Membership at The Horticultural Society of New York

Become a member today and enjoy all of the benefits The Horticultural Society of New York offers! Your membership also helps support our important outreach programs, including Greenhouse, Greenteam, and our Appleseed Education program.

Membership Benefits

Student/Senior ($35) (with a valid ID)
• Same benefits as Basic membership

Basic ($50)
• Discounts at our Green City, Green Life partner retailers in the tri-state area
• Complimentary plant at our members-only annual meeting
• Invitations to special events, including gallery openings and film screenings
• Discounts on garden workshops, lectures and other programs
• A complimentary HSNY tote bag

Full/Family ($100) ($96 tax-deductible)
All of the benefits of the Basic membership, plus:
• Library borrowing privileges
• Family privileges
• Reciprocal offerings from partner organizations
• Priority registration for garden tours and workshops
• Discounted consultation rates with HSNY's horticulturalist
• One-year subscription to Organic Gardening magazine

Supporter ($250) ($234 tax-deductible)
All of the benefits of the Full membership, plus:
• Special invitations to exclusive programs, including adult workshops and gardening
   classes, lectures and readings, and children’s hands-on art and science activites
•  A copy of James Jiler’s highly-acclaimed book, Doing Time in the Garden,
   an engaging personal account of running a successful horticultural vocation program
   at the largest jail complex in the United States

Patron ($500) ($484 tax-deductible)
Same benefits as Supporter membership, plus:
• Exclusive access to guided tours of private gardens and intimate receptions with
   important artists and authors
• One-time complimentary garden consultation with HSNY Horticulturist

Circle of Friends/Benefactor ($1000) ($984 tax-deductible)
Same benefits as Patron membership, plus:
• Join at this level to become part of the Hort's Circle of Friends, and receive exclusive invitations to private garden tours, lectures and receptions

How Your Gift Will Help

$50: buys ladybugs and magnifying glasses for two New York City public school 3rd grade classes.

$100: provides tools to maintain a public library reading garden in a community with few green spaces.

$250: supports the cost of building a bi-lingual teaching library at the GreenHouse on Rikers Island.

$500: funds a 200-gallon rainwater harvesting cistern that can water an urban garden for an entire planting season.

$1,000: purchases the materials for four vegetable gardening workshops at a seniors’ center, a residence for formerly homeless individuals or families, a rooftop garden for people with mental illnesses or a hospice for a terminally ill adults.