• Use your membership any day you wish and get free admission year-round! This includes our new seasonal Butterfly Experience!
• Includes all exhibits and our permanent collections open 10am-4pm
• Remember to log into your account and be sure to show your membership card and ID at admissions! Only individuals and dependents listed on the membership qualify for free admission.
• Discounts on Gardens After Dark admission

Use your membership and get free admission to our seasonal Butterfly Experience. Remember to log into your account to receive your free tickets, reservations are required! Be sure to show your membership card and ID at admissions, only individuals and dependents listed on the membership qualify for free admission.

• Discounts on classes, special events, and shows like Gardens After Dark
• 10% discount in our gift shop

• One-time use guest pass(es)*
• Members-Only annual event
• A one-year digital subscription to Better Homes and Gardens magazine

*Quantity of guest passes varies by membership type.

As of January 1, 2024, guest passes are attached to your membership record. These passes are added automatically when you purchase your membership, and expire the same day as your membership. To redeem a guest pass, present your membership card at admissions and let our staff know that you would like to use one of your guest passes.

Any paper guest passes you have will remain valid and be accepted until their listed expiration date. If you want to share your guest passes with someone else, please share your membership ID number (located on your membership card) with them. This allows our staff to verify which account to redeem the passes from without you present. If you need to know how many guest passes you have remaining, please ask at our front desk.

If you are a member of any of the organizations below, your membership to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is discounted. It works the other way, too! If you are a member of the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, your membership to any of our partner organizations below is discounted at the amount shown. Show proof of valid membership to receive the discount. Discounts can only be applied in person or over the phone.

$5 off membership

Buffalo Zoo members save $5 off membership.

10% off membership

Members of Buffalo Museum of Science, Aquarium of Niagara, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Child Care Resource Network, and Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village

10% off general admission

Botanical Gardens members receive 10% off admission at Explore & More and the Theodore Roosevelt National Inauguration Site.

(Please note that discounts cannot be stacked or combined.)

10% discount at local nurseries and garden centers, including:

• Masterson’s Garden Center | East Aurora
• Gardenville Blooms | West Seneca
• Seneca Greenhouse | West Seneca
• Weeks Nursery & Greenhouses | Clarence Center
• Primeval Forest Nursery | Buffalo (Discount eligible on purchases of 1 gallon or larger)
• Grabber & Sons Landscaping, Inc. | Cheektowaga (Discount eligible on retail purchases only)
• Urban Roots Cooperative Garden Market | Buffalo (Discount available on non-sale items only)

Membership to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens provides access to the American Horticultural Society’s Reciprocal Admissions Program. You’ll be entitled to reciprocal benefits at gardens and arboretums across the country and Canada. Examples include:

New York State | Cornell Botanic Garden, Ithaca Children’s Garden, New York Botanical Garden, and more

Ontario | Royal Botanical Gardens, Sonnenberg Gardens & Mansion State Historic Park, and Toronto Botanical Gardens.

Other US Gardens | US Botanic Garden (DC), Harold L. Lyon Arboretum (Honolulu), Cleveland Botanical Garden, Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park (Erie, PA), and Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, plus hundreds of others.

Check out some of our local partners:

Individual
Individual adult admission. Plus, a one-time-use digital guest pass per year.

1 year – $72
2 years – $129

Student/Senior (62+)
Individual student or senior citizen admission. Plus, a one-time-use digital guest pass per year. ID required.

1 year – $55
2 years – $99

Dual Senior
Two senior citizen admissions. Plus, two one-time-use digital guest passes per year. ID required.

1 year – $87
2 years – $156

Dual Adult
Two adult admissions. Plus, two one-time-use digital guest passes per year.

1 year – $98
2 years – $176

Family
Two adult admissions with dependent children under 18. Plus, two one-time-use digital guest passes per year.

1 year – $109
2 years – $196

Family Advantage
Three adult admissions with dependent children under 18. Plus, two one-time-use digital guest passes per year.

1 year – $132
2 years – $238

Individual Plus
One adult admission with up to four dependent children under 18. Plus, two one-time-use digital guest passes per year.

1 year – $88
2 years – $158

Grandparents
Two adult admissions with up to four grandchildren under 18. Plus, two one-time-use digital guest passes per year.

1 year – $98
2 years – $176

Flora Friends
One adult and any two guests per visit

1 year – $165
2 years- $297

The Botanical Gardens offers discounted group memberships for human services agencies, nursing homes, group homes and senior homes that include a number of guest passes. After passes are utilized, each additional visitor will be extended a $5 admission rate. The agency card must be presented to utilize this special pricing and required personal care attendants are always admitted free.

Service Agency – Level 1
Ten one-time use guest passes

1 year – $105

Service Agency – Level 2
Fifteen one-time use guest passes

1 year- $116

Service Agency – Level 3
Twenty one-time use guest passes

1 year – $127

Garden Club Membership
Ten one-time use guest passes

1 year- $176

Service Agency Memberships and Garden Club Memberships cannot be purchased online. To purchase, please call the Membership Department at 716.827.1584 x295