2010 Classes by Start Date

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JANUARY 2010
Jan 15 Floral Fun - Tropical Dream
Jan 22 Comprehensive Wedding Design   SOLD OUT

FEBRUARY 2010
Feb 6 Basic Floral Design I
Feb 9 Plant Science - Soils
Feb 19 Floral Fun - Romance is in the Air
Feb 21 Orchids on Stage  SOLD OUT
Feb 22 Introduction to Plant Illustration
Feb 22 Plant Illustration Studio
Feb 23  Business of Flowers - Pricing Arrangements
Feb 25 Spend a Little - Grow a Lot
Feb 26 Planting Design
Feb 28 The How's and Why's of Rain Gardening

MARCH 2010
Mar 2 Basic Floral Design II
Mar 2 Behind the Scenes at the Philadelphia Flower Show
Mar 2 People, Plants, and Landscape Design
Mar 4  Photography After Hours
Mar 6 Get the Dirt on Dirt
Mar 6 Introduction to Ikebana
Mar 6 Photographing Orchids  SOLD OUT
Mar 6 Vegetable Gardens for Beginners
Mar 10 Garden Chemicals: Use and Management
Mar 11 Art Deco in Floral Design
Mar 11 Art Noveau in Floral Design
Mar 11 Floral Fun - Gorgeous Green
Mar 13 Orchids for Beginners
Mar 14 Beekeeping Basics   SOLD OUT
Mar 16 Lost Landscapes of the Brandywine Valley
Mar 20 Get the Dirt on Dirt
Mar 20 A Green Roof- Is it for the Birds?
Mar 22 Vermicomposting
Mar 25 Deciduous Flowering Shrubs II
Mar 27 Beginning Bonsai   SOLD OUT
Mar 31 Small Flowering Trees

APRIL 2010
Apr 5 Plant Illustration Studio B
Apr 8 Branches for Impact
Apr 9 Diverse Design Techniques - Using Sticks
Apr 9 Diverse Design Techniques - Using Stones
Apr 9 Sketching with a Design Perspective   SOLD OUT
Apr 10 Performance Pruning   SOLD OUT
Apr 10 Floral Jewelry for Proms and Dances
Apr 13 Native Spring Wildflowers
Apr 13 Scentscape your  Garden
Apr 16 Floral Fun - Time for Tulips
Apr 17 Digital Garden Photography   SOLD OUT
Apr 17 Scent-sational Additions to any Room
Apr 17 Roses for Beginners
Apr 20 Dividing & Transplanting Herbaceous Perennials
Apr 21 Designing Flowers for Changing Times
Apr 21 New Pallette + New Mechanics = New Design   SOLD OUT
Apr 23 Trough Making   SOLD OUT
Apr 24 The Fragrance of Spring

MAY 2010
May 8 An Introduction to the Fine Art of Perfumery   SOLD OUT
May 12 Tips for Turf Diagnosis: Insect and Disease Management
May 12 Weed Identification Walk
May 15 Potted Pleasure - Sun & Shade
May 15 Orchid Repotting Workshop
May 19 Annuals & Tender Perennials
May 20 Plant Disease Identification Walk
May 22 Tropical Infusion
May 22 The Fragrance of Summer
May 26  Lilies in Ikebana - "Lilytopia!"

JUNE 2010
Jun 4 Specialty Nursery Tour
Jun 5  Hanging Basket How-To's
Jun 6 Take Time to Smell the Roses
Jun 7  Summer Floral Immersion: Weeklong Course
Jun 12 Floral Design Certficate Exam
Jun 12 Success with Succulents
Jun 17 Floral Fun - A Garden Party
Jun 17 Pest Identification Walk
Jun 17 Plant Disease Identification Walk
Jun 19 Roses all the Time
Jun 19 Not Your Mother's Container
Jun 26 A Peek Through the Back Door - Fruits and Vegetables

JULY 2010 
Jul 7 Designing an Edible Landscape
Jul 9 Floral Fun - Sunny Selections
Jul 17  A Peek Through the Back Door - Topiary Tales
Jul 21 Moonlight Magic   SOLD OUT

AUGUST 2010
Aug 10 Shade Perennials
Aug 20 Principles of Color
Aug 27  Floral Fun - Zany Zinnias

SEPTEMBER 2010
Sep 8 Great Gardens of Italy
Sep 8 Landscape Design II
Sep 9 Pest Identification Walk
Sep 9 Plant Disease Identification Walk
Sep 10 An Evening in the Water Garden
Sep 11 Salute to Sunflowers
Sep 11 Leaf It!
Sep 11 A Peek Through the Back Door - Mowing Patterns
Sep 14 Advanced Floral Design I
Sep 14 Basic Floral Design I
Sep 15 Tips for Turf Diagnosis: Insect and Disease Management
Sep 15 Weed Identification Walk
Sep 16 Plant Disease Identification Walk
Sep 16 Orchids for Beginners
Sep 18 Paired Altar Arrangements
Sep 20 Introduction to Plant Illustration
Sep 20 Plant Illustration Studio
Sep 20 Plant Science - Understanding Plants
Sep 23 Floral Fun - Mums the Word
Sep 24 Elements of Design Garden Tour - Style and Material Focus
Sep 25 Beginning Bonsai
Sep 25 Herb Appeal
Sep 26 Inspired by a Garden

OCTOBER 2010
Oct 1 Landscape Design I - Design Process
Oct 2 Masters Floral Class - Contemporary Drama
Oct 2 Masters Floral Class - Vertical Drama
Oct 2 Digital Garden Photography
Oct 6 Introduction to Ikebana
Oct 6 Deciduous Trees
Oct 6 Introduction to Ikebana
Oct 7 Sustainable Landscape and Design Theory
Oct 9 Amazing Autumn Containers
Oct 9 The Fragrance of Autumn
Oct 13 Basic Floral Design II
Oct 15 Floral Fun - A Boo! tiful Wreath
Oct 15 On the Trail of Champion Trees   SOLD OUT
Oct 16 Installing and Maintaining a Native Plant Meadow
Oct 16 MumFest
Oct 17 Interpretations in Colored Pencils
Oct 23 Advanced Floral Design II
Oct 23 Moonlight Magic
Oct 23 Photographing Fall Splendor
Oct 30 Autumn Still Life in Oil Pastels

NOVEMBER 2010
Nov 1 Plant Illustration Studio B
Nov 5 Pennock Floral Company Tour
Nov 20 Floral Design Certficate Exam
Nov 22 Floral Fun - Harvest Table Arrangement

DECEMBER 2010
Dec 2 Floral Fun - Boxwood Topiary
Dec 4 A Gardener's Holiday Wreath - Bring the Outside In
Dec 11 Dazzling Holiday Centerpieces
Dec 11 The Fragrance of the Winter Holidays

2010 Course Catalog Available Now

Lectures, Courses and Workshops

Longwood offers the opportunity to learn directly from our gardeners and horticulturists in the unique Longwood learning environment.


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Get the Dirt on Dirt

Saturday, March 6 or March 20

Get your hands dirty while learning about a soil profile, bulk density, and the soil horizon. Learn how to test soil and how to interpret and utalize the results.


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Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance

on view April 10–November 21, 2010

Longwood Gardens takes you inside the unmapped universe of scent with Making Scents: The Art and Passion of Fragrance, an interactive exhibition that explores the art, science and mystery of fragrance.


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Orchid Extravaganza

Now through March 31

The divas of the plant world put on an unforgettable show throughout the Conservatory. See thousands of orchids from around the world, including a living orchid curtain and orchid topiaries, among many other innovative displays.


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Blue Poppies

In Bloom Now!

Longwood's famed Blue Poppies are back! These elusive plants are usually found in Scotland, Alaska and the Himalayas, but you need only to travel to Longwood to see these show-stopping beauties.