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The South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit corporation and is eligible for employer matching gift programs.  There are many ways that you can contribute to the Garden to make a special place even better: donations, bequests through a will, grants, donations, gifts in kind, property and so forth. Consult with your financial advisor regarding tax benefits. Our heartfelt thanks to all our donors!

For more information, please call the Foundation office at (310) 544-1948.

 

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2007

THE FOLLOWING NEW MEMBERSHIP LEVELS WILL BE IN EFFECT: 


Senior Individual
(annual)
$25 1 Senior, 62 years of age,
or older
 
   
Individual
(annual)
$30 1 Adult    
Senior Family
(annual)
$40 2 Seniors, 62 years of age,
or older
 
   
Family
(annual)
 
$50 2 Adults, and children in
household under age of 18
   
Sustaining
(annual)
 
$100 2 Adults, and children in
household under age of 18
   
Donor
(annual)
 
$250  Unlimited Family Any children, regardless of age, their spouses, and any grandchildren  6 Free Guest Passes.
Recognition in Newsletter.  Partial Tax Deductible.
Life Member  $500  Unlimited Family  Any children, regardless of age, their spouses, and any grandchildren   8 Free Guest Passes. Recognition in Newsletter.  Partial Tax Deductible.
Benefactor  $1,000  Unlimited Family   Any children, regardless of age, their spouses, and any grandchildren  12 Free Guest Passes. Recognition in Newsletter.  Partial Tax Deductible.
Patron   $2,000 +  Unlimited Family   Any children, regardless of age, their spouses, and any grandchildren  Unlimited Free Guest Passes. Recognition in Newsletter.  Partial Tax Deductible.


      

Your Membership Includes FREE Admittance to 15 Additional Gardens in California
and Many More Nationwide!
 

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 at the American Horticultural Society web site. 

Click on the bird below to link you to their website 
(once you reach their website, click on the events link for a list of participating gardens)

    

Conejo Valley Botanic Garden
www.conejogarden.com
Thousand Oaks 
Descanso Gardens
www.descanso.com
La Canada
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
www.csulb.edu/~jgarden/
Long Beach
The Gardens at Heather Farm
www.gardenshf.org/
Walnut Creek
Japanese Friendship Garden 
www.niwa.org
Balboa Park,
San Diego
The Japanese Garden
www.thejapanesegarden.org
Van Nuys
L.A. County Arboretum & Botanic Garden
www.arboretum.org/
Arcadia
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
www.gardenbythesea.org/
Fort Bragg
Quail Botanical Gardens
www.qbgardens.org/
Encinitas
S.F. Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum
www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/
San Francisco
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
www.sbbg.org
Santa Barbara
Turtle Bay Exploration Park & McConnell
Arboretum & Gardens
www.turtlebay.org/arboretum/arboretum.shtml
Redding
UC Botanical Garden 
http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/
Berkeley
UC Davis Arboretum
http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/
Davis
UC Riverside Botanic Gardens 
www.gardens.ucr.edu/
Riverside

 

Visit additional Botanic Gardens. Click here to be connected to the AHS web site
University of California Cooperative Extension 

Programs Offered:

*  Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program
*  School Garden Consultants
*  Gardening workshops and Seeds
*  "Fresh From the Garden"  Vegetable Preparation Workshops
*  Community Garden Assistance 

The Common Ground Garden Program helps Los Angeles County residents to garden, grow their own food, and healthfully prepare it.  Our targeted audience and priority are to serve limited-resource residents and those traditionally represented.  By training community volunteers, we empower neighborhoods to create their own solutions.     
A Volunteer, non-profit organization.  Founded 1961

Dedicated to Furthering Horticultural Research and Educational Opportunities