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Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members and Innovators save on Continuing Education Courses
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Getting Started with Water Gardening
Dates & Prices
Saturday, May 2, 2026
1:30-3:30 pm
Fee: $69
Fee for Innovators, Gardens Preferred, and Gardens Premium Members: $62
This class is intended as an adult learning experience. Find out more about our Family Learning experiences.
Registrations may be cancelled up to two weeks before the event, and your registration fee, less a $30 processing fee, will be refunded. Please note that refunds are not available for programs moved to scheduled inclement weather dates.
To notify us of your cancellation, email us or call 610-388-5454.
Register by April 26, 2026
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Gardens Preferred, Gardens Premium Members and Innovators save on Continuing Education Courses
A 10% discount on classes will be applied automatically at the time of checkout.
Looking to create a beautiful water garden in your backyard but don’t know where to start?
Join us to explore the fundamentals of creating a water garden at home—from how to care for and cultivate commonly used plants to how to use propagation most effectively in your garden. Delve into different types of ponds, the right site considerations, filtration, soils, fertilizers, pest and algae control methods, fish and wildlife, and more.
Location
The Grove Studop 104 & 105
Instructor
Suzanne Boom
Suzanne Boom is a senior horticulturist maintaining Longwood’s aquatic plant displays in the West Conservatory and Waterlily Court. She is also one of the curators of Longwood’s waterlily collection and the president of the International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society. Boom was a home water gardener before she made it her profession working at a retail aquatic plant nursery, where she enjoyed sharing her love for water plants and helped many homeowners build or maintain their backyard pond or water garden.