Dutch Floral Design
Dutch Floral Design is an in-person, hands-on floral design class led by Dutch-trained designer Melissa Palmer. After a demonstration of the techniques and principles behind the Dutch approach, participants will create their own arrangements using seasonal flowers, with guidance from Palmer throughout the process. The work emphasizes movement, texture, and the naturalistic character of Dutch floral arranging.
The class is an elective for Longwood Gardens’ Floral Design Certificate program. All consumable materials, including flowers, are included, and classroom tools will be available for use.
When: Sunday, November 15, 2026
Showtimes: 1:00–4:00 pm
Venue: Longwood Gardens, The Grove Studio 108
Tickets: $219; $197 for members and Innovators. Members and Innovators receive a 10% discount on continuing education classes, applied automatically at checkout.
Status: The class is sold out. Waitlist registration is available, including separate waitlist options for members and Innovators.
Admission: Registration includes all-day admission to the Gardens on the day of the class.
Ages: Intended as an adult learning experience.
Instructor: Melissa Palmer is a Dutch floral designer who trained with Gregor Lerch in Germany and at the Boerma Institute in the Netherlands in Dutch Master Design. She works with Bucks Beautiful, a Bucks County nonprofit, filming nature and horticulture topics and writing about gardening and floral design. She is also a Master Gardener, Master beekeeper, and mason bee specialist, lectures on beneficial insects, owns Florum Flowers and Petaling Posies, and teaches classes and workshops at Thach Hatter Cottage in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
Supplies: Flowers and all other consumable supplies are provided. Classroom tools will be available. Students who want to purchase their own tools should bring wire cutters, floral scissors, and pruners.
Certificate: This course counts as an elective component of Longwood Gardens’ Floral Design Certificate.
Cancellation: Registrations may be canceled up to two weeks before the class for a refund of the registration fee minus a $30 processing fee. Refunds are not available when a program has been moved to a scheduled inclement-weather date.