Embrace the Night Life
Celebrate summer's darker side with Phipps!
This semester, enjoy life after the sun goes down. Our education team has interpreted this theme in a variety of ways throughout our course listings to help you enjoy these warm and dazzling summer nights. With courses featuring exciting topics like moonlight photography, native gardening for moths, a noctournal creatures night walk and gothic floral arranagments, theres so much fun to be had after the sun sets behind our glasshouse!
Garden and Design
- Creating a Moon Garden | July 29; 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Botanical Craft
- Nocturnal Creatures Night Walk | Maria Wheeler-Dubas | July 31; 8 – 9:30 p.m.
Scroll down to learn more about our nocturnal courses!
Creating a Moon Garden
Tues., July 29 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Live webinar on Zoom
$25 members | $30 nonmembers
Learn to combine flowers, scents, and garden accessories to create an atmosphere of calm and beauty in the garden. Learn which flowers bloom in the evening releasing fragrant scents to attract nighttime pollinators and those with white blooms that glow in the moonlight. Plus get some tips on effective yet unobtrusive modern outdoor lighting.
Nocturnal Creatures Night Walk
Thurs., July 31 | 8 – 9:30 p.m.
Center for Sustainable Landscapes Classroom
$20 members | $25 nonmembers
Some of the coolest creatures around are only awake at night! Join us for an evening of learning about some of our nocturnal neighbors and their nighttime adaptations, and then come with us on a quest through Schenley Park to find bats, owls, insects, and more! Make sure you dress for the weather and walking. If the walk is to be rescheduled due to dangerous weather conditions, registrants will be contacted by 5 p.m. on the day before the walk.
For more details about our programs or to receive personalized class recommendations from our helpful staff, please feel free to contact us at edu@phipps.conservatory.org.
Confirmations will be emailed the day before each class, including a Zoom link. Please check your spam/junk mail folder, and if you have not received the link, email edu@phipps.conservatory.org.
Virtual classes are recorded and made available to all registered participants for one month after the program.
Cancellation policy:
Contact edu@phipps.conservatory.org or 412-441-4442 ext. 3925 to cancel a class registration.
- Up to two weeks before the class (or the first class date, for a multi-session class), you may receive a full refund minus a non-refundable $10 adminstrative fee.
- Up to 72 hours (3 days) before the class or the first class date, you may receive a 50% refund.
- Less than 72 hours (3 days) before the class or the first class date, there are no refunds.
- Special events like conferences will have a separate cancellation policy and refund deadline.
All times are Eastern Time Zone.
Want to sign up with a gift certificate?
Contact Phipps at edu@phipps.conservatory.org or 412-441-4442 ext. 3925 with your choice of class to sign up with a gift certificate. If there is a remaining balance for the class or a remaining balance on the gift certificate, we will discuss those details.
