Bog Gardening for Beginners
Pitcher plants, wetland ecology and how to build a bog in a container, then a walk out to Longwood's own bog gardens. Everyone leaves with a plant.
More at The Grove Studios at Longwood Gardens
Cottage Garden Container Workshop
Three hours on layered cottage-garden planting with designer Katie Verdieck, and you take your own container home. Fee is $169 and includes all-day Gardens admission.
Taking Care of Garden Tools
Cleaning, sharpening, oiling and wood care, taught by a man who ran a high school horticulture program for 31 years. Bring two or three of your own tools.
Around the same time
Stephanie's Sewn Goods Pop-Up at SHIFT
Handmade sewn goods take over a corner of the Haverford Avenue refill shop for three weeks. Browse during regular hours, Tuesday through Sunday.
Rice's Market
Four hundred vendors across thirty acres of indoor and outdoor stalls: antiques, produce, tools, clothing, food. Gates open at seven and the lot fills early. Bring cash.
Executive Scramble at The Willows Golf Lounge
Eight to nine thirty on the simulators, then out into the day. The Willows runs this weekly for people who want to meet neighbors without a name tag.
