Case Study: Longwood Gardens scales global eLearning and engages 5,500 learners in 12 weeks with D2L Brightspace

Gardening for the Globe

Longwood Gardens, a premier U.S. botanical garden founded in 1906 with a strong education mission and more than 1.5 million annual visitors, sought to scale its programs beyond on‑site audiences. The challenge was to reach a global community with an immediate, compelling online learning experience and open courses that anyone could access anytime.

Partnering with D2L, Longwood launched a D2L learning platform—plus D2L Capture and Creative Services—to create a seamless elearning site, webcast seminars, and build open online courses. The effort attracted 5,500 learners to a single open course in 12 weeks, extended access to worldwide audiences, and provided flexible tools and engagement data to shape future programming.

Longwood Gardens

Susan Caldwell

Instructional Designer and Learning Techniques Manager