Science Impact
Your support helps us care for more than 2.8 million living plants in order to protect endangered species from extinction globally.
Your gift funds horticultural displays, the conservation of
Become a Donor Member
Members who support the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Annual Fund with a gift of $300 or more provide essential support that benefits worldwide conservation efforts, helps to build our living plant collections, and allows us to provide exceptional plant-based learning experiences and programs that connect people to plants. Donor Members enjoy unparalleled access to the Garden as well as extended membership benefits and invitations to exclusive events throughout the year.
Please join the Garden in supporting wondrous visitor experiences, enriching learning opportunities, and the essential work of conserving plants and the planet for current and future generations.
Urban Impact
Our Windy City Harvest urban agriculture program grows an average of 100,000 pounds of produce every year on 13 farms in cooperation with 80 community organizations across the Chicago area.
Education Impact
Last year, learning programs engaged 439,000 people of all ages—from childhood programs to learning experiences—for school-age children and their educators, in horticultural therapy, and Windy City Harvest programming.
Choose a Donor Circle Level Membership
Exclusive Benefits for Donor Members
| Director's Circle | President's Circle | |||||||
| $300 Ambassador | $1,000 Patron | $1,500 Founding | $2,500 Sustaining | $5,000 Supporting | $10,000 Laureate | $25,000 Chairman's Circle | $50,000 Benefactor's Circle | |
| All Household Plus Membership benefits, plus 6 guests, 6 one-time use admission passes, and 6 free Orchid Show tickets | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| All Household Plus Membership benefits, plus 8 guests, 8 one-time use admission passes, and 8 free Orchid Show tickets | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Invitations to Directors Circle previews, tours, and family events | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Invitations to select President's Circle events | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| VIP ticket purchase: Guaranteed flexible entry to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—including sold out dates | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| One private golf-cart tour or other personalized garden and greenhouse visit per year | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Advance registration for select programs and events | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Invitations to intimate events with special guests and curators | X | X | X | |||||
| One home garden consultation with a Garden horticulturist per year | X | X | ||||||
| A private lunch or dinner opportunity with the Garden’s president | X | |||||||
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Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 6 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 6 one-time use admission passes
- 6 free Orchid Show tickets ($54 value)
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 6 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 6 one-time use admission passes
- 6 free Orchid Show tickets ($54 value)
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
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Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 6 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 6 one-time use admission passes
- 6 free Orchid Show tickets ($54 value)
- Invitations to select President’s Circle events
- Additional benefits normally exclusive to the Garden’s leadership-level donors
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 6 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 6 one-time use admission passes
- 6 free Orchid Show tickets ($54 value)
- Invitations to select President’s Circle events
- Additional benefits normally exclusive to the Garden’s leadership-level donors
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
-
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
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Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
-
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
-
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- Access to intimate events with special guests and curators
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- Access to intimate events with special guests and curators
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
-
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- A home garden consultation with a Garden horticulturist
- Access to intimate events with special guests and curators
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- A home garden consultation with a Garden horticulturist
- Access to intimate events with special guests and curators
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
-
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- A private dinner with the Garden’s president
- A home garden consultation with a Garden horticulturist
- Access to intimate events with special guests and curators
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.
Your benefits include:
- Admission for your household (2 adults and all minor children) plus 8 guests each visit
- Free parking for 2 cars ($8 savings each visit per car)
- Members-only Garden hours 8 – 10 a.m. daily
- 8 one-time use admission passes
- 8 free Orchid Show tickets ($72 value)
- A private dinner with the Garden’s president
- A home garden consultation with a Garden horticulturist
- Access to intimate events with special guests and curators
- Advance registration for select programs, including certain events and travel opportunities
- Opportunities to personalize Garden visits, including private golf cart tours of the gardens and greenhouses
- VIP ticket purchase: Come any date at any time to our most popular ticketed events—Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns and Lightscape—even if the event is sold out
- Advance ticket purchase and registration for most Garden events
- Invitations to exclusive President’s Circle events, previews, and lectures
- Recognition on the Donor Wall in the Visitor Center at giving level
- Advance registration for Camp CBG
- Advance registration for Nature Preschool
- Invitations to exclusive previews and events
- 10% discount in the Garden Shop and Garden View Café
- 20% discount on most classes
- Garden Value Discount coupon book (10% discount at many local nurseries)
- Members-only hours and discounts on select Garden events
- Free admission to 300 botanic gardens and arboreta nationwide
- Lenhardt Library checkout privileges
- Facility rental privileges
Online membership offer
Also includes a gift selected just for you! A free gift voucher will be sent with your membership packet.
Garden membership is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information, contact Member and Donor Services at (847) 835-8215 or membershipweb@chicagobotanic.org.