Horticulture and Gardening: Ornamental Horticulture EC FO
Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers
in partnership with NC State University
CC Underutilized and Underappreciated Woody Plants
with Mary Tipping
Semester 2
Semester 2
Date Opens Monday, July 13 6-week online course
Dates Tuesdays, August 18–September 15 4:30–6:30 pm, 4 sessions
Fee $179 by July 6 $189 after July 6
Fee $89 by August 11 $99 after August 11
Where Fully Online
Where Visitor Center Auditorium
OR Date Opens Monday, October 19 6-week online course Fee $179 by October 12 $189 after October 12 Where Fully Online Explore the world of traditional woody plants including flowering trees, shrubs, and conifers. Learn cultural information about these structural plantings and their use in the landscape. Expand your plant knowledge at the times that are most convenient for you with a fully online format. Through photo stories, video presentations, online fact pages, an e-book, flash cards, vocabulary games, mystery plants, and hundreds of beautiful images learn the key identifying characteristics of these plants and how best to use them in the landscape.
Are you passionate about growing unique, rare, or underutilized plants to create a botanical paradise in your home garden? Expand your plant palette and open your horizons to new and exciting woody plants in this course. Explore underutilized trees, shrubs with multi-season interest, and vines with form, function, and flair. Plant walks focus on the woody plant collection at Longwood and, as an added perk, a visit to Scott Arboretum at Swarthmore College. Online Learning Extend your learning beyond the classroom with supplemental materials. Optional Exam Tuesday, September 15 Guided Plant Walks Tuesday, September 1, 12:30–3:30 pm at Longwood Gardens and Saturday, September 12, 9 am–12 pm at Scott Arboretum No Class Tuesday, September 8
This course includes 6-month access to Longwood Gardens.Bring proof of course registration for admission and view these plants in our seasonal displays and permanent collection. The course will remain open for you to review (unfacilitated) for 6 months after the course closes. This counts as a 3-week elective toward a Certificate in Ornamental Horticulture. longwoodgardens.org/enroll
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