Workshops at Chanticleer
If you have questions about Chanticleer Workshops or if you wish to register by phone, please contact Erin Dougherty, Public Programs Manager at edougherty@chanticleergarden.org orcall 610-687-4163 ext. 115.
Chanticleer Gardeners Share Workshop Series
Course Description:
Chanticleer is known for dynamic planting design, incorporating craftsmanship into the garden, and gardeners leading the design process. The result is a garden that is ever-changing, between the seasons and from year to year. Join Chanticleer gardeners for this three-part workshop series and learn firsthand about the work that goes into this dynamic garden.
Each workshop provides insight into the practical side of garden management and design. Topics focus on seasonally specific tasks and on understanding what is happening in the garden. The workshop consists of presentations, plant walks, demonstrations, and hands-on experimentation. There will be opportunities for critical appraisal of the garden, discussion, and to ask questions throughout each workshop in the series.
This series is best suited for someone who has gardening experience, including avid home gardeners, garden professionals, and landscape design professionals. While the workshop will cover some fundamentals, the aim is to extend the participant’s plant knowledge, enhance technical abilities, and encourage experimentation in gardening practices. Participants can choose to take one, two, or three of the workshops within the series; content varies with each season.
Spring Workshop: Plant Propagation and Container Design
April 24 & 25, 9am-4pm
• Propagation techniques: seed, perennial division, and direct sowing ephemerals
• Container design, displays, planting and maintenance
• Bulbs and geophytes
Summer Workshop: Planting Succession, Staking, and Flower Arranging
June 26 & 27, 9am-4pm
• Supporting, staking, and tying plants
• Cut flowers and flower arranging from the garden
• Planting succession
• Gravel Gardening
• Gardening with native plants
• Uncommon woody plant selections
• Tropical and non-hardy plants
Fall Workshop: Seasonal Gardening Tasks, Plant Selection, and Dividing Bulbs
October 16 & 17, 9am-4pm
• Fall garden care
• Plants for autumn color
• Bulbs: using and dividing
• Tender plants: propagation and overwinter
• Bamboo splitting
• Evergreens and the role of trees and tree canopy in the landscape
Workshop Location:
786 Church Road, Wayne PA 19087
Price:
The price is $849 USD for one workshop, or you can register for all three for $2,049. Price includes instruction, garden admission, breakfast, and lunch each day.
Scholarships may be available for professionals and those training in horticulture. Please submit a resume, and a cover letter that outlines what your needs are, what portion you can pay, and lists two professional references.
Register here.
Garden Design Workshop with Annie Guilfoyle
Course Description:
Saturday to Tuesday, July 15-18, 9am - 5:30pm
Learn about designing gardens with acclaimed British designer, Annie Guilfoyle. This carefully crafted course will guide you through each stage of the design process, beginning with the fundamentals of surveying and site analysis. Followed by essential techniques of how to initiate the design, where to find inspiration, and how to develop a creative concept into a stunning garden.
Together with the Chanticleer staff, Annie will focus on ways of achieving imaginative ideas for hardscaping, along with how to perfect dazzling planting combinations and realize innovative designs for original furniture and sculpture.
This course is ideally suited to students of garden and landscape design and people working in the garden industry, or for those who simply want to redesign their own garden capturing the essence of Chanticleer under Annie's guidance. The course includes practical studio sessions, lectures and demonstrations, garden walks, and critical analysis. Annie will be including up-to-date information and inspiration about what is happening on the UK garden scene.
Workshop Location:
786 Church Road, Wayne PA 19087
Price:
$989. Price includes instruction, garden admission, breakfast, and lunch each day.
Scholarships may be available for professionals and those training in horticulture. Please submit a resume, and a cover letter that outlines what your needs are, what portion you can pay, and lists two professional references.
Register here.
Vision, Craft, and the Desire to Grow with Rob Cardillo
Course Description:
Friday to Sunday, September 29 - October 1
Compelling images are made when a fully engaged body, mind, and soul are coupled with impeccable camera technique. This workshop will help you find and translate your own personal vision of garden beauty by providing you with new tools, new ideas and new experiences. We’ll be shooting at the edges of the day at the peak of fall color in one of the world’s most exceptional gardens so expect to find drama!
The weekend begins Friday evening with reception, giving you a chance to meet Rob and mingle with participants. Following the reception, Rob will give a presentation on photographic design principals to jumpstart the workshop. Participants will have access to the garden both Saturday and Sunday before the garden opens to the public. Afternoon sessions will allow plenty of time for editing, discussion, and group critiques.
The workshop is open to all skill levels but is best suited for individuals who are comfortable and competent operating the equipment they bring. All cameras (including phone cameras) are welcome but bring along extra cards, spare batteries, and any additional lenses you care to work with. A tripod is useful but not necessary. A laptop to download and edit your work is strongly recommended and will allow you to better participate in the group critiques. This workshop will be held rain or shine. Regardless of weather, dry socks and spare shoes are always a good idea.
Rob Cardillo has been providing exceptional images of plants, gardens and the people who tend them for over 20 years. His work appears regularly in magazines and in over 25 garden books. Check out Rob’s work on his website.
Details:
Friday, September 29th 3-5pm – a reception and presentation from Rob and evening photography shoot
Saturday, September 30th, 6:45am-6:45pm – an early morning photography shoot, midday editing and evening photography shoot
Sunday, October 1st, 6:45am-1pm – an early morning photography shoot and group critique
Workshop Location:
786 Church Road, Wayne PA 19087
Price:
$679. Price includes instruction, garden admission, breakfast, and lunch each day.
Register here.
Opening Times
Wednesday - Sunday
10am - 5pm
Parking reservations required until 3pm Wednesdays-Sundays.
Reservations required Fridays until 6:30pm.
Starting July 5, reservations will not be required on Wednesdays & Thursdays.
Friday Evenings
Open until 8pm through Labor Day, parking reservations are required until 6:30pm.
Due to limited parking, we cannot accommodate groups on Friday evenings.
Picnicking is permitted only in the picnic areas, except on Friday evenings from 4-8pm, guests may picnic anywhere in the garden.
We ask guests to carry out what they bring in.
2023 Season Pass
Chanticleer’s 2023 Season Pass is available for purchase.
Purchase a 2023 Season Pass, good through November 5, 2023.
Early Saturdays in 2023
We open at 8:00am on July 1, September 2, and October 7.
Regular admission fees apply and parking reservations are required.
House and Garden Tours
Held every Friday and Saturday at 11am.
Learn more and register here.
Garden Highlights Tour
Held every Wednesday and Saturday at 2pm.
Learn more and register here.
News & Events
Once Upon a Garden:
Storytime at Chanticleer
Story Times will be held at 9:30am on June 17, July 22, and August 26. Registration is required.
Chanticleer Gardeners Share Summer Workshop: Planting Succession, Staking, and Flower Arranging
June 26 & 27, 9am-4pm
Register here.
Wildside, a film screening/h4>
Join Annie Guilfoyle for the first screening in the U.S. at the Radnor Memorial Library.
Wednesday, July 12, 6:30pm
Register here.
Woody Plant Conference
Join the 2023 Woody Plant Conference virtually or in-person at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
Friday, July 14, 2023.
Register now.
Perennial Plant Conference
Join the 2023 Perennial Plant Conference virtually or in-person at the
Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College.
Friday, October 20, 2023.
Register now.
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