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Pop-Up Event: Propagation Workshop at Chuck Feld’s Birmingham Gardens in West Chester, PA
Friday, May 08, 2026, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
Category: Pop-Up Events

A Hands-On Propagation Workshop at Chuck Feld’s Birmingham Gardens –
Back by Popular Demand!

Are you curious about plant propagation and grafting? Would you like to try your hand at both? If so, this workshop is for you. It promises to be both rewarding and fun. In fact, those who attended this workshop in 2025 loved it, so we are offering it again in 2026.

Chuck Feld, formerly a Teacher at the Williamson Trade School, will lead this workshop. He will teach you how to multiply plants by creating new ones from existing ones. This class covers how to propagate all types of plants, including germinating seeds, vegetative propagation, and grafting techniques. Lots of take-home skills will be yours at this hands-on learning experience.

But wait – there’s more! Chuck will lead us on a tour around his property, Birmingham Gardens, showing us some of the many plants he has grafted, experimented with, and is currently selling. The wooded lot comes with many specimens and some from the storied past when J. Franklin Styers owned this homestead. Chuck has many stories to share.

More about Chuck: His career included J. Franklin Styers Nurseries, where he was a nursery manager and landscape supervisor; running his own firm, Charles Feld Nursery Services, designing and building landscapes for homes; and then returning to Styers as general manager and later vice president.

Throughout his career, Chuck has maintained Birmingham Gardens, a 4-acre nursery on his property in Chester County, specializing in propagating woody plants for sale to wholesale nurseries, a business he will maintain in retirement. Read more at: Chuck Feld PHS Award 2017

Workshop Details & Registration

Date & Time:

Friday, May8; 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon  (Rain or Shine)

Note: This pop-up is also being offered on Saturday, May 9.

Location:

Chuck Feld’s Birmingham Gardens, West Chester, PA

Address and parking directions will be sent to all registrants in their confirmation email.

Attendees:

Open to HPS/MAG Members and Non-Members.

HPS/MAG membership covers 2 people in a household. To register the 2nd person in your household, use the "Register Guest" option.

# of Attendees:

Maximum number of attendees is 20. There will be a waitlist.

Cost:

Free for Members; $10 per person for Non-Members

Registration:

Opens on March 25, after 8 p.m. Closes on May 5.

*Important Note:

Please make sure you complete your registration by clicking on the ‘Finish’ button. If you do not receive a confirmation email, your registration was not completed.

Additional Details:

All tools will be provided, and there will be a printed handout you can take home.

Plants will be available for sale.

Bring a packed lunch to enjoy in the garden if it's good weather, or in the sheltered greenhouse if not.

Wear good walking shoes as the land is flat but uneven.

Restrooms are available.

Questions? Contact:

Laura Axel at [email protected]