Reciprocal Privileges at Arboreta, Gardens & Conservancies
As a benefit of membership, Brooklyn Botanic Garden is pleased to offer reciprocal privileges at the following outstanding horticultural institutions. Just show your current BBG membership card to receive free admission and the various privileges detailed below.
Alabama
Aldridge Gardens, Hoover
10% discount in gift shop & free admission to some events
Birmingham Botanical Gardens,
Birmingham
10% discount in gift shop
Dothan Area Botanical Garden, Dothan
Free admission
Huntsville-Madison County Botanical
Garden, Huntsville
Free admission
Mobile Botanical Gardens, Mobile
Discounts on educational programs, classes, and workshops
Alaska
Alaska Botanical Garden, Anchorage
10% discount in gift shop and nursery
Arizona
The Arboretum at Flagstaff,
Flagstaff
Free admission
Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix
Free admission for 2 adults; 10% discount in gift shop
Japanese Friendship Garden, Inc., Phoenix
Free admission
Arkansas
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, Fayetteville
Free admission
Garvan Woodland Gardens, Hot
Springs National Park
Free admission
California
Arboretum at UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
Free admission
Casa del Herrero, Santa Barbara
Free admission (reservations required)
Conejo Valley Botanic Garden,
Thousand Oaks
10% discount in gift shop
Descanso Gardens, La Canada
Free admission
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Long Beach
10% discount in gift shop; discount on admission to some special events
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton
10% discount in gift shop; free admission to Green Scene Garden Show
The Gardens at Heather Farm, Walnut Creek
Discounts on educational programs, workshops, and classes
Japanese Friendship Garden, San
Diego
Free admission
The Japanese Garden, Van
Nuys
Free admission
Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden,
Arcadia
Free admission
Mendocino Coast Botanical
Gardens, Fort Bragg
Free admission
Quail Botanic Gardens, Encinitas
Free admission
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont
10% discount in gift shop
San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco
10% discount in gift shop
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara
Free admission
South Coast Botanical Garden, Palos Verdes Peninsula
Free admission to Garden and all events except fundraisers; free parking
Turtle Bay Exploration Park and McConnell Arboretum & Gardens, Redding
Free admission
UC Botanical Garden,
Berkeley
Free admission
UC Davis Arboretum, Davis
10% discount at all plant sales
UC Riverside Botanic Gardens*, Riverside
Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Garden, Avalon
Free admission
Colorado
Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, Vail
10% dicount in gift shop
Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver
Free admission
The Gardens on Spring Creek, Fort Collins
10% discount in gift shop; discount on educational programs
The Hudson Gardens & Event Center, Littleton
Free admission
Western Colorado Botanical Gardens,
Grand Junction
Free admission
Delaware
The Delaware Center for Horticulture, Wilmington
10% discount on lectures & classes
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur
Free admission to Garden & Galleries; 10% discount in gift shop
District of Columbia
Hillwood Estate, Museum and GardensFree admission; 10% discount in gift shop
United States National
Arboretum
10% discount in gift shop
Florida
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture
Gardens, Winter Park
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
American Orchid Society
Visitor Center & Botanical Garden, Delray Beach
Free admission
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens, Fort Lauderdale
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Garden, Lake Monroe
Free admission
Edison & Ford Winter
Estates, Fort Myers
Free admission; 10% discount on select Garden Shoppe Merchandise
Fairchild Tropical Garden,
Coral Gables
Free admission
Flamingo Gardens, Fort Lauderdale
Free admission
The Florida Botanical Gardens, Largo
10% discount in gift shop; discounted admission to special events/shows
Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando
Free admission
Heathcote Botanical Gardens, Inc., Fort Pierce
Free admission (not valid for special events)
The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens,
Sarasota
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
McKee Botanical Garden, Vero
Beach
Free admission
Mounts Botanical Garden, West Palm Beach
10% discount in gift shop; discounted workshops, classes & tours
Naples Botanical Garden, Naples
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
University of South Florida
Botanical Garden, Tampa
10% discount in gift shop
Georgia
Atlanta Botanical
Garden, Atlanta
Free admission
Georgia Southern Botanical Garden, Statesboro
10% discount in book shop; discount on workshops & symposia
Lockerly Arboretum, Milledgeville
Free admission to Summer Festival
Massee Lane Gardens, Fort Valley
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop; free admission to the Festival of Camellias
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens
10% discount in gift shop
Hawaii
Lyon Arboretum,
Honolulu
10% discount in gift shop
Na'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens, Sculpture Park & Hardwood Plantation; Kilauea, Kauai
Free admission for primary garden tour only
Idaho
Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise
Free admission
Illinois
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe
Free parking
Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago
10% discount in gift shop
George L. Luthy
Memorial Botanical Garden, Peoria
10% discount in gift shop
Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Rockford
Free admission
The Morton Arboretum, Lisle
Free admission for persons named on membership card
Quad City Botanical Center, Rock
Island
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Washington Park Botanical
Garden, Springfield
10% discount in gift shop and on plants; discount on workshops
Indiana
Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory, Fort Wayne
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Hilltop Garden & Nature Center, Bloomington
10% discount in gift shop; 10% discount on educational programs and garden workshops
International Friendship Gardens, Michigan City
Free admission
Taltree Arboretum and Gardens,
Valparaiso
Free admission
Iowa
The Brenton Arboretum, Dallas Center
Reduced or free admission to educational programs, classes & workshops
Cedar Valley Arboretum and Botanic
Gardens, Waterloo
Free admission to the Fall Harvest Festival
Des Moines Botanical Center,
Des Moines
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Iowa Arboretum Incorporated,
Madrid
Free admission
Vander Veer Botanical
Center, Davenport
10% discount in gift shop
Kansas
Botanica, The Wichita Gardens,
Wichita
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains,
Hesston
Free admission
Sedgwick County Extension Arboretum, Wichita
10% discount on Extension Master Gardener lectures & classes
Kentucky
Bernheim Arboretum and Research
Forest, Clermont
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Western Kentucky Botanical Gardens, Owensboro
10% discount in gift shop
Yew Dell Gardens, Crestwood
Free admission
Louisiana
The American Rose Society, Shreveport
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Barnwell Garden and Arts Center, Shreveport
$2.50 admission for monthly horticulture seminars
Biedenharn Museum and Gardens, Monroe
10% discount in gift shop
Burden Horticulture Society at the Burden Center, Baton Rouge
Free admission to monthly horticulture lectures and other special event
Longue Vue House and Gardens, New
Orleans
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Maine
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Merryspring Nature Center, Camden
10% discount in gift shop
Maryland
Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely
Free admission
Annmarie Garden, Solomons
10% discount in gift shop
Historic London Town and Gardens, Edgewater
Free admission; 10% discount on gift items
St. John's Herb Garden,
Bowie
15% buyers club discount
Massachusetts
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard
University, Boston
0% discount in gift shop; free "Map & Guide"
Berkshire Botanical Garden,
Stockbridge
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
The Botanic Garden of Smith
College, Northampton
10% discount in gift shop; admission during Members-Only Hours to Spring Bulb
Show
Elm Bank Horticulture Center, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Wellesley
Free admission excluding special events & program days
Heritage Museums & Gardens, Sandwich
Free admission
Polly Hill Arboretum, West
Tisbury
10% discount in gift shop
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston
Free admission
Michigan
Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory*, Detroit
Fernwood Botanical Garden and
Nature Preserve, Niles
Free admission
Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids
Free admission for person named on membership card
Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton
Free admission
Leila Arboretum Society, Battle Creek
Free admission to the Children's Garden
Michigan 4-H Children's Garden; Michigan State University, East Lansing
Free parking
MSU Horticulture Gardens, East Lansing
Free parking
Slayton Arboretum Hillsdale College, Hillsdale
10% discount at annual plant sale, and on arboretum classes and programs; 15% discount at Hillsdale dining services and on Arboretum rental
University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
W.J. Beal Botanic Garden*; Michigan State University, East Lansing
Minnesota
Como Park Zoo & Conservatory,
Saint Paul
15% discount in gift shop
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum,
Chanhassen
Free admission; travel tour discounts
Munsinger Garden & Clemens
Garden, St; Cloud
10% discount in gift shop; free admission to monthly "What's up in the Gardens" update, followed by a guided gardenwalk
Mississippi
Crosby Arboretum,
Picayune
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Missouri
Botanical Gardens at Nathanael Greene Close Memorial Park, Springfield
No benefit offered
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Mizzou Botanic Garden*; University of Missouri, Columbia
Powell Gardens, Kingsville
Free admission
Nebraska
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, Lincoln
15% discount in gift shop
New Hampshire
Rockingham County Botanical Garden, Brentwood
Free admission to Garden Expo (4th Saturday in June)
New Jersey
Camden Children's Garden, Camden
Free admission to Garden and to the Second & Fourth Saturday Series (April–November)
The Frelinghuysen Arboretum, Morristown
Free family crafts on Sundays, April–October
New Jersey Botanical Garden, Ringwood
10% discount in gift shop
Presby Memorial Iris Gardens*, Upper Montclair
Reeves-Reed Arboretum, Summit
10% discount in gift shop
The Rutgers Gardens, New Brunswick
10% discount in gift shop
Van Vleck Gardens*, Montclair
New Mexico
Santa Fe Botanical Garden, Santa Fe
Free admission to all Preserve programs; 10% discount on garden tours
New York
Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park, Binghamton
Free admission
Buffalo and Erie Botanical Gardens Society, Buffalo
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Cornell Plantations, Ithaca
10% discount in gift shop
Genesee Country Village and Museum, Mumford
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Landis Arboretum, Esperance
10% discount in gift shop
Manitoga/The Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison
Free house and garden tour (reservations required); 10% discount in gift shop
Mountain Top Arboretum, Tannersville
10% discount on gift merchandise; free admission to all programs from March 2008–Oct 2008
New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
Free grounds admission on weekdays; 2-for-1 grounds admission on weekends
Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay
Free tour of Coe Hall House Museum
Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing
10% discount in gift shop
Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historic Park, Canandaigua
Free admission excluding special events & exhibits; 10% discount in gift shop & the Finger Lakes Wine Center
Staten Island Botanical Garden, Staten Island
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop; reduced admission to Chinese Scholar's Garden
Stonecrop Gardens, Cold Spring
Free admission
Wave Hill, Bronx
Free admission weekdays; 2-for-1 weekend admission
North Carolina
Airlie Gardens, Wilmington
Free admission
Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Fayetteville
Free admission
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont
Free admission; 10% discount in gift and garden shop
The Gardens at Witherspoon, Durham
10% discount in gift shop
New Hanover County Co-op Ext Arboretum, Wilmington
10% discount in gift shop
The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville
Free parking
Sandhills Horticultural Gardens*; Sandhills Community College, Pinehurst
Sarah P. Duke Gardens; Duke University, Durham
Free parking (must obtain parking pass)
Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary*, Charlotte
Ohio
Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland
Free admission
Cox Arboretum MetroPark, Dayton
10% discount in gift shop
The Dawes Arboretum, Newark
10% discount in gift shop
Fellows Riverside Gardens - Mill Creek Metro Parks,
Youngstown
10% discount in gift shop
Franklin Park Conservatory,
Columbus
Free admission for named member card holder
The Herb Society of America,
Kirtland
10% discount in gift shop
The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland
Free admission (subject to change during special events); 10% discount in gift shop
Kingwood Center, Mansfield
10% discount in gift shop
Ohio State University Chadwick Arboretum & Learning Gardens, Columbus
Admission to the spring plant sale pre-sale reception
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens,
Akron
Free admission to gardens only
Toledo Botanical Garden,
Toledo
10% discount in gift shop and at plant sales
Topiary Garden at Deaf School Park, Columbus
10% discount in gift shop
Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark, Dayton
10% discount in gift shop
Oklahoma
Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum* Stillwater
Tulsa Garden Center,
Tulsa
10% discount in gift shop
Oregon
Hoyt Arboretum, Portland
20% discount in gift shop and on classes
Leach Botanical Garden, Portland
10% discount in gift shop, classes, workshops and other educational events
Mount Pisgah Arboretum, Eugene
20% discount in gift shop
The Oregon Garden, Silverton
Free admission
Pennsylvania
Goodell Gardens & Homestead, Edinboro
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Great Valley Nature Center, Devault
Free admission; 10% discount on education programs; free admission to the Easter Festival
Hershey Gardens, Hershey
Free admission
Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park (LEAF)*, Erie
Morris Arboretum of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Free admission on weekdays, 2-for-1 on weekends; 10% discount in gift shop
The National Aviary, Pittsburgh
Free admission
Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society, Philadelphia
Library circulation privileges
Tyler Arboretum, Media
Free admission
Rhode Island
Blithewold Mansion Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Tennessee
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of
Art, Nashville
Free admission
Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
Free admission; 10% discount in museum store
Memphis Botanic Garden,
Memphis
Free admission
Reflection Riding Arboretum and
Botanical Garden, Chattanooga
Free admission
Texas
Clark Gardens, Weatherford
Free admission
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, Dallas
Free admission
Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth
Free admission; 10% discount in the gift shop
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
NABA International Butterfly Park, Mission
Free admission
San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio
Free admission
South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, Corpus Christi
Free admission; 10% discount in Garden Shoppe
Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum, Austin
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin
Free parking; 10% discount in gift shop; free admission to the Zilker Garden Festival March 29-30.
Utah
Red Butte Garden and Arboretum,
Salt Lake City
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Vermont
Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, Manchester
Free admission
Virginia
American Horticultural Society's River
Farm, Alexandria
10% discount in gift shop
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum*; James Madison University, Harrisonburg
Green Spring Gardens Park, Alexandria
10% discount in gift shop
Hahn Horticulture Garden, Virginia Tech Campus, Blacksburg
10% discount in gift shop
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester
Free admission to the Glen Burnie Historic House & Gardens
Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Oatlands Plantation, Leesburg
Free admission to garden and grounds; 10% discount in gift shops
State Arboretum of Virginia,
Boyce
10% discount in gift shop
Washington
Bellevue Botanical Garden,
Bellevue
10% discount in gift shop
Washington Park
Arboretum, Seattle
10% discount in gift shop
Wisconsin
Boerner Botanical Gardens, Hales Corners
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Foxfire Botanical Gardens, Marshfield
10% discount in gift shop
Gardens of the Fox Cities, Appleton
Free admission to Fall Harvest Festival, Spring Garden Festival and Heirloom Plant Sale
Green Bay Botanical Garden, Green Bay
Free admission
Olbrich Botanical Gardens,
Madison
Free admission to the Bolz Tropical Conservatory
Rotary Gardens,
Janesville
10% discount in gift shop
Wyoming
Cheyenne Botanic Gardens*, Cheyenne
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. George Village Botanical Garden,
Saint Croix
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Canada
Glendale Gardens & Woodland, Victoria, BC
Free admission; Reduced workshop fees
Muttart Conservatory,
Edmonton, AB
Free admission; 10% discount in gift shop
Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, ON
Free admission
* Encourages you to visit, does not charge admission fees or offer reciprocal privileges