During this hands-on workshop, explore the technique of crevice gardening, a gardening method that replicates the exposed and rocky conditions of such environments as mountaintops, deserts, and coastlines.
This technique allows for the cultivation of a wide variety of plants and provides optimum growing conditions with simple maintenance. During this hands-on workshop, gain the practical knowledge and skill needed to implement crevice gardening in your own home or garden and—using handmade troughs, small plants, and upright rocks—leave with your own planted crevice garden in a trough to start your journey.
Location
The Nursery Headhouse at Longwood Gardens
Instructor
Louise Clarke
Louise Clarke is co-principal of Verdant Earth Educators, a green industry consulting and education firm. She is an accredited Green Roof Professional and certified arborist, and currently serves as President of the Delaware Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society. She's long been smitten by rock gardens and crevice gardening.
Clarke enjoys teaching botany and garden appreciation at the Barnes Arboretum of St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, and also leads workshops and Continuing Education classes at Longwood Gardens, Tyler Arboretum, Penn State Master Gardeners, and Mt. Cuba Center, among others.
