Sun rising over the south end of the Main Valley at Nichols Arboretum. Click here to view more Arboretum photos.
Smell the rosemary in the Herb Knot Garden. Stroll along the Huron River in the Arb on Sundays. Watch turtles sun on a log in our constructed wetland. Picnic by the Peony Garden in the summer. Escape winter's gray in the Conservatory.
The University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum are about connecting people with nature. We're about sustaining the earth. We're about caring for our natural heritage. We're about sharing knowledge and promoting learning.
We need you more than ever to help us continue this vital work. You're probably already doing your part as a conservationist. You recycle. You turn down your heat in the winter. You walk instead of drive. Now we're asking you to do more, become a member and help sustain the Arb and Gardens so these places can sustain you!
- Get free admission to our Conservatory. Enjoy a trip to the tropics or the desert anytime of year, see blooming orchids and bromeliads, and visit the bonsai alcove.
- Get free admission to other conservatories, botanical gardens and arboreta throughout North America. Take a vacation within a vacation.
- Save money. Receive discounts on all MBGNA goods and services, like our gift shop, community education classes and the plant sale. Plus, your donation is tax-deductible.
- Learn something new. Friends, our newsletter, will be mailed to you three times a year.
Basic Benefits
- Free Conservatory admission
- Free Friends newsletter mailed to your home 3 times annually
- Reciprocal Garden and Arboretum privileges
- Special discounts on Community Education Classes
- Invitation to Members-Only Events
- Special discount on ticketed events
- Special discount on Annual Bulb Offering
- 10% discount at Spring Plant Sale and on Gift Shop items
Student $20
Individual $45
Family $55 (2 adults and family members under 18 years old)
Sustaining $100
- Basic Benefits
- Plus Curator's Tour
Sponsor $250
- Basic Benefits
- Curator's Tour
- Plus free perennial plant from Spring Plant Sale
Benefactor $500
- Basic Benefits
- Curator's Tour
- Free perennial plant from Spring Plant Sale
- Plus 2 free passes for a ticketed event
Director's Circle $1000
- Basic Benefits
- Curator's Tour
- Free perennial plant from Spring Plant Sale
- 2 free passes for a ticketed event
- Plus invitation to Director's Evening
