Join friends along the garden path and cultivate your love of gardening!
Members of the UD Botanic Gardens play a vital role in furthering the mission and growth of the gardens. Members help establish and expand programs in education, research, and environmental stewardship. Anyone with a lively interest in exploring gardening, design, or nature is encouraged to join.
Mail Membership Forms to: UD Botanic Gardens 152 Townsend Hall 531 South College Ave Newark, DE 19716
Make checks payable to the University of Delaware with UDBG in the memo line. Membership begins the month your application is received. For more information, please call Lauren Kope at 302-831-0153 or email at lckope@udel.edu
Member Benefits
Basic Membership Benefits
- Free admission to member presentations in spring and fall
- Discounted admission to various events and programs
- Exclusive member newsletter, delivered electronically 3x annually
- Exclusive and early access to our Spring Plant Sale via our online store
- Members-only shopping day at the Spring Plant Sale
- Reciprocal admission privileges to over 350 public gardens and arboreta through the American Horticultural Society
- The opportunity to support the maintenance of the gardens and student learning
Individual Member $40
- Basic benefits for one person
- Two herbaceous dividends per year
- $0.00 tax deductible
Family Member $60
- Basic benefits for two adults in same household
- Four herbaceous plant dividends per year
- $0.00 tax deductible
Sustaining Member $195
- Basic benefits for two adults in the same household
- Six herbaceous plant dividends per year
- $110.00 tax deductible
Nonprofit and Garden Club Member $85
- Basic benefits for 1 representative of a nonprofit organization or garden club
- $85.00 tax deductible
Benefactor Member $500
- Basic benefits for two adults
- Choice of herbaceous and or woody plant dividends
- Meet horticulturist at UDBG to discuss personal plant needs
Director Member $1000
- Basic benefits for two adults
- Connoisseur plant dividends
- Meet horticulturist to discuss personal plant needs
- $865.00 tax deductible
“My UDBG membership allowed me to enter the Leu Gardens in Orlando, FL, which has over 200 varieties of Camellia!”
“It was a beautiful day at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ with free entry because of my membership.”