Which Garden Path Will You Take?

Garden Paths: 2012 APGA Conference in Columbus, Ohio! Read more.

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Download the Registration Brochure.
Download the Schedule-at-a-Glance.
Reserve your room at the Conference Hotel.

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IMLS Grant Gives APGA and VCU Opportunity to Document Why Public Gardens Are Important in Creating Sustainable Communities

In a project funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), APGA partnered with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) to document and analyze the programs and contributions of eight APGA member gardens to their communities. Read more.

Traveling Exhibits at a Discount for franklin park
APGA Member Gardens

Rent one (or more!) of four traveling exhibits at a 10 percent discount (for APGA member gardens only). APGA receives many requests about how to find new exhibits that will attract more visitors and increase membership. This year, four APGA member gardens—Botanic Garden at Smith College (new addition), The North Carolina Arboretum (new addition), Morton Arboretum, and Longwood Gardens—have developed traveling exhibits and have agreed to offer an exclusive discount to APGA member gardens.
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It's Back!
As a New Benefit of APGA Membership!

Better Homes and Gardens Subscription Program will be available for the entire year! As a part of its partnership with Better Homes and Gardens, the APGA announces the BHG benefit for garden members will be available through all of 2012. This benefit will provide each member garden the ability to offer subscriptions to BHG magazine to new and renewing members. Click here for more information. To order subscription cards for your garden, email bhg@publicgardens.org.

APGA Member Exclusive Groupon Offer

As a part of its strategic goal to raise the awareness of public gardens and drive visitation to its member gardens, the American Public Gardens Association has partnered with Groupon to support visitation and increase membership loyalty by offering an additional discount on Groupon's Deal of the Day. Groupon is an online marketing program that offers one deal each day in many major cities around the country.

Read how some gardens are already involved and how you can participate!

National Public Gardens Day

One way for our member gardens to celebrate National Public Gardens Day is to participate in Better Homes and Gardens' free admission program!

Visitors to BHG.com will be directed to download a voucher for free admission into any participating public garden on National Public Gardens Day. 

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