Public Gardens: Partner with Open Days
Open Days partners with the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida to celebrate their annual Garden Month of tours, lectures, concerts, and art workshops for visitors of all ages.
Landscape architect James deGrey David treated guest to a private tour and discussion in his Austin, Texas garden through a Digging Deeper event in 2015.
For more than ten years, Open Days has partnered with the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon to share private gardens throughout the Pacific Northwest. HPSO members recently visited Garden Conservancy headquarters in New York during a wider tour of the Hudson Valley.
Pondside Nursery of Hudson, New York is just one of many nurseries or specialty growers that held pop-up sales during Open Days gardens in 2016.
Public gardens and the Open Days program have a shared audience and goal: to fuel the public’s passion for gardens and gardening. Joining with Open Days increases visibility for your organization and aligns you with our passionate national audience in your own region and beyond. We invite you to get involved.
To inquire about being included in future Open Days schedules, email opendays@gardenconservancy.org.
Opportunities for public gardens to be involved with Open Days:
- Organize an Open Day in your area, or help find outstanding private gardens to share
- Serve as a Lead Garden (starting point) at an existing area Open Day
- Host a Digging Deeper or coordinate a special tour at your own site to complement Open Days
- Provide volunteers at Open Days gardens, and create awareness with your own public outreach
Partnering with Open Days is a terrific way to grow your audience by connecting with our diverse, nationwide community of garden enthusiasts. Our public garden partners are all featured in our:
- Open Days website (34,897 average unique page views/month)
- E-mail reminders (sent to our list of more than 18,500 names)
- Garden Conservancy Facebook page (over 81,000 likes) and Instagram page (about 32,000 followers)
To find out more call 1.845.424.6502 or email us at opendays@gardenconservancy.org.
Open Days 2024
Registration is now open for all Open Days through the end of May!
Pictured (left to right): Open Days Public Program and Education Associate Philllip Carruthers, Open Days Program Manager Amy Murray, Director of Public Programs & Education Horatio Joyce