• Longwood Gardens will be hosting an evening of innovation, inspiring horticultural collections, and insight behind Longwood Reimagined: A New Garden Experience with the first of our new Longwood Reimagined Lecture Series: Celebrating Collections from Bonsai to Victoria. It happens on Wednesday, Nov. 8 with a lecture from 6:30 to 8 p.m., followed by a dessert reception from 8-9:30 p.m. The cost is $42 per person. Register here.

• Concord Township will hold a Veterans’ Day ceremony this Sunday, Nov. 5, at 3 p.m. at the Hero Memorial, 675 Smithbridge Road.

• Unionville High. School’s 47^th Art Gala is set for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 17 and 18. Works from professional artists and students will be on display for sale. Funds raised will benefit the UHS PTO, contributing to Educational Enrichment Projects to enhance the overall educational experience for all UHS students, and will also help make local community outreach efforts possible.

• From Nov. 18 through Jan. 7, visitors to Winterthur can experience Yuletide at Winterthur, where fashion meets tradition. Yuletide at Winterthur showcases the blend of fashion and history with custom designs by Delaware-based couturiers Shawn Baron Pinckney and Asata Maisé Beeks, paying homage to the design sensibilities of Winterthur founder Henry Francis du Pont and iconic fashion designer Ann Lowe. On December 6, from 6‒7:30 p.m., guests will be able to take a tour of the house that will be adorned in all its holiday finery, featuring Winterthur’s signature attractions including the show-stopping Dried-Flower Tree, artistic Christmas trees inspired by Ann Lowe gowns, and a spectacular table set for Christmas dinner. This year’s yuletide tour will evoke the splendor and design influence of florals in fashion.

• The Brandywine Battlefield Park and the Chadds Ford Residents Association will hold a flag retirement ceremony at the park on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 3:45 p.m. The event is preceded by a Harvest Fest that includes demonstrations of colonial trades, and tours of the Ring and Gilpin houses. Admission for the Harvest Fest is $8 for adults; $7 for seniors, AAA, AARP; and $5 for youth (ages 3-11).

• Spooky time might be over but there’s more pestilence and plague to discuss, courtesy of the Chester County History Center. The center is hosting another of its walking tours on Saturday, Nov. 11, this one dealing with cholera, diphtheria, rabies, and smallpox struck fear into the heart of everyone in West Chester. This tour will explore how diseases impacted families, how they changed burial practices, and how the borough's medical and scientific minds worked to overcome the King of All Fears--Death. This walking tour will last approximately 90 minutes and cover 1.5 miles. Please plan to arrive 15 minutes before the scheduled start time to check in. The cost of the tour is $15 per person. Get tickets here.

• Concord Township Parks and Recreation Committee will host a dance and social on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 7-10 p.m. at the BYC gymnasium on Thornton Road. Admission is free.

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