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Honor your loved ones.

Memorialize someone near and dear to your heart with a donation to the Botanical Gardens.

Our tribute program offers a range of options for honoring a loved one, commemorating an event, or memorializing any person or moment that is special to you. A tribute made to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens is a thoughtful and touching way to remember a loved one, honor a special person, offer gratitude, or commemorate a special occasion. Tributes can celebrate marriages, births, retirements, anniversaries, or memorialize a beloved friend or family member. 

Learn more about our various tribute program options below:

Giving Glass

Much like buying a star in the night sky, our Giving Glass program allows you to symbolically purchase a pane of glass from our beautiful, historic conservatory. This option is a wonderful way to honor a loved one who admired our historic conservatory and will be forever memorialized with a pane of glass named in their honor. Each tier of glass includes a certificate of authenticity recognizing the glass given in their name. Certificates make a wonderful gift and can be framed for friends and family. View our glass tiers below.

Giving Glass tiers are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Give Glass Now

Our iconic Palm Dome is a favorite to many. As it is the highest point of our conservatory, symbolically purchasing a pane of glass from the Palm Dome is the highest point of glass that your loved one can be honored by. Complete with a certificate of authenticity recognized at the Palm Dome Glass tier, your loved one will forever make their mark on our most historic landmark.

Did your loved one have a deep appreciation for our Botanical Gardens’ conservatory? Honor their love for the historic architectural gem by symbolically purchasing a pane of conservatory glass in their name. This is a beautiful way to remember your loved one every time you visit the Botanical Gardens. Complete with a certificate of authenticity at the Conservatory Glass tier, your loved one will forever make their mark on our historic conservatory.

Growhouse Glass can be symbolically purchased and is a great option for loved ones who believed in the importance of the mission of our organization and believed in nurturing our world and our plants. Our Growhouses are where our plants are cared for behind the scenes even when they may not be at their most beautiful stage. Like all living things, our plants need nurturing. Complete with a certificate of authenticity at the Growhouse Glass tier, your loved one will forever make their mark on the backbone of our plant care growhouses.

Build a Path

Consider commemorating a celebration or honoring the life of a loved one by engraving your very own brick or paver for one of our outdoor gardens. Each trip you take to our Botanical Gardens, you’ll be able to visit your brick or paver that will live along one of our gorgeous winding pathways. This is an excellent choice for those looking for a physical tribute among the Botanical Gardens campus.

Please note: Due to the progress of our Expansion and Renovation project, all brick and paver tributes will not be installed until our outdoor gardens are re-established in 2027. For more information, questions, or concerns about your purchase, please contact development@buffalogardens.com.

Buy a Brick: $250

4″x8″ with up to three lines of text and 20 characters in each line.

Buy a Paver: $350

12″x12″ with up to 8 lines of text and 20 characters in each line.

Make a Donation

A monetary donation in honor of a loved one, or as part of a will, can be made to the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Monetary donations support the mission of our Botanical Gardens and helps ensure that we can continue to provide people with a place to connect with plants and each other for generations to come. 

Monetary donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

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