Ways to enjoy the garden

Whether you are keen to turn compost, plant annual flowers, or sweep leaves, we welcome your help in keeping our garden looking its best. Meet other garden members, pitch in, and play your part in our all-volunteer community garden. 

Each year we plant over 13,000 tulip bulbs, and our celebrated annual tulip festival attracts visitors from throughout the city and beyond who come to admire our spring flowers and blossoming trees, and to learn more about the garden from our volunteer experts.

On selected Sundays in May and June we present a popular program of evening concerts; from Italian folk music to modern jazz, there is something for everyone. Relax and enjoy the music in the warmth of the evening as the night-scented garden works a special kind of magic.

Bring a rug and a picnic and settle down with friends and family to watch a film in the open air. Our popular movie night offers the opportunity to forget the chaos of city life for a couple of hours and to lose yourself in the lush tranquility of late-summer plants.

We host our annual benefit dinner and party in June, in the garden, featuring food from neighborhood restaurants, live music, a raffle and live auction. This is our largest source of revenue each year, with ticket proceeds benefiting all our programs.