Join The Flower Sommelier Christopher Sheridan for this three-part, immersive evening, complete with a twilight stroll through the Gardens and a hands-on workshop, where you’ll learn all about evening container gardens—and then make your own.
Start in our Studios for an exploration of the history, design, and plant palette of the timeless evening garden. Discuss finding the right balance between evening flowers and foliage, and positive and negative space.
Then, take a twilight stroll through the West Conservatory, Orchid House, Silver Garden, and other inspiring spaces. While engaging with world-class plantings, consider how color, scent, texture, and inflorescence qualities all contribute to a compelling design.
Conclude with a container workshop in Longwood’s greenhouses, where you’ll craft your own moon-catching planting to take home and enjoy during summer and autumn evenings. You’ll also leave motivated to weave in what you’ve learned into your own garden or patio, whether it's an intimate or entertaining space.
Location
The Grove Studios 104 & 105, Throughout the Gardens
Instructor
Christopher Barrett Sheridan
Christopher Barrett Sheridan, The Flower Sommelier, is an award-winning civic educator and a second-career horticulturist, focusing on fragrant and aromatic plants, vespertine gardens, cottage gardens, Arts and Crafts era design, the Victorian Language of Flowers, and heirloom flowers. Sheridan is most inspired by “Wild and Romantic” gardens, historic spaces, and Impressionistic landscapes.
Sheridan is a Philadelphia Flower Show presenter, has been published in The American Gardener, and lectures at state, national, and international conferences. He has a Certificate in Ornamental Horticulture from Longwood and holds degrees from Villanova University and Tulane Law School.
