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.
During our second session in July, tour Longwood’s Waterlily Court to see firsthand some of the plants and topics discussed.
Class Schedule
Classroom Session
Saturday, April 5, 2025
1:30–3:30 pm
Waterlily Tour
Saturday, July 19, 2025
9:30–11:00 am
Inclement weather date: Sunday, July 20, 2025
Location
Nursery Headhouse, Waterlily Court
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.
