Longwood Gardens — Advanced Bonsai Workshop

What it is

Longwood Gardens Continuing Education bonsai workshops are a curriculum/schedule-first adult class series at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Official event pages file hands-on bonsai sessions under Creative Arts / in-person CE, with printed dollar tuition, member pricing, named instructors, and classroom notes. Sample 2026 programming includes Advanced Bonsai Workshop: Deciduous Trees (fall care, pruning, and dormancy prep for experienced practitioners) and a related Wire Bonsai Tree Workshop (metal-wire sculpture CE with horticulturist Roger Davis — craft sibling, not the primary living-tree Advanced card). Garden hours and timed admission sit on separate Visit pages. This listing is Learning — not a retail nursery shop and not a membership club.

Who it’s for

Delaware Valley / southeastern Pennsylvania adults who want a ticketed Longwood CE bonsai workshop: experienced practitioners for Advanced Deciduous (page states prior bonsai experience expected), members using Innovator / Gardens Preferred / Gardens Premium member pricing, and visitors who want Gardens admission included on the class day. Garden visitors interested only in walking the grounds should use Hours / Buy Tickets — this card is for the CE bonsai class pages, not for walk-up tree sales.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party public-garden education catalog with printed 2026 session dates, member/non-member tuition, instructor credit, and a street address — curriculum and schedule first, not a shop blur. (Candidate notes this ship: NC Arboretum October 20 Arthur Joura talk/tour still prints no public dollar tuition on the event page; Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden Bonsai for Beginners prints $90 / $100 but was marked CLASS IS FULL at check; Bonsai West still deferred on missing nursery tree-price catalog.)

• Class identity / instructor (Advanced Deciduous event page — checked 2026-09-24): Advanced Bonsai Workshop: Deciduous Trees; in-person Creative Arts CE. Instructor Matt Turner. Hands-on autumn focus: evaluate vigor, refine branch architecture, strategic pruning around fall foliage / leaf drop; watering, fertilization, pest/disease, and winter preparation for maples, elms, beeches, and other deciduous species. Page: designed for those with some prior bonsai experience. Location label on page: Bonsai Workshop.
• Upcoming 2026 tuition + schedule (Advanced Deciduous — checked today): Saturday, October 17, 2026, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.; fee $245; fee for Members and Innovators $225; fee includes all-day Gardens admission on the class day. Register by October 11, 2026. Cancellation: up to two weeks before; fee less $30 processing (email [email protected] or call 610-388-5454).
• Related 2026 CE sample (Wire Bonsai Tree Workshop — checked today): Saturday, September 26, 2026, 2:00–5:30 p.m.; $139 / members $125; instructor Roger Davis (Outdoor Landscape Manager); Grove Studio 108; tools/materials provided; metal-wire bonsai sculpture (craft CE sibling — cite as related calendar neighbor, not the primary living-tree Advanced identity).
• Garden context / address (Hours + event footers — checked today): 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348. Sample hours block Aug 24–Nov 1, 2026: Mon/Wed/Thu 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.; Fri–Sun 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.; Tuesday closed; timed admission tickets required. Class registration is separate from walk-up sightseeing — confirm live ticket path on each event page.

Tuition, session dates, materials language, and garden hours above are what the official Longwood pages showed on the check date. Catalog seats and prices change. Use the live Advanced Bonsai Workshop event page before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Primary class page (Advanced Deciduous — Oct 17, 2026): https://longwoodgardens.org/events-performances/events/advanced-bonsai-workshop-deciduous-trees

• Wire Bonsai Tree Workshop (related CE sample): https://longwoodgardens.org/events-performances/events/wire-bonsai-tree-workshop
• Hours: https://longwoodgardens.org/visit/hours
• Visit hub: https://longwoodgardens.org/visit

Location

Class meetings: Longwood Gardens, 1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348 (Advanced session location label: Bonsai Workshop; Wire sample: Grove Studio 108). Confirm classroom check-in on the registration confirmation and live event page. Use live Hours for seasonal / holiday exceptions (Tuesday closures common outside Christmas season).

This is a garden education / class-series address. Do not treat it as a retail bonsai nursery shop or as a membership club meeting hall. Category remains Learning (curriculum/schedule-first), even though Longwood also sells general admission and memberships.

Notes

• Category is Learning. First-party adult workshop series with printed schedule, member/general tuition, and instructor — not a nursery and not a club. Distinct from L&J Nursery (Nurseries) and Midwest Bonsai Society (Clubs).
• 2026 Advanced Deciduous $245/$225 Oct 17, Wire Bonsai $139/$125 Sep 26 sample, Matt Turner / Roger Davis instructor credits, and 1001 Longwood Road location are transcribed from official Longwood pages checked on 2026-09-24 and may change.
• Pics optional for this Thursday card; no listing image saved beside this file. Default learning card art is used.
• Not affiliated with Bonsai Plaza.
• No Bonsai Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: What does the Advanced Deciduous bonsai workshop cost, and what is included?
A: Official Advanced page (checked 2026-09-24): $245 general / $225 Members and Innovators; includes all-day Gardens admission on the class day. Confirm live seats on the event URL above. Register by October 11, 2026.

Q: When is the next published 2026 Advanced session, and who teaches?
A: Saturday, October 17, 2026, 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., instructor Matt Turner. Related CE neighbor: Wire Bonsai Tree Workshop September 26, 2026 (Roger Davis; metal-wire craft). Watch Longwood CE / event search for additional bonsai dates.

Q: Is this a nursery or a club?
A: Neither for Bonsai Plaza category purposes. Longwood publishes curriculum/schedule-first CE workshop pages, so the card is Learning. Tree/pot retail with shop prices belongs under Nurseries (e.g. L&J Nursery). First-party club meeting schedules belong under Clubs (e.g. Midwest Bonsai Society). Garden membership and general admission are context, not a reclassification into Clubs.