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Tours, Classes & Workshops To Register call 407-246-3621
Adult
Tours Guided tours through Leu Gardens can be scheduled with a minimum of 3 weeks notice and registration with the Education Department. Please call with a selected date in mind and be prepared to let us know how many people you will be bringing on your tour date. A $ 25.00 deposit fee is required to complete your registration. Upon receipt of your deposit, you will be sent a confirmation, registration form, and map. Our guided tours are led by trained volunteers. You may choose to visit only the Gardens or to also take a Leu Museum tour. A garden tour will take about 1 ½ hrs. and a garden tour with a visit to the Leu museum will take about 2 hours. The Leu Museum is open for tours from 10:00 am through 3:30 pm each day. The cost per visitor for a guided tour is $ 9.00. Bus drivers may visit Leu Gardens with our compliments. For more information, please call the Education Department at (407) 246 – 3621.
No Garden admission after 4:00 pm.
School
Tours Our
goal at Leu Gardens is to provide a fun and educational experience for school
children that compliments the curriculum used to teach them about plants and
insects. In order to meet the
increasing demand among schools to include Leu Gardens in their field trip
visits, we will again be offering two types of tours, plus teacher training
sessions. We hope one of
these tours will meet your needs, and that you will include Leu Gardens in
your visit this school year. With
both tours, the teachers call and schedule a time to come to the Gardens.
They will then be sent to confirmation, registration form, and map
and guide including suggestions for pre and post activities.
For
more information, please call the Education Department at (407) 246 – 3621.
Self-Guided Group Rates A self-guided group rate is available for groups of 10 or more ($2.00 off general admission per person). Reservations are required to receive special rate. Please call in advance. We provide ample and convenient bus parking and the group escort and driver are admitted free as our guests.
Classes
Registration and prepayment required by 5:00 p.m. the day before the class. Due to the demand for classes and our limited space, students must withdraw from classes at least seven working days prior to start of the class in order to receive a refund or credit. If we must cancel a class, we will make every effort to inform you and you will receive a full refund or credit.
Sorry, we cannot accept walk-ins.
All of our children's summer classes have concluded. Watch for new classes in the fall!
Orchid CultureSaturday, September 6 10:00 am – Noon Rose Room
Growing orchids can be very easy in Central Florida. Get a good start by attending this information-packed session on selection, cultivation, and growing media to choose when purchasing and caring for your favorites.
Instructor: Frank DasseFee: $14 (Members $8)
Find out how simple it is to have a backyard organic garden. During this information-packed workshop, we will discuss the benefits, principles and techniques for an organic garden. You will learn how to prepare an organic garden bed, which fertilizers and insecticides to use; seeds and plants to purchase, and advantages of composting and mulching. You will also receive handouts on establishing/maintaining an organic garden and a list of local resources.
Instructor: Dena Wild Fee: $14 (Members $8)
As the temperatures begin to cool down, it is the perfect time to start repairing the damage to your lawn caused by insects, weeds, or root rot.
Instructor: Ed ThrallsFee: $14 (Members $8)
Fall Herbs Thursday, September 4 6:30 pm-8:30 pm Palm Room
Learn how to grow some of the best herbs for central Florida. Discover some of the less common herbs that can be grown here in our ever changing climate. Enjoy the lecture and sample some herbal refreshments; then take home a new herb to try in your garden. Useful handouts will also be provided.
Instructor: Shalamar Summers Fee: $25 (Members $20)
Released by Sunset Books in January 2007, Robert Bowden's book will be the basis for a presentation about many of the best plants to use in Florida's landscape. Trees, vines, vegetables and many other groups of plants will be discussed in a fun filled class by Leu Garden's Director. A copy of his book will be yours to keep after the class.
Instructor: Robert BowdenFee: $25 (Members $20)
All of our landscaping classes have concluded for the summer season. Watch for new classes in the fall!
Have you ever wondered what galaxies, plant tendrils and seashells have in common, or have you ever marveled at the patterns in corals or honeycomb? Spirals, networks and fractals are some of the exquisite basic designs that comprise the underlying structures of all natural objects. Learn to recognize these patterns through in-depth exploration of natural subjects in a fun and well-illustrated lecture. This class will include a power point presentation, work sheets and a walk through the garden. Please bring lunch.
Instructor: Redenta Soprano Fee: $35 (Members $30)
Illustrating Nature's Patterns in Pencil Saturday and Sunday, September 6 & 7 10:00 am-3:00 pm Cottage
For those who participated in the “Exploring Patterns Class” and now would like to practice their drawing skills, the course will continue as a studio class, where students can then set natural subjects into a composition and render them in a full spectrum of gray values. This unique workshop helps to sharpen your powers of observation and improve drawing skills. Please bring lunch.
Instructor: Redenta Soprano Fee: $75 (Members $70)
Up Close and Personal With Acrylic Tuesdays, September 9, 16, 23, & 30 11:00 am-2:00 pm Palm Room
This is a beginner’s class that focuses on observation, composition and color mixing as well as the ABC’s of acrylic painting. You will create a large scale, close up image of your favorite flower revealing all the brilliance and beauty nature packs into one little flower. Please bring your lunch. A materials list will be mailed to you upon registration.
Instructor: Sabrena Allen-Biron Fee: $125 (Members $115)
Join us for a unique three-session experience in the long lost art of pine needle basketry. Useful handouts will be provided, and you will leave with a finished basket of your very own.
Instructor: Sherry LeonardFee: $70 (Members $65)
Making Soap with Aromatherapy Saturday, September 27 10:00 am – Noon Palm Room
Hand made soap retains extra glycerin, known to soften the skin naturally and attract moisture to the skin. Natural ingredients are rarely used in commercially manufactured soap. One of the best advantages of making your own soap is that you are in charge of the quality. You decide which ingredients and how much to use. Come learn how to make your own soaps from natural ingredients you can get from the neighborhood stores. The soaps are long lasting and wonderfully fragrant with natural oils.
Instructor: Vera Gasparini Fee: $35 (Members $28)
All of our nature classes have concluded for the summer season. Watch for new classes in the fall!
There's something magical about the way little caterpillars can transform themselves into beautiful butterflies. What better way to increase the chances that you can watch this miracle in your own yard than to prepare a butterfly garden as a family project! Bring along your children (3rd grade and older) and together learn how to select the proper site and then what plants can be used to attract local and migratory butterfly species. Joel will then take everyone on a tour of our Butterfly Garden, looking for the 4 stages of butterflies: eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and the adult butterfly. Handouts on the best larval and nectar plants for most species of butterflies will also be provided.
Instructor: Joel Arant Fee: $10 per participant (Members $5 per participant)
Nighttime in the Gardens Friday, September 26 8:30 pm-10:00 pm Meet on Patio
Come see the Gardens as you have never seen them before, by moonlight. Take a walk with us as we see how differently the plants and garden creatures look at night. Please bring your own flashlight. This walk is for adults and children over the ages of 12.
Leu Staff Fee: $10 (Members $5)
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About the Instructors
Sabrena Allen-Biron was raised near the White Mountains of New Hampshire and has been a naturalist and landscape artist from an early age. She studied at Notre Dame College, De Paul University and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was the art director for Info-Mark Advertising Agency and then started her own design firm. Sabrina worked in design, film making and then returned to her main interest of painting and taught at The Currier Gallery of Art for seven years. She now teaches at the Orlando Museum of Fine Arts.
Karen Andreas has been growing bromeliads for more than 20 years in Brevard County. She is the editor of the newsletter of the Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies, a state-wide publication. Karen and her husband Michael run the number one bromeliad web site on the Internet, the Bromeliad Encyclopedia at the fcbs.org.
Joel Arant is a horticulturist at Harry P. Leu Gardens and presently maintains Mary Jane’s Rose Garden and helps with the Leu Gardens Butterfly Garden, and Vegetable Gardens. Joel attended the University of Tennessee at Martin where he studied zoology and other sciences and received his B.S. degree. He has also studied Ornamental Horticulture at Valencia Community College.
Robert Bowden is the Executive Director of Harry P. Leu Gardens, author of the Florida Top Ten Garden Guide by Sunset Books and an avid gardener.
Ilene Colwill owns Ilene’s Cuisine, a small instructional-based cooking company. Utilizing nature’s bounty of fruits, vegetables and herbs, she demonstrates recipes from soup to nuts with stylish ease and elegance.
Chuck Conyers, the BONSAIGUY, has been practicing the art of bonsai for over 20 years as an avid enthusiast, instructor and professional. He has studied the art with some of the most famous Japanese and American bonsai master experts over many years and has incorporated these teachings in his instruction and development of his trees. Chuck is also a retired fire fighter with the city of Orlando.
Frank Dasse once bought an orchid for his wife for Valentine’s Day, discovered how easy they are to grow, and has been enthusiastically growing orchids ever since. Mr. Dasse is a financial planner and professor at the Crummer School of Business, Rollins College and has a PhD in Economics from the University of Florida.
Laura Seckbach Finn (LSF), the founder of Fly By Night, Inc, received a Masters degree in Biology & Bachelors in Zoology from the University of Central Florida. She is considered an expert in the field of bat conservation & biology, field research & population management.
Vera M. Gasparini has been a student of plants for much of her life and is a certified professional agronomist and weed scientist. Vera began studying and practicing aromatherapy 10 years ago and has worked as an apprentice for Jennifer Hochell, certified aromatherpist and owner of JennScents, in Mt. Dora.
Rick Jeffrey is a retired fire fighter from the Orlando Fire Department and an avid bonsai grower. He has been cultivating bonsai trees for 25 years and frequently gives talks on the subject to garden clubs and plant societies.
Sherry Leonard has been demonstrating and selling her pine needle baskets/vessels locally for almost 20 years. She has, over the years, attended many classes in a variety of basketry techniques and looks forward to sharing her knowledge of pine needle basketry with others.
Tom MacCubbin is the recently “retired” County Urban Horticulturist employed by Orange County and the Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences, a division of the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida. His position was, and still is, to assist Florida homeowners in the development and maintenance of home gardens, landscapes, and turf ornamentals.
Kristin and Stephen Pategas are co-owners of Hortus Oasis (www.hortusoasis.com) in Winter Park, FL. They provide services in garden design and consultation, garden writing and photography, as well as horticultural education. Stephen is an award-winning, registered landscape architect and a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Kristin is an award winning Florida Certified Landscape Designer and a certified member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers. They have been featured in Southern Living magazine.
Eric Schmidt is the Botanic Records Specialist and helps maintain the Palm Garden at Harry P. Leu Gardens. Eric obtained his Associates Degree in Horticulture from Valencia Community College, and his knowledge and interests includes palms, cycads, bamboo, tropicals, ferns, conifers, vines, native plants and xerics.
Redenta Soprano attended the School of Visual Arts, Moore College of Art and graduated from the State University of New York with a degree in Natural Sciences and Art. Ms. Soprano has been a member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators since 1983. She now works as a freelance illustrator, specializing in botanical art. Shalamar Summers has a passion for sharing her fun with plants. This “love” was grown in Oregon where Shalamar lived and tended her family garden. For the past 12 years she has studied horticulture here in central Florida and runs her own business, Shalamars Garden, as a gardening and landscaping consultant. She is a Florida Certified Horticulture Professional and is enthusiastic in teaching and sharing here at Leu Gardens.
Ed Thralls is an Extension Agent with the University of Florida and Orange County Extension Service. A graduate of the University of Florida, Ed has been providing residential gardening and landscaping advice since 1998. He writes two monthly garden articles for the Orange County Homeowners Association Alliance, and the Orange County Master Gardener “pH News” newsletters. When not providing educational presentation to local garden clubs and community events, you can find Ed propagating plants.
Dena Wild began to learn gardening through her career in landscape architecture. After years of “hands in the dirt” experience she joined the master gardener programs in Colorado and Florida. She not only is a backyard organic gardener, but she has also been hooked on herbs for the past 20 years, and has lectured and published articles on growing, using and loving herbs. She is the recent past president of the Central Florida Herb Society and a certified master gardener for Orange County, FL.
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