Join friends along the garden path and cultivate your love of gardening.
As members of the UD Botanic Gardens, our UDBG Friends play a vital role in funding, volunteering, and supporting the mission of our growing botanic gardens. UDBG Friends help establish and expand programs in research, education and environmental stewardship. Anyone with a lively interest in exploring gardening, design or nature is encouraged to join. As a member of UDBG Friends, you are a partner in the future of the gardens.
Become a UDBG Friends member today!
Join or renew online using a credit card
Download a membership renewal form to print and mail
Basic Membership Benefits
- Free admission to UDBG semi-annual member lectures
- Discounted admission to public events
- UDBG Friends electronic newsletter (3x/yr)
- Friends-only Shopping Day at Spring Plant Sale
- Reciprocal admission privileges to over 325 public gardens and arboreta through the American Horticultural Society
Membership Levels
$10 Student Membership
(must be University of Delaware student or equivalent university with .edu email account; student ID proof necessary. OSHER students and Master Gardeners may not enroll in Student Membership category)
- Basic Membership benefits
$40 Individual Membership
- Basic Membership benefits for 1 person
- Two herbaceous plant dividends per year (distributed at free member lectures in spring and fall)
$60 Family Membership
- Basic Membership benefits for 2 adults in same household
- Four herbaceous plant dividends per year
$85 Nonprofit/Garden Club Membership
- Basic Membership benefits for 1 representative of nonprofit/garden club
$195 Sustaining Membership
- Basic Membership benefits for two adults in same household
- Six herbaceous plant dividends per year
$500 Benefactor Membership
- Basic Membership benefits for two adults in same household
- Choice herbaceous and/or woody plant dividends
- Meet horticulturist at UDBG to discuss personal plant needs
$1,000 Director’s Friend Membership
- Basic Membership benefits for two adults
- Connoisseur plant dividends
- Meet horticulturist to discuss personal plant needs
Not interested in membership? Learn about other ways to support UDBG.
For more information, contact Valann Budischak at valannb@udel.edu