Each weekend during GardenFest visitors can experience the era of silent films, complete with live organ accompaniment from Longwood's 10,010-pipe Aeolian organ. A frequent Longwood performer, Kinnier draws upon his extensive knowledge of both classical and popular music for the themes, motifs, and moods he skillfully blends into a seamless score. On Sunday, September 10, the Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus from the Ukraine perform in the Open Air Theatre at 4 pm. The final weekend of GardenFest highlights vintage dances by Mixed Pickles , a Philadelphia-based dance company. Couples in period costume swirl across the marble floor in the Conservatory Exhibition Hall, giving viewers a glimpse of the dances of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s.
Interested visitors can take a turn with the dancers and learn some new steps.
Weekends offer garden games Weekends are also the time for Garden Games. A variety of outdoor amusements that the du Pont family and friends may have played is available for vistors to enjoy, from badminton and croquet to kids' lawn bowling and a bean bag toss. Heritage Trail through beautiful gardens September is a glorious time at Longwood. The roses bloom again, lawns regain their verdant hue, and voluptuous clouds of late summer annuals envelop the Flower Garden Walk. GardenFest's self-guided Heritage Trail gives visitors even more reasons to explore Longwood's hundreds of acres.