COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF APGA MEMBERS ON THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THE US & CANADA

UNITED STATES

477 Gardens
49 States & DC

164M+ Visitors

2/3 Free

10% Tourists

$1.7B+ Budget

More than half under $1M

16,000+ staff

Full, Part-Time, & Seasonal

185,000+ Acres

Stewarded by public gardens

CANADA

15 Gardens
8 Provinces

3.47M+ Visitors

$116.2M+ Budget

More than half under $1M

1,200+ staff

Full, Part-Time, & Seasonal

1,571+ Acres

Stewarded by public gardens

US STATE LEVEL IMPACT

ALASKA

3 Gardens | 91K+ visitors | $1.4M+ combined budget | 21 employees | 103 Acres
PHOTO: Jensen-Olson Arboretum, Juneau

ALABAMA

7 Gardens | 987K+ visitors | $19M+ combined budget | 256 employees | 386 Acres
PHOTO: Huntsville Botanical Garden, Huntsville

ARKANSAS

4 Gardens | 803K+ visitors | $7.3M+ combined budget | 133 employees | 346 Acres
PHOTO: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville

ARIZONA

8 Gardens | 1.4M+ visitors | $45.2M+ combined budget | 522 employees | 1,268 Acres
PHOTO: Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix

CALIFORNIA

50 Gardens | 32.3M+ visitors | $181M+ combined budget | 1,700 employees | 12,325 Acres
PHOTO: Filoli Historic House & Gardens, Woodside

COLORADO

10 Gardens | 32.3M+ visitors | $47.1M+ combined budget | 438 employees | 3,299 Acres
PHOTO: Denver Botanic Gardens

CONNECTICUT

3 Gardens | 99K+ visitors | $367K+ combined budget | 18 employees | 851 Acres
PHOTO: Highstead, Redding

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

8 Gardens | 26.5M+ visitors | $41M+ combined budget | 261 employees | 821 Acres
PHOTO: Smithsonian Butterfly Habitat

DELAWARE

8 Gardens | 271K+ visitors | $22M+ combined budget | 271 employees | 2,614 Acres
PHOTO: Delaware Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek, Dagsboro

FLORIDA

31 Gardens | 4.2M+ visitors | $120.9M+ combined budget | 1,072 employees | 3,323 Acres
PHOTO: Naples Botanical Garden

GEORGIA

12 Gardens | 3.9M+ visitors | $49.9M+ combined budget | 518 employees | 2,087 Acres
PHOTO: State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens

HAWAI'I

7 Gardens | 245K+ visitors | $18.5M+ combined budget | 213 employees | 2,896 Acres
PHOTO: National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kauai

IDAHO

2 Gardens | 165K+ visitors | $3.4M+ combined budget | 42 employees | 38 Acres
PHOTO: Idaho Botanical Garden, Boise

ILLINOIS

16 Gardens | 11.6M+ visitors | $138.1M+ combined budget | 1,083 employees | 3,601 Acres
PHOTO: Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe

INDIANA

6 Gardens | 1M+ visitors | $10.2M+ combined budget | 489 employees | 561 Acres
PHOTO: Minnetrista Museum & Gardens, Muncie

IOWA

6 Gardens | 390K+ visitors | $9.7M+ combined budget | 140 employees | 407 Acres
PHOTO: Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden

KANSAS

4 Gardens | 572K+ visitors | $7.5M+ combined budget | 89 employees | 685 Acres
PHOTO: Dyck Arboretum of the Plains, Hesston

KENTUCKY

5 Gardens | 1.2M+ visitors | $12.2M+ combined budget | 131 employees | 17,022 Acres
PHOTO: Blanton Botanical Garden and Bird Sanctuary at Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort

LOUISIANA

4 Gardens | 270K+ visitors | $4.7M+ combined budget | 65 employees | 474 Acres
PHOTO: Longue Vue House and Gardens, New Orleans

MASSACHUSETTS

13 Gardens | 5.9M+ visitors | $55.4M+ combined budget | 661 employees | 28,069 Acres
PHOTO: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge

MARYLAND

8 Gardens | 5.5M+ visitors | $10.3M+ combined budget | 179 employees | 2,187 Acres
PHOTO: Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely

MAINE

4 Gardens | 599K+ visitors | $19.2M+ combined budget | 185 employees | 1,928 Acres
PHOTO: Coastal Maine Botanical Garden, Boothbay

MICHIGAN

14 Gardens | 2.1M+ visitors | $17M+ combined budget | 356 employees | 4,774 Acres
PHOTO: Beal Botanical Garden, East Lansing

MINNESOTA

6 Gardens | 2.8M+ visitors | $26.5M+ combined budget | 334 employees | 1,541 Acres
PHOTO: Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, St. Paul

MISSISSIPPI

3 Gardens | 48K+ visitors | $165K+ combined budget | 12 employees | 811 Acres
PHOTO: Crosby Arboretum, Picayune

MISSOURI

8 Gardens | 2.3M+ visitors | $51.7M+ combined budget | 616 employees | 2,473 Acres
PHOTO: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

MONTANA

1 Garden | 33K+ visitors | $150K+ combined budget | 2 employees | 3 Acres
PHOTO: Rocky Mountain Gardens, Mizzoula

NEBRASKA

5 Gardens | 329K+ visitors | $8.7M+ combined budget | 146 employees | 804 Acres
PHOTO: Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha

NEVADA

3 Gardens | 351K+ visitors | $2.2M+ combined budget | 75 employees | 211 Acres
PHOTO: Springs Preserve, Las Vegas

NEW HAMPSHIRE

1 Garden | 12K+ visitors | $400K+ combined budget | 6 employees | 25 Acres
PHOTO: Bedrock Gardens, Lee

NEW JERSEY

12 Gardens | 5.8M+ visitors | $17.9M+ combined budget | 138 employees | 26,783 Acres
PHOTO: Van Vleck House and Gardens, Montclair

NEW MEXICO

3 Gardens | 1M+ visitors | $2.7M+ combined budget | 85 employees | 58 Acres
PHOTO: ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, Albuquerque

NEW YORK

33 Gardens | 14.5M+ visitors | $165.7M+ combined budget | 1,068 employees | 9,876 Acres
PHOTO: Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens

NORTH CAROLINA

20 Gardens | 2.4M+ visitors | $31.6M+ combined budget | 369 employees | 3,234 Acres
PHOTO: New Hanover County Arboretum, Wilmington

NORTH DAKOTA

3 Gardens | 69K+ visitors | $1M+ combined budget | 10 employees | 896 Acres
PHOTO: International Peace Garden, Dunseith

OHIO

17 Gardens | 4.2M+ visitors | $109.3M+ combined budget | 599 employees | 16,984 Acres
PHOTO: Dawes Arboretum, Newark

OKLAHOMA

6 Gardens | 1.8M+ visitors | $36.6M+ combined budget | 118 employees | 435 Acres
PHOTO: Myriad Botanical Gardens, Oklahoma City

OREGON

6 Gardens | 2.4M+ visitors | $15.6M+ combined budget | 196 employees | 415 Acres
PHOTO: Portland Japanese Garden

PENNSYLVANIA

28 Gardens | 3.6M+ visitors | $213.6M+ combined budget | 1,003 employees | 4,867 Acres
PHOTO: Jenkins Arboretum, Wayne

RHODE ISLAND

1 Garden | 50K+ visitors | $2.5M+ combined budget | 17 employees | 33 Acres
PHOTO: Blithewold Manor Gardens Arboretum, Bristol

SOUTH CAROLINA

11 Gardens | 5.3M+ visitors | $11.7M+ combined budget | 323 employees | 13,264 Acres
PHOTO: Brookgreen Gardens, Pawleys Island

SOUTH DAKOTA

1 Garden | 36K+ visitors | $800K+ combined budget | 7 employees | 70 Acres
PHOTO: McCrory Gardens, Brookings

TENNESSEE

9 Gardens | 1.1M+ visitors | $18.9M+ combined budget | 392 employees | 2,209 Acres
PHOTO: University of Tennessee Gardens, Knoxville

TEXAS

19 Gardens | 2.9M+ visitors | $99.7M+ combined budget | 774 employees | 2,214 Acres
PHOTO: Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute, Fort Davis

UTAH

5 Gardens | 1.1M+ visitors | $19.1M+ combined budget | 170 employees | 171 Acres
PHOTO: Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, Salt Lake City

VIRGINIA

16 Gardens | 4.1M+ visitors | $26.4M+ combined budget | 463 employees | 5,377 Acres
PHOTO: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna

WASHINGTON

15 Gardens | 2M+ visitors | $17.5M+ combined budget | 188 employees | 684 Acres
PHOTO: Streissguth Gardens, Seattle

WISCONSIN

9 Gardens | 2.2M+ visitors | $15.8M+ combined budget | 214 employees | 1,428 Acres
PHOTO: Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison

WEST VIRGINIA

2 Gardens | 70K+ visitors | $765K+ combined budget | 12 employees | 138 Acres
PHOTO: West Virginia Botanical Garden at Tibbs Run Preserve, Morgantown

WYOMING

1 Garden | 65K+ visitors | $939K+ combined budget | 12 employees | 10 Acres
PHOTO: Cheyenne Botanic  Gardens