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HO LI DAY A Longwood Christmas November 20–January 10
Same Beauty, New Guidelines Please see our new visiting procedures for the holiday season, as detailed throughout this brochure. We can’t wait to welcome you to the warmth and cheer of A Longwood Christmas.
A Longwood Christmas On View November 20, 2020–January 10, 2021 This holiday season experience all the traditions that make A Longwood Christmas so special. Find heartwarming moments amid towering trees laden with one-of-a-kind ornaments … marvel at horticultural artistry in the form of floral trees and wreaths … and watch your family’s eyes sparkle along with our dazzling light display. Celebrate the nostalgia of past holiday memories—and share in the excitement of many more memories to come. A spirit of merriment, of joy, of time- honored happiness awaits you. Warmth and cheer are here.
Members,
Plan Ahead
Make your holiday oh so merry and bright by planning
ahead for A Longwood Christmas this year.
For the safety and health of Bringing a Guest?
our guests and staff, please Complimentary Guest Tickets are
not valid on blackout dates during
note our new holiday season
A Longwood Christmas. Blackout
visiting procedures: dates are all Fridays, Saturdays,
and Sundays during A Longwood
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e have limited our admission
Christmas through January 3, 2021
capacity for the season.
and every day December 25, 2020
– F ree, timed Member reservations through January 3, 2021. Check
are required from open to close your tickets as restrictions may apply.
every day during A Longwood Guests using Complimentary Guest
Christmas, and should be made Tickets do not require additional
in advance. timed tickets.
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ardens Premium Members
do not require reservations. Member Guests &
General Admission
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n-site ticketing and Member Buy Before You Arrive · Timed
reservations are not available. Tickets Required · Tickets Limited
Admission to A Longwood Christmas
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eekdays may be a great time
is by Timed Admission Ticket with
to enjoy the Gardens with more
tickets issued for a specific date
reservation availability.
and time. Guests not included in
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ith a timed Member reservation, a Membership require a Timed
you may enter the Gardens as early Admission Ticket. We cannot
as a half-hour before or half-hour accommodate a Member’s request
after your entry time. Later or earlier for tickets if we are sold out.
arrivals cannot be accommodated. Purchase in advance as tickets
sell out.
Reservations and tickets available now: longwoodgardens.org
Give the Ultimate Gift Give the gift of year-round Gardens access with a Gift of Membership. Not only does a Gift of Membership give your recipient a year of beauty and discovery, but helps support Longwood’s legacy of excellence in horticulture, education, and the arts. Learn more at longwoodgardens.org/ gift-membership.
Good Tidings For All Same Beauty, New Guidelines Know Our Visiting Guidelines. Please honor the visiting guidelines we’ve created in accordance with state and local regulations. Face masks are required (ages 2 and older) in both indoor and outdoor public spaces, unless individuals are outside and are able to consistently maintain a distance of six feet from individuals who are not members of their household. Visit longwoodgardens.org/visiting to help you prepare for your visit. You will also receive an email prior to your visit that details our visiting guidelines. Know Our Conservatory Guidelines. Our Conservatory will feature a one-way walking route throughout and face masks are required. Food and beverage consumption, as well as tripod use and professional photo shoots, are not permitted inside the Conservatory. The Indoor Children’s Garden is closed; Organ Sing-Alongs and choral performances will not take place this year. Buy Before You Arrive. We have limited our admission capacity for the season, so plan ahead and make your Member reservations in advance. Print your Member reservations and tickets at home and show them upon entry or go paperless and open them on your smartphone prior to entering the Visitor Center. Parking is Free and Available Only in Our Main Lot. Handicap parking with your permit is available in the main lot. Please note: Due to limited capacities, remote parking and bus transportation are not being used this year. Start Your Visit Together. All guests included in your party must enter the admissions queue together; please do not enter the line until all members of your party are present. The Visitor Center lobby is not available for waiting for other members of your party.
Getting Around the Gardens. Shuttle service is not provided. A limited
number of wheelchairs and scooters are available on a first-come, first-
served basis. Strollers are not available. You are welcome to bring your
own mobility device.
xperience Our Lights and Fountains. Our outdoor lights and fire pits
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begin to come on at 12 pm daily. Our Open Air Theatre fountain shows run
daily from 10 am–11 pm, while our Large Lake and Main Fountain Garden
light displays run daily from 4–11 pm (weather permitting).
Bundle Up! A Longwood Christmas is both indoors and outdoors.
Be Sure You Have All You Need. Once you enter the Gardens, you may
stay as long as you wish. Once you leave the Gardens, there is no re-entry,
so please make sure you have everything you need before entering.
Map Your Route. Visit longwoodgardens.org/maps/christmas on your
smartphone to see all the locations throughout the Gardens filled with
Christmas cheer. You can also find a detachable Conservatory and outdoor
gardens map in this brochure to bring with you. Printed maps are not
available on-site.
11 Shop with Us. As re-entry is not permitted, we ask that you shop in our
GardenShop prior to entering the admissions queue or at the conclusion of
your visit. The GardenShop entrance and exit are on the Visitor Center patio
to the left of the main entrance doors.
Check our website for real-time ticket and Member reservation
availability: longwoodgardens.org
Fantastically
Festive Features
Food & Spirits
Enjoy delicious dining options
in our Beer Garden, Café, and
1906 throughout A Longwood
Christmas. Outdoor concessions
are also available throughout
the Gardens.
The Café
Enjoy à la carte options for
the entire family, from ready-
to-eat sandwiches and salads
to hot entrée selections to
freshly prepared desserts.
When dining at The Café,
you may use mobile ordering
via your mobile device. When
ordering, log in using your
Longwood Member username
and password to receive your
Member dining discount.
Daily: 11 am–9 pm Garden Railway
Beer Garden Make memories at our holiday
Enjoy grab-and-go beverages, Garden Railway. Miniature model
snacks, and more. trains rumble through a beautifully
landscaped setting complete
Monday–Thursday: 4–10 pm with twinkling lights.
Friday–Sunday: 12–10 pm
Daily: 10 am–11 pm
December 18–January 3
Daily: 12–10 pm Location: Near The Terrace
Restaurant
Beer Garden hours are Weather permitting
weather permitting.
Live Holiday Music
1906
Savor a full-service prix fixe ticketed Revel in the delightful instrumental
dining experience at 1906. Advance sounds of Rob Dickenson and the
registration and prepayment required. Brandywine Christmas Minstrels
For menus and reservations, visit as they celebrate the season.
longwoodgardens.org/dine. November 27–December 20
Lunch Daily: Every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday:
11:30 am–2 pm 5–8 pm
December 21–24 and 26–27,
Dinner Nightly: January 1–3
4–8 pm Daily: 5–8 pm
November 26, December 24, Location: Peirce-du Pont House Plaza
December 25: Weather permitting
11:30 am–7:30 pm
Fire Pit Fun For All Daily: 12–11 pm Weather permitting Locations: Italian Water Garden, Peirce-du Pont House Plaza, Main Fountain Garden Designed and created by our staff, our three unique fire pits are the perfect place to warm up as you explore our magnificent outdoor display.
Open Air Theatre Fountain Shows Our Open Air Theatre fountains run daily from 10 am –11 pm. Shows are weather permitting. Please note: While the Main Fountain Garden will feature a holiday light display, fountains will not run during this time. Main Fountain Garden fountains return May 6, 2021. Light Displays Enjoy light displays choreographed to holiday music in our Main Fountain Garden and by our Large Lake, running every five minutes from 4–11 pm.
Want holiday updates, beautiful photos, and sell-out alerts? Be sure to follow us @LongwoodGardens on Twitter and Instagram, and like us on Facebook.
Outdoor Gardens Map
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Bring this Map with You! Entrance/E
Simply detach this map and
bring it with you during your
visit; printed maps are not
available on-site. Garden Railway
10 am–11 pm
Conservatory Weather Permitting
Entrance
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Indoor Christmas B
Display
Open Air Theatre
9 Fountain Shows
Run daily from
Fire Pit 12–11 pm 10 am–11 pm
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Main Fountain Garden
Light Display
Runs every five minutes
from 4–11 pm
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Drinking Fountain Dining Concessions Emergency Phone i Information Pub10
J Meadow Tunnel Meadow Garden
Garden Light Display H Entrance/Exit
Exit
Italian Water Garden
Light Display
Fire Pit 12–11 pm
Weather Permitting
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Peirce-du Pont House
Christmas Display 5
Fire Pit 12–11 pm 7
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Hanging Orbs Wildlife
Light Display Tree
Garden Features
A Visitor Center and 1 Idea Garden
A i The GardenShop 2 Children’s Corner
B Conservatory 3 Flower Garden Walk
Visitor Center (see reverse for map)
Entrance/Exit 4 Small Lake
C Main Fountain Garden 5 Peirce’s Woods
36 Historic Pump Room
D 6 Large Lake
& Gallery 7 Canopy Cathedral
E The Terrace: The Café, Treehouse
1906, and Beer Garden 8 Peirce’s Park
F Open Air Theatre 9 Birdhouse Treehouse
G Peirce-du Pont House 10 Lookout Loft Treehouse
H Italian Water Garden Suggested Christmas
I Chimes Tower Light Display Route
J Meadow Garden Wheelchair and Scooter
Accessible Path
Gardens are
smoke-free
blic Restrooms Emergency Shelter Mother’s Room Scooter Charging
StationConservatory Map
A Longwood Christmas
Palm
Bonsai House
Growing
Growing
Mediterranean
Fruit House
Garden
Estate
House
Waterlily Display
House
Fern Passage Orchid Acacia Passage
Tropical House
Rose House Silver Garden
Cascade Terrace Banana
Garden House
Conservatory Key
Seasonal Display Public Restrooms Elevators
Children’s Tree Drinking Fountain Stairs
Display
One-way Emergency Phone i Information
Route
Closed Mother’s RoomPipe Organ
& Gallery Green Wall
Music
Room
Ballroom
Entrance
Exhibition East Conservatory
Hall
Exit
Main
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Conservatory Garden Path
Camellia
House
Indoor
Orangery Children’s
Garden
Exit Only
Restrooms on Lower LevelHoliday Performances Enjoy harmonized holiday classics amid our glistening outdoor display as Rob Dickenson and the Brandywine Christmas Minstrels perform instrumental music outside of the Peirce du-Pont House on select dates. November 27–29 December 4–6, 11–13, 18–24, 26 & 27 January 1–3 5–8 pm Weather permitting
December
4 pplications due for Take Flight!
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A Bird Garden STEAM Design
Challenge**
Calendar 15 irtual Member Orientation
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6 pm*
of Events January
11 Conservatory closed for A
Longwood Christmas removal
Outdoor gardens open 10 am–5 pm
November Member reservations not required
12 Closed for A Longwood
Chrysanthemum Festival Christmas removal
On View
Now–November 15
Garden Railway
Horticulture
On View
Now–January 10, 2021 Education
Members-only
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Member Appreciation Day *Advance registration required:
10 am–6 pm longwoodgardens.org/member-
orientation or 610.388.1000
Closed for A Longwood **Find more information at
16 longwoodgardens.org/education
Christmas installation
17 Closed for A Longwood
Christmas installation
18 Conservatory closed for Please note: Organ Sing-Alongs
A Longwood Christmas and choral performances will not
installation take place this year. The Indoor
Outdoor gardens open 10 am–6 pm Children’s Garden is closed.
Member reservations not required
Virtual Member Orientation
12 pm*
19 onservatory closed for
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A Longwood Christmas
installation
Outdoor gardens open 10 am–6 pm
Member reservations not required
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On View
Now–January 10, 2021Highlights From
Our Gardens
The Tradition Continues conveying a “refreshing winter feeling
while inside. The chill in the air and
This Christmas we celebrate all of the joy of the season make this my
the traditions that make A Longwood favorite time of year,” shares Roger.
Christmas so special … and our expert
staff that makes it possible. From our The jovial sounds of fountains beckon
traditional poinsettia standards to our you to the Fern Floor, where a
living wreaths to our floral trees, our delightful display of intertwining
horticultural excellence leads the way. poinsettia ribbons flowing among
Outside, hundreds of thousands of fountains and surrounding red- and
outdoor lights set a festive mood, gold-decorated trees evokes a feeling
while our light shows set to holiday of warmth and wonder. Led by
music, both near the Large Lake Horticulture Specialty Grower Kevin
along a Pierce’s Woods backdrop Bielicki, the display “hearkens back
and in the Main Fountain Garden, to some of our past traditional floral
warm the heart. displays but reconfigured in a new,
contemporary way.” For Kevin,
As you step foot in our East the design brings him back to his
Conservatory, you’ll be greeted with childhood when “it was always a
a palette of wintery white, cool blue, tradition to completely decorate our
and silver, evoking the feeling of house inside and out, building great
refreshing, brisk air … but experienced memories along the way. Designing
in the comfort of our Conservatory. an experience to help guests generate
Draped in hues of blue, white, and memories for years to come is very
silver, our towering 24-foot East Tree satisfying,” he shares.
furthers the East Conservatory’s
invigorating feel. Outdoor Landscape Speaking of warmth and wonder …
Manager Roger Davis, who leads the our Music Room is a delight just
East Tree design and installation, was waiting to be unwrapped. This iconic
inspired by “an appreciation for our A Longwood Christmas space is
loved ones and community” and decked out in a theme reminiscentof a nostalgic Christmas morning, Gardener’s Tree is enveloped with
with overflowing stockings hanging ornaments, sugar cones, gourds,
from the mantel and an 18-foot-tall and a handmade grapevine garland,
Fraser fir rotating in the center as well as topped with gilded curly
doorway, with beautifully decorated willow and Paulownia pods. As in
presents waiting underneath. Senior many years past, our Wildlife Tree
Horticulturist April Bevans, who has nourishes our feathered and furry
led the design of the Music Room friend with its handcrafted edible
for nearly a decade now, shares that ornaments, and our Peirce-du Pont
“the room is dressed for a traditional House Conservatory and Heritage
Christmas and this year is just the right Exhibit Rooms feature multicolored
time for that feel. I always go into décor as bright and cheerful as the
designing the Music Room with season itself. Senior Horticulturist
a story in my head, and this year I Lauren Hill, part of the team who
envisioned the most beautiful sitting decorates the Peirce-du Pont House
room that calls us all back to the for the season, loves that the house
visions of the holidays as a child.” calls for attention to “tiny details,”
as guests can view everything up
Other delights waiting to be discovered close in this space. Lauren always
throughout our Conservatory include feels inspired by her own childhood
an ombre-swathed tree amid a vibrant when decorating the house, sharing
meadow in our Mediterranean “When I was little I would wake up
Garden and spectacular living trees early in the morning when it was
of tropical foliage in our Palm House, still dark to go and plug in the
Tillandsia in our Cascade Garden, Christmas trees. My mother had a
and poinsettia and Artemisia in our tree for each of us four kids. I would
Rose House. lay on the floor under the lights and
at Longwood I want to create that
Outside, more beautiful horticulture same magical escape for our guests
in the spirit of traditional A Longwood this year, to feel the brightness of
Christmas beauty awaits. Our 25-foot the holidays."Winter Wonder On View January 23–March 21, 2021 This winter, it’s all about outdoor spacious and indoor oasis. Outside, envelop yourself in a feeling of peace and tranquility with a walk amongst the dramatic silhouettes of trees that stretch far into the sky, as soothing, textural grasses and seed heads guide you along the way. Take time to examine the fine details of the winter garden, set against the fresh, crisp air of winter. Inside, step into a sanctuary of warmth. Look up to an overhead garden of hanging baskets adorned with such vibrant beauties as jasmine, cape- primrose, and lipstick-plant. Find yourself in a paradise of flowers and foliage, bursting with color … all in a beautiful indoor winter wonderland with a tropical twist. Warm up to winter.
Gardens Information
Gardens Hours Dining at The Terrace
A Longwood Christmas The Terrace is a Certified Green
November 20, 2020–January 10, 2021 Restaurant through the Green
Daily: 10 am–11 pm Restaurant Association and offers
these dining experiences: The Café,
Please Note 1906, and the Beer Garden. For menus,
Our Gardens are closed all hours, and 1906 reservations visit
day November 16 and 17 for longwoodgardens.org/dine. When
A Longwood Christmas installation. dining at The Café, you may use mobile
Our Conservatory remains closed ordering via your mobile device. When
November 18 and 19 for installation, ordering, log in using your Longwood
while our outdoor gardens are open Member username and password to
10 am–6 pm. Member reservations are receive your Member dining discount.
not required on November 18 and 19.
Our Conservatory is closed January 11
for A Longwood Christmas removal, For Your Convenience
but our outdoor gardens are open Longwood Gardens covers many
10 am-5 pm; no Member reservations acres. There are no shuttles within
are needed on January 11. We are the Gardens. A limited number of
closed January 12. wheelchairs and scooters are available
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Strollers are not available at this
Tickets
time. You are welcome to bring your
own mobility device. Supply limited,
Gardens Admission
reservations not accepted.
Adults: $30
Seniors (62+) and College
Students with student ID: $27 Parking
Youth (5–18): $16 Longwood offers free parking for our
Children 4 & under: Free guests and is available in our main lot.
Please note: Remote parking, as well
Additional pricing details available as bus transportation between remote
on our website. parking and the Gardens, are not being
used this year.
Member Reservations
Free timed Member reservations are
required every day during A Longwood Follow Us
Christmas from open to close. @LongwoodGardens
#LongwoodGardens
Gardens Premium Members and #LongwoodChristmas
guests included in their Membership
do not require timed reservations
throughout A Longwood Christmas.
Phone: 610.388.1000
Blackout dates not valid for Website: longwoodgardens.org
Complimentary Guest Tickets Free WiFi available:
All Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays Connect to FreeGardenWIFI
during A Longwood Christmas,
through January 3, 2021 and every Our Gardens are smoke-free.
day December 25, 2020 through
January 3, 2021. Check your tickets Photography credits:
as restrictions may apply. Richard Donham, Hank Davis,
Mary Rinderle Smith, Eileen Tercha,
Visit longwoodgardens.org for more Daniel Traub and David Ward
details. Prices and hours are subject
to change. Illustrations by Morgan Cichewicz
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