inside a beehive? Bring your questions and get answers and insight into the fascinating world of bees.
Water Gardening in a Container
Divide and repot plants from Longwood's collection to take home for your water garden.
Weed Identification (Spring)
Classroom instruction and field observation will focus on life cycles, key characteristics, and plant structures.
Tips for Turf Diagnosis (Spring)
Learn signs, symptoms, and management strategies to remedy common turfgrass problems.
Pest Identification (Spring)
Explore our vast outdoor landscape and identify common pest signs and symptoms with an IPM specialist.
Plant Disease Identification
Learn the symptoms of plant disease, the conditions that cause them, and how to apply controls as necessary.
Floral Immersion: Basic I and II
4 day-long sessions. A combination of Basic Floral Design I and II in a concentrated format.
Plants for Pollinators
Discover what will attract hummingbirds, bees, or butterflies to your garden.
From Fossils to Field Work: Preserving Plants
Gain insight to a hidden world of field botany, learn how to press specimens, and take home a pressed plant of your own.
Floral Fun May: Neon
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
The Heritage of Seeds: Growing Historically Important Crops
Discover the possibilities of heritage and heirloom seeds in modern home gardening and small-scale farming.
Underutilized Herbaceous Plants
3 sessions. Expand your plant palette and open your horizons to new and exciting herbaceous plants.
Elements of Design Tour: Philadelphia Water Management
Explore Philadelphia’s 200-year-old green storm water infrastructure system.
All-Purpose Annuals (Part One)
3 sessions. Even a well-established perennial bed will benefit from the addition of these long-blooming accents.
Mixed Medley: Annuals & Perennials Container (Morning)
Join Emily to discover interesting combinations of annuals and perennials in an artistic container.
What’s at Stake
Discover materials and approaches for making aesthetically pleasing supports to add interest and function to your garden.
Wattle This Way
Learn the old English tradition and ecological benefits of coppicing.
Mixed Medley: Annuals & Perennials Container (Afternoon)
Join Emily to discover interesting combinations of annuals and perennials in an artistic container.
Potted Pleasure for Sun
Create a beautiful container garden filled with sun-loving annuals and turn your patio into a showcase.
Potted Pleasure for Shade
Create a beautiful container garden filled with shade-loving annuals and turn your patio into a showcase.
Floral Fun June: Nitrogen
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Specialty Nursery Tour
This unique trip visits regional nurseries where participants will find high-quality and often hard-to-find plants for their gardens.
The Gardener and the Chef: Summer Fruits
Learn about the culture and care of summer fruits as we explore the Idea Garden’s vegetable and fruit collection.
Tillandsia: You’re Framed!
Make a frame from weathered wood to form a shadowbox for a variety of tillandsia, or air plants.
Build a Wave Hill Chair
Every gardener needs a quiet space to sit and enjoy the fruits of his/her labor.
Digital Garden Photography Basic I Online
Fully online. Make garden images stand out by learning basic digital techniques in easily applied terms.
A Beginner’s Approach to Garden Photography
Gain a better eye for photography with constructive critique and personalized assistance.
Annuals, Perennials, and Vines—Online
Fully online. This collection of plants will add a burst of color to your landscape.
Introduction to Botanical Illustration (Summer)
6 sessions. For all who are interested in mastering the art of plant illustration.
An Evening of Botanical Illustration (Summer)
6 sessions. For beginners as well as more accomplished artists interested in the art of plant illustration.
Introduction to Graphic Communications (Summer)
3 sessions. Learn the standard tools and practices used to represent the landscape.
Floral Fun July: Helium
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Spotted Lantern Fly: What You Need to Know
Learn to identify and control this unwanted garden visitor.
What’s Bugging You in Your Garden?
Discover chemical-free solutions to pests and weeds for an eco-friendly garden.
Nooks and Crannies: Main Fountain Garden
Photograph the Historic Pumphouse, the tunnels under the newly revitalized Main Fountain Garden, and the Grotto.
Design, Create, Construct: Patios
4 sessions. Master the fundamentals of planning and installing a home patio.
Perennials
6 sessions. Identify characteristics, cultural requirements, and garden uses of common perennials.
Floral Fun August: Gold
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Summer Flowering Bulbs
3 sessions. Focus on the identification and culture of bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers that flower in summer.
Herbal Extracts 101
Learn how to unlock phytochemicals when making herbal remedies.
The Gardener and the Chef: Heirloom Tomatoes
Learn practical cooking and modern plating techniques that exemplify the diversity of heirloom tomatoes.
The Traveling Tomato and Other Versatile Veggies
Join Epic Tomatoes author Craig LeHoullier as he shares tips for growing the best vegetables.
Landscape Design I (Summer)
8 sessions. An in-depth approach to design processes, traditional landscape graphics, and sustainable landscapes.
Water, Water, Everywhere
Focus on Longwood’s abundant water features in this hands-on digital photography workshop.
Edible Plants
6 sessions. This course will concentrate on identification, culture, landscape use, and culinary use.
Pastels in Plein Air
4 sessions. Explore a different garden setting each week to capture its beauty en plein air.
Introduction to Ikebana (Fall)
2 sessions. This course will introduce you to Ikebana in general, featuring two different schools of study.
Fearless Watercolor
6 sessions. Relax, paint, laugh, and learn in this fun class open to all skill levels.
Weed Identification (Fall)
Classroom instruction and field observation will focus on life cycles, key characteristics, and plant structures.
Tips for Turf Diagnosis (Fall)
Learn signs, symptoms, and management strategies to remedy common turfgrass problems.
Photo Op! 2019
Enjoy the serenity of the evening at Longwood and learn from four photographers.
Floral Fun September: Krypton
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Landscape Design II
10 sessions. Delve more deeply into design creativity, detailed garden features, and more advanced graphics.
Meandering through the Meadows of the Brandywine
Experience our Meadow Garden through the eyes of the designers that helped bring this garden to life.
Basic Floral Design I (Fall)
3 sessions. Learn the basics: how to condition flowers and use floral foam, tape, and wire.
Designing for Exhibition
Learn the hows and whys of entering a flower show and create your very own arrangement to take home.
Introduction to Botanical Illustration (Fall 2019)
9 sessions. For all who are interested in mastering the art of plant illustration.
Botanical Illustration Studio (Fall 2019)
9 sessions. Illustrate plants and flowers from Longwood's greenhouses and outdoor grounds.
An Evening of Botanical Illustration (Fall 2019)
9 sessions. For beginners as well as more accomplished artists interested in the art of plant illustration.
Grow & Know: Dahlias
Take a trip with us to The Farm at Oxford and get a chance to learn from dahlia grower extraordinaire Mara Tyler.
Aquatic Plants
3 sessions. Dive deep into these beautiful, mysterious plants and learn how to add a water garden to your property.
Waterlilies in Oil Pastels
Using vibrant oil pastels, capture the beauty and serenity of Longwood's magnificent waterlily collection.
Yes, Yu-ca-tan!
Create a centerpiece with flowers originating from the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.
Tropical Tiles of the Maya
Using containers constructed from iconic Mexican tiles, create the perfect accent for your summer patio.
Get on the “A List:” Hollywood Inspired Event Workshop
Create table centerpieces, hanging designs, custom floral accents, and a larger-than-life arrangement.
Pest Identification (Fall)
Explore our vast outdoor landscape and identify common pest signs and symptoms with an IPM specialist.
Grand Design
Create a large-scale design that is sure to elicit a “wow” response.
Leaf Casting with Louise (Morning)
Create a one-of-a-kind leaf sculpture for use as a garden accent, birdbath, or stepping stone.
Leaf Casting with Louise (Afternoon)
Create a one-of-a-kind leaf sculpture for use as a garden accent, birdbath, or stepping stone.
Basic Floral Design II (Fall 2019)
6 sessions. Extend your skills using a variety of containers and gorgeous floral materials.
Sustainable Landscape and Design Theory
5 sessions. Discuss the theory of sustainable landscape design while learning alternative landscaping methods.
Smart Phoneography Boot Camp
Maximize your phone to capture stunning images of gardens, blooms, berries, and even a few insects.
Photographing Fantastic Foliage
Explore the under-appreciated world of foliage, from unfurling ferns to variegated plants.
Floral Design Certificate Exam (Fall 2019)
Students who have completed the requirements of the Floral Design Certificate program are eligible to take the exam.
Amazing Autumn Container Workshop
Build your own amazing autumn-themed container that will remain vibrant throughout the season.
Floral Fun October 2019: Calcium
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Versatile Bamboo
Learn about types of bamboo, as well as many creative ways it can be used in free-style Ikebana arrangements.
Champion Tree Tour of Bucks County (Fall)
This pleasurable trip will have you on the lookout for the biggest, tallest, and oldest trees in our region.
Advanced Floral Design II
3 sessions. Create your own design signature with advanced techniques in this exciting capstone course.
Recipe for Success!
Learn how to prepare for a floral event and extend your flower’s vase life.
Interpretations in Colored Pencils (Fall 2019)
6 sessions. Learn techniques to capture the elusive subtleties of nature.
Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers—Online
Fully online. Explore the world of traditional woody plants including flowering trees, shrubs, and conifers.
Through the Lens: The Architecture of Longwood
Explore Longwood Garden’s unique and historic architecture through your camera’s lens.
Identifying Invasives (Fall)
Join our Natural Lands experts to explore the life history, identification, and management of invasive plants in our region.
Botanically Inspired Jewelry: Botanical Impressions
2 sessions. Explore the magic of precious metal clay and create your own fine silver botanically inspired jewelry.
Plant Science: Understanding Plants—Online 2019
Fully online. Learn the basics of plant morphology and plant nomenclature.
Floral Fun November 2019: Iron
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Lights! Camera! Christmas! 2019
Take advantage of the rare opportunity to shoot the outdoor Christmas display at Longwood.
Floral Fun December 2019: Silver
Create a themed design, perfect for weekend entertaining, to give as a gift, or just to enjoy at home.
Wreath Making (Morning) 2019
Learn how to make a traditional, lush, mixed-green wreath to kick off the holiday season.
Wreath Making (Afternoon) 2019
Learn how to make a traditional, lush, mixed-green wreath to kick off the holiday season.
Plant Science: 21st Century Trends
Attend a day-long conference and meet the Plant Science requirement for the Ornamental Horticulture Certificate, Level III.
