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2009 Reciprocal Admissions Program Conejo Valley Botanic Garden The Ruth Bancroft Garden UNITED STATES 350 West Gainsborough Road 1552 Bancroft Road Thousand Oaks, CA 91358 Walnut Creek, CA94598 ALABAMA (805) 494-7630 (925) 944-9352 Aldridge Gardens www.conejogarden.com www.ruthbancroftgarden.org 3530 Lorna Road ♦ 10% discount in gift shop ♦ Free admission; Free admission Hoover, AL 35216 to spring and fall plant sales (205) 682-8019 Descanso Gardens www.aldridgegardens.com 1418 Descanso Drive San Francisco Botanical Garden ♦ Free admission to some events; La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011 at Strybing Arboretum 10% discount in gift shop (818) 949-4200 Golden Gate Park www.descansogardens.org 9th Avenue at Lincoln Way Birmingham Botanical ♦ Free admission San Francisco, CA 94122 Gardens (415) 661-1316 2612 Lane Park Road Earl Burns Miller Japanese www.sfbotanicalgarden.org Birmingham, AL 36303 Garden, CSULB ♦ 10% discount in gift shop (205) 414-3900 1250 Bellflower Boulevard www.bbgardens.org Long Beach, CA 90840 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden ♦ 10% discount in gift shop (562) 985-8885 1212 Mission Canyon Road www.csulb.edu/~jgarden Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Dothan Area Botanical Garden ♦ 10% discount in gift shop; (805) 862-4726 5130 Headland Avenue discount on admission to some www.sbbg.org 2009 Reciprocal Dothan, AL 36303 special events ♦ Free admission (334) 793-3224 www.dabg.com Fullerton Arboretum South Coast Botanic Garden Admissions Program ♦ Free admission 1900 Associated Road 26300 Crenshaw Boulevard Fullerton, CA 92831 Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 Huntsville-Madison County (714) 278-3407 (310) 544-6815 Participating Gardens, Arboreta, and Conservatories Botanical Garden www.arboretum.fullerton.edu www.southcoastbotanicgarden.org 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue ♦ 10% discount in gift shop; ♦ Free admission and parking; free Huntsville, AL 35805 free admission to Green Scene admission to all events except (256) 830-4447 Garden Show fundraisers Your membership card is your garden passport to America’s www.hsvbg.org ♦ Free admission The Gardens at Heather Farm Turtle Bay Exploration Park & treasures. Receive special admission privileges in addition to 1540 Marchbanks Drive The McConnell Arboretum & discounts on gift shop purchases and special events at botanical Mobile Botanical Gardens Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Gardens 5151 Museum Drive (925) 947-1678 840 Auditorium Drive gardens, arboreta, and conservatories throughout North America. Mobile, AL 36608 www.gardenshf.org Redding, CA 96001 (251) 342-0555 ♦ Discounts on educational (530) 243-8850 www.mobilebotanicalgardens.org programs www.turtlebay.org ♦ Discounts on educational ♦ Free admission How to enjoy the benefits of the Reciprocal Admissions Program programs Japanese Friendship Garden 2215 Pan American Road UC Botanical Garden The American Horticultural Society (AHS) encourages members of ALASKA San Diego, CA 92101 200 Centennial Drive (619) 232-2721 participating gardens to travel the country, discovering the diversity Alaska Botanical Garden Berkeley, CA 94720 www.niwa.org (510) 643-2755 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road ♦ Free admission and beauty of horticulture across America. Anchorage, AK 99507 www.botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu ♦ (928) 770-3692 The Japanese Garden Free admission Simply present your current membership card at the admissions www.alaskabg.org 6100 Woodley Avenue UC Davis Arboretum ♦ 10% discount in gift shop & Van Nuys, CA 91406 1 Shields Avenue nursery counter or gift shop of the garden you are visiting to receive their (818) 756-8166 Davis, CA 95616 www.thejapanesegarden.com (530) 752-4880 listed benefit(s). Each card will only admit the individual(s) ARIZONA ♦ Free admission www.arboretum.ucdavis.edu The Arboretum at Flagstaff ♦ 10% discount at all plant sales whose name is listed on the card. In the case of a family, couple, or 4001 South Woody Mountain Road Los Angeles County Arboretum household membership card that does not list the names, the garden Flagstaff, AZ 86001 and Botanic Garden UC Riverside Botanic Gardens* (928) 774-1442 301 North Baldwin Avenue 900 University Avenue must extend the benefit(s) to at least two of the members. It is at the www.thearb.org Arcadia, CA 91007 Riverside, CA 92521 ♦ Free admission (626) 821-3222 (951) 784-6962 garden’s discretion to extend the benefit beyond the two required www.arboretum.org www.gardens.ucr.edu Desert Botanical Garden ♦ Free admission ♦ No benefit offered members. Some gardens may require you to show a photo ID. 1201 North Galvin Parkway Phoenix, AZ 85008 Mendocino Coast Wrigley Memorial and Please note the following details: (480) 941-1225 Botanical Gardens Botanical Garden www.dbg.org 18220 North Highway One Catalina Island • Some special events and exhibits may not be included as part of ♦ Free admission for 2 adults; 10% Fort Bragg, CA 95437 Avalon, CA 90802 discount in garden shop (707) 964-4352 (310) 510-2897 the RAP benefits. www.gardenbythesea.org www.catalinaconservancy.org ARKANSAS ♦ Free admission ♦ Free admission • Before visiting any garden, contact the garden to verify hours of Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Quail Botanical Gardens 4703 North Crossover Road 230 Quail Gardens Drive COLORADO operation, confirm admission policy, and get the latest updates Fayetteville, AR 72764 Encinitas, CA 92024 Betty Ford Alpine Gardens on programs and other information. (479) 750-2620 (760) 436-3036 183 Gore Creek Drive www.bgozarks.org www.qbgardens.org Vail, CO 81657 ♦ Free admission ♦ Free admission (970) 476-0103 • The 90-mile local exclusion policy: If you are a member of a www.bettyfordalpinegardens.org Garvan Woodland Gardens Quarryhill Botanical Garden ♦ 10% discount in gift shop participating garden, other participating gardens within 90 miles 550 Arkridge Road 12841 Sonoma Highway Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913 Glen Ellen, CA 95442 Denver Botanic Gardens are not required to extend the RAP benefit to you. If you are (800) 366-4664 (707) 996-3166 909 York Street an AHS member, participating gardens within 90 miles of your www.garvangardens.org www.quarryhillbg.org Denver, CO 80206 ♦ Free admission ♦ Free admission (720) 865-3500 home address are not required to extend the RAP benefit(s). www.botanicgardens.org CALIFORNIA Rancho Santa Ana Botanic ♦ Free admission Arboretum at the University of Garden • Participating gardens are subject to change, be sure to check the 1500 North College Avenue The Gardens on California, Santa Cruz Spring Creek 1156 High Street Claremont, CA 91711 AHS website (www.ahs.org) for an up-to-date list. 2145 South Centre Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (909) 625-8767 Fort Collins, CO 80526 (831) 427-2998 www.rsabg.org (970) 416-2486 • Gardens with an asterisk are not participating gardens and their http://arboretum.ucsc.edu ♦ Free admission, 10% discount in www.fcgov.com ♦ Free admission gift shop members do not receive the benefits of the RAP. ♦ 10% discount in gift shop; Casa del Herrero Regional Parks Botanic Garden discount on educational 1387 East Valley Road Wildcat Canyon Road and South programs Park Drive Do you have a favorite garden that is not listed here? If you would like Santa Barbara, CA 93108 The Hudson Gardens & Event to see it be a part of the Reciprocal Admissions Program, (805) 565-5653 Berkeley, CA 94708 www.casadelherrero.com (510) 841-8732 Center please contact the AHS at: ♦ Free admission (reservations www.nativeplants.org 6115 South Santa Fe Drive required) ♦ Discount on classes, workshops, Littleton, CO 80120 7931 East Boulevard Drive, Alexandria, VA 22308 and field trips (303) 797-8565 (703) 768-5700 • (800) 777-7931 • www.ahs.org www.hudsongardens.org ♦ Free admission Making America a Nation of Gardeners, a Land of Gardens An asterisk (*) indicates the garden is not a participant and does not offer RAP benefits but (07/2009) 1 encourages members to visit. Members of these gardens do not receive the RAP benefits. Western Colorado Botanical Central Florida Zoo & GEORGIA The Morton Arboretum Des Moines Botanical and Barnwell Garden and Arts Gardens Botanical Garden Atlanta Botanical Garden 4100 Illinois Route 53 Environmental Center Center 655 Struthers Avenue 3755 NW Hwy 17-92 1345 Piedmont Avenue, NE Lisle, IL 60532 909 Robert D. Ray Drive 601 Clyde Fant Parkway Grand Junction, CO 81501 Lake Monroe, FL 32747 Atlanta, GA 30309 (630) 968-0074 Des Moines, IA 50316 Shreveport, LA 71101 (970) 245-9030 (407) 323-4450 (404) 876-5859 www.mortonarb.org (515) 323-6290 (318) 673-7703 www.wcbotanic.org www.centralfloridazoo.org www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org ♦ Free admission www.botanicalcenter.com www.barnwellcenter.com ♦ Free admission ♦ Free admission ♦ Free admission ♦ Free admission; 10% discount ♦ $2.50 admission to monthly Oak Park Conservatory* in gift shop horticulture seminars CONNECTICUT Edison & Ford Winter Estates Georgia Southern Botanical 615 Garfield Street 2350 McGregor Boulevard Garden Oak Park, IL 60304 Iowa Arboretum Incorporated Biedenharn Museum & Bartlett Arboretum & (708) 725-2460 Fort Myers, FL 33901 1505 Bland Avenue 1875 Peach Avenue Gardens Gardens www.fopcon.org (239) 334-7419 Statesboro, GA 30460 Madrid, IA 50156 2006 Riverside Drive 151 Brookdale Road www.efwefla.org ♦ No benefit offered (515) 795-3216 Monroe, LA 71201 Stamford, CT 06903 (912) 871-1149 ♦ Free admission; 10% discount http://welcome.georgiasouthern. www.iowaarboretum.org (318) 387-5281 (203) 322-6971 on select Garden Shoppe Quad City Botanical Center ♦ Free admission edu/garden 2525 Fourth Avenue www.bmuseum.org www.bartlettarboretum.org merchandise ♦ 10% discount in gift shop ♦ Free admission
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