Join the thousands of people who support South Coast Botanic Garden through an annual membership. Members enjoy many special privileges and benefits, including free garden admission, discounts at participating nurseries, and advanced notice of special events and educational classes.
South Coast Botanic Garden members also receive free admission to more than 250 botanical gardens across North America - including the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Descanso Gardens - through the American Horticultural Society's Reciprocal Admissions Program.
South Coast Botanic Garden offers several membership levels to best fit your needs. All are valid for a full year from the time you join. See the benefits listed below for more information.
Come join us. Visit often. And make these Gardens your own for generations to come.
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MEMBERSHIP LEVELS AND BENEFITS
Membership benefits include:
- Admission privileges to more than 250 reciprocal gardens
- Access to members-only classes and events
- Discounted fees for education classes
- Subscription to newsletter and email updates
- Monthly Audubon Society bird walks
- 10% discount at participating nurseries
Annual membership levels:
INDIVIDUAL - $30.00
SENIOR INDIVIDUAL ( 62+) - $25.00
All of the above benefits plus:
- Admission for one adult
FAMILY - $50.00
SENIOR FAMILY ( 62+) - $40.00
All of the above benefits plus:
- Admission for two adults (2 members or 1 member and 1 guest)
- Free admission for children 5-17*
SUSTAINING - $100.00
All of the above benefits plus:
- Admission for two adults (2 members or 1 member and 1 guest)
- Free admission for children 5-17*
- 4 additional one-time guest passes
DONOR- $250.00
All of the above benefits plus:
- Admission for unlimited family members: any children regardless of age, their spouses and grandchildren
- 6 additional one-time guest passes
* when accompanied by a cardholder
Additional membership levels:
LIFE- $500.00
All of the above benefits plus:
- Admission for unlimited family members: any children regardless of age, their spouses and grandchildren
- 8 additional one-time guest passes
BENEFACTOR- $1000.00
All of the above benefits plus:
- Admission for unlimited family members: any children regardless of age, their spouses and grandchildren
- 12 additional one-time guest passes
PATRON - $2000.00
All of the above benefits plus:
- Admission for unlimited family members: any children regardless of age, their spouses and grandchildren
- Unlimited additional one-time guest passes
As a member of the South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation, you are entitled to participate in the American Horticultural Society Reciprocal Admission Program (RAP).
This program offers members free or discounted admission to flower shows and botanical gardens throughout North America.
A list of participating gardens can be found in the online American Horticultural Society directory: http://www.ahs.org/events/reciprocal/index.html. Participating gardens in California are listed below:
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Arboretum at University of CA, Santa Cruz http://www2.ucsc.edu/arboretum/ |
Santa Cruz |
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Casa del Herrero www.casadelherrero.com |
Santa Barbara |
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Conejo Valley Botanic Garden www.conejogarden.org |
ThousandOaks |
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Descanso Gardens www.descansogardens.org |
La Canada |
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Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden www.csulb.edu/~jgarden/ |
Long Beach |
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Fullerton Arboretum http://fullertonarboretum.org/home.php |
Fullerton |
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The Gardens at Heather Farm www.gardenshf.org/ |
Walnut Creek |
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Japanese Friendship Garden www.niwa.org |
Balboa Park, San Diego |
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The Japanese Garden www.thejapanesegarden.org |
Van Nuys |
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L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Garden www.arboretum.org/ |
Arcadia |
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Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens www.gardenbythesea.org/ |
Fort Bragg |
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Quarryhill Botanical Garden http://www.quarryhillbg.org/ |
Glen Ellen |
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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden http://www.rsabg.org/ |
Claremont |
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Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden http://www.nativeplants.org/ |
Berkeley |
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The Ruth Bancroft Garden http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/ |
Walnut Creek |
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San Diego Botanic Gardens www.SDBGarden.org |
Encinitas |
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S.F. Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/ |
San Francisco |
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Santa Barbara Botanical Garden www.sbbg.org |
Santa Barbara |
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Turtle Bay Exploration Park & McConnell Arboretum & Gardens www.turtlebay.org |
Redding |
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UC Botanical Garden http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ |
Berkeley |
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UC Davis Arboretum http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/ |
Davis |
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UC Riverside Botanic Gardens www.gardens.ucr.edu/ |
Riverside |
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Wrigley Memorial & Botanical Garden http://www.catalina.com/memorial.html |
Catalina Island |