Join friends along the garden path and cultivate your love of gardening…
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Members of the UD Botanic Gardens play a vital role in furthering the mission and growth of the gardens. UDBG 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.
Basic Membership Benefits
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- Free admission to UDBG semi-annual lectures
- Discounted admission to events open to the public
- UDBG Friends electronic newsletter (3x/year)
- Members-only shopping day at Spring Plant Sale
- Reciprocal admission privileges to over 350 public gardens and arboreta through the American Horticultural Society.
- The opportunity to support a growing organization
Member testimonials on Reciprocal Admissions Program: “My UDBG membership allowed me entry to the Leu Gardens in Orlando FL, which has over 200 varieties of Camellia” and “It was a beautiful day at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix AZ, with free entry because of my UDBG membership.”
$40 Individual Membership Benefits ($0.00 tax deductible)
- Basic Membership benefits for 1 person
- Two herbaceous plant dividends per year
$60 Family Membership Benefits ($0.00 tax deductible)
- Basic Membership benefits for 2 adults in same household
- Four herbaceous plant dividends per year
$85 Nonprofit/Garden Club Membership Benefits ($85.00 tax deductible)
- Basic Membership benefits for 1 representative of nonprofit/garden club
$195 Sustaining Membership Benefits ($110.00 tax deductible)
- Basic Membership benefits for two adults in same household
- Six herbaceous plant dividends per year
$500 Benefactor Membership Benefits ($390.00 tax deductible)
- Basic Membership benefits for two adults
- Choice herbaceous and/or woody plant dividends
- Meet horticulturist at UDBG to discuss personal plant needs
$1,000 or above DIRECTOR’S FRIEND Benefits ($865.00 tax deductible)
- Basic Membership benefits for two adults
- Connoisseur plant dividends
- Meet horticulturist to discuss personal plant needs
How to join?
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Membership forms may be mailed to:
UDBG
152 Townsend Hall
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
Make checks payable to ‘UDBG’
Membership begins in the month your application is received. For more information, call Lauren Kope at 302-831-0153 or email at lckope@udel.edu.