Enjoy the best of both worlds with this art- and horticulture-centric orchid class!
Start your experience at Centered Clay Studio in Kennett Square, where you’ll create your own orchid pot while receiving expert artist and horticulturist guidance to create a pot that will help your plant thrive. Then, two weeks later and after your pot has been fired, join us at Longwood for a hands-on demonstration and workshop, as you plant a striking Oncidium orchid in your newly created pot to then take home and proudly display.
Course Schedule
Saturdays
August 16 & 30, 2025
9:00 am-12:00 pm
Location
Centered Clay Studio in Kennett Square and The Grove Studios 104 & 105 at Longwood Gardens
Instructor
Debby Wyatt & Barbara Schmidt
Debby Wyatt is the Owner of Centered Clay Studio, in Kennett Square, PA. She first discovered pottery in 2008 and became a member of the Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies' Pottery Guild in Waynesboro, PA prior to moving to Kennett in 2017. She loves to travel and has attended pottery workshops with masters around the country. Last September, she opened Centered Clay Studio in Kennett as a teaching and membership studio for teens and adults in a community environment. Centered Clay offers workshops for beginners, longer sessions for all levels, advanced workshops by master potters, and group events for team building and family fun.
Barb Schmidt has been raising orchids for the last 20 years, maintains an orchid website at basorchidcare.com, and teaches orchid classes throughout the country. In 2023, the Taiwan Orchid Growers Association (TOGA) invited Schmidt to speak at the 2024 World Orchid Conference in Tainan, Taiwan. Currently, she is the Vice President of the American Orchid Society and the Chair of the Education Committee.
