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Native Plants of Summer - Hybrid

Learn 60 trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials native to the Eastern Temperate Forest that are beautiful, inspiring, and critical for healthy landscapes. Also learn their preferred growing conditions, overall size, and ecological significance.

Our highly popular Native Plants Series is available in a new course format. View the prerecorded lectures at your own pace prior to joining Mt. Cuba staff for scheduled onsite 2-hour garden tours. Tours include walking over rolling terrain and mulched paths. Dress for the weather. Classes are rain or shine. Six prerecorded online lectures available Monday 5/26. This program takes place in-person at Mt. Cuba Center Three garden tours Saturday: 6/7, 6/21, & 6/28, Optional Exam 7/12. About the Instructors: Kathy Elliot works as an Educator at Mt. Cuba Center. She has bachelor’s degree in plant science and English from the University of Delaware and earned a Certificate of Merit in Landscape Design from Longwood Gardens. She worked for fifteen years at a family-owned, plant-focused garden center in south-central Pennsylvania, where she multi-tasked between landscape design and garden center management. Vic Piatt is a 1992 graduate of Longwood Gardens’ Professional Horticulture Program and has been employed at Mt. Cuba Center since that time. He has held several positions from Grounds staff, Cut Flower gardener, Trial Garden Horticulturist, Rock and Scree Gardens Horticulturist, to Garden Manager. He presently holds the position of Senior Garden Advisor. He has a fondness for green flowering plants.

Date & Time

Weekly on Saturday

06/07/2025 through 06/28/2025

10:00AM - 12:00PM

Location

Mt. Cuba Center - 3120 Barley Mill Rd., Hockessin, DE, 19707 3120 Barley Mill Rd. Hockessin 19707 DE US

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302-239-4244

$249

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