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Join Bridge Gardens
A membership to Bridge Gardens is a great way to show your support for this beautiful public garden, open daily with free admission. The gardens are a wonderful part of the community and provide you with a quiet place for exploration. Our demonstration vegetable garden, managed by Garden Director Rick Bogusch, is providing fresh food to the Sag Harbor Food Pantry.
Our numerous in-person and virtual programs offer many chances to learn, and your membership offers you free or reduced fee access to all. Check out our instructional videos with Rick, along with Lawn Expert Paul Wagner and Community Gardener Justin Ruaysamran, featuring garden and cooking tips you can use at home. The videos can be found on our website, blog, Instagram and Facebook.
At your next visit, take an audio tour of the gardens through TravelStorys!
To learn more about the history of the gardens, to take the virtual tour with TravelStorys, and find links to a variety of programs offered through Bridge Gardens, click here.
Join today to enjoy membership benefits through December 31st, 2023!
Brilliant yellow woad in the herb garden
Huge dahlia in community garden
Community Gardeners Janet and Mark Ollinger with today's harvest
Colorful leaves of an oak tree in the Inner Garden
Community garden plots getting freshly mulched paths
Local bird enthusiasts Sandra Hunter and Jim Ash
Community Gardener Rand Stoll
Photo by Ellen Diamant
Bridge Gardens Membership Levels and Benefits
Please check our website and e-news for updates throughout the year.
Garden Member ($75) Fully tax-deductible
- Members are invited to enjoy three members-only music nights and may bring 2 guests to attend for free. Additional guests are $15/person.
- Reduced admission to lectures and workshops
- Ticketed admission for member and one guest to one members-only event
- The American Horticultural Society's (AHS) Reciprocal Admission Program (RAP) privileges, including free admission and discounts at over 300 participating gardens and other horticultural institutions
- Two personalized membership cards
- Subscription to Bridge Gardens E-News, Connections Newsletter, and Peconic Land Trust Newsletter
Supporter ($125) Fully tax-deductible
Membership includes all the Garden benefits, plus:
- One Garden level membership to give as a gift
- Acknowledgement in invitations, signage, and e-news
Sustainer ($250) Fully tax-deductible
Membership includes all the Garden benefits, plus:
- Two Garden level memberships to give as gifts
- Acknowledgement in invitations, signage, and e-news
Friend ($500) Fully tax-deductible
Membership includes all the Garden benefits, plus:
- A personal tour of the gardens with Garden Director Rick Bogusch and four guests
- Two Garden level memberships to give as gifts
- Acknowledgement in invitations, signage, and e-news
Benefactor ($1,000) $820 charitable contribution
Membership includes all the Garden benefits, plus:
- A wine and cheese reception at the Gardens following a personal tour with Garden Director Rick Bogusch and six guests
- A one hour consult with Rick Bogusch at Bridge Gardens
- Four Garden level memberships to give as gifts
- Acknowledgement in invitations, signage, and e-news
Patron ($2,500) $2,200 charitable contribution
Membership includes all the Garden benefits, plus:
- A wine and cheese reception at the Gardens following a personal tour with Garden Director Rick Bogusch and eight guests
- A one hour consult with Rick Bogusch at Bridge Gardens
- Four Garden level memberships to give as gifts
- Acknowledgement in invitations, signage, and e-news
Partner ($5,000) $4,400 charitable contribution
Membership includes all the Garden benefits, plus:
- A wine and cheese reception at the Gardens following a personal tour with Garden Director Rick Bogusch and 10 guests
- A one hour consult at your home with Rick Bogusch scheduled at a mutually convenient time in one of the five East End towns (East Hampton, Southampton, Riverhead, Southold and Shelter Island)
- Six Garden level memberships to give as gifts
- Acknowledgement in invitations, signage, and e-news
Thank you to our 2023 Partner, Patron, Benefactor, Friend, Sustainer and Supporter-level members and donors.
And special thanks to our 2016 - 2023 Non-Profit and Corporate Partners, whose generous gifts of time and expertise help to make the Gardens grow.
Members
Partner ($5,000 level)
- Rick Bogusch
- Susan Edwards and Ian Ziskin
- Harry Neyens
Patron ($2,500 level)
- Barbara Braun - The Neuwirth Foundation
- Anne and John Hall
- Barbara Phillips
Benefactor ($1,000 level)
- Carol Mulvihill Ahlers and Ronald Ahlers
- The Bridgehampton Association, Inc.
- Nancy Gilbert and Richard Wines
- Emma Gilbey-Keller
- Schoenheimer Foundation
- Cheryl Sokolow of C Fine Art
- Rand, Emilie, and Ben Stoll
- Barbara Thomas
Friend ($500 level)
- Kathryn Fee
- Amy and Doug Halsey
- Francine Lynch
- John McAlonan
- Fred Schmeltzer
- Frederick and Nancy Smith
- Claude Weir and Yvette Arsenec-Weir
- Susan Kennedy Zeller
Sustainer ($250 level)
- Toby and Kenneth Alfred
- Anne and Bruce Babcock
- Bettina Benson
- Dora Damiano and Jerrard Mavellia
- Rainey Day and John Erwin
- Robert Fleischer and Susan Raanan
- Anna Lou Fletcher
- Joanne and Thomas Gouge
- Nancy and Adam Greene
- The Horticultural Alliance
- Stephen and Regina Humanitzki
- Vincent Iannelli
- Jackson Dodds & Company, Inc.
- Kathy and Brian Kennedy
- Rino Salsedo and Yvette DeBow
- Charles C. Savage
- Loren Skeist and Marlene Marko
- Audrey and Jeffrey Spiegel
Supporter ($125 level)
- Craig Anderson and Mary Donohue
- Dr. Paula J. Angelone and Jerry Rosengarten
- Paul and Marie Boardman
- Sarah Burr
- Robert Calvert and Mary Wolz
- Robert Chaloner and Oscar Mandes
- Renée Charles and Roland Baer
- Vincent Covello and Carol Mandel
- Robert Coven and Joanne Zaiac
- James Dineen
- Quincy and Hersey Egginton
- Russell Hall
- Jacqueline Helpern
- Judy Lynne Hester
- Sandy and John Horvitz
- Howard Jennings and Sharon Santonastasio
- Kenneth and Debra Kawaller
- Janet and Stephen Kelly
- Marie Kennedy
- Linda Lacchia
- Gail Levin and John Van Sickle
- Michael Longacre
- Judith Mendoza
- Elyse Nathanson
- Paula Peterson and John Tusa
- Jennifer and James Pike
- Nancy Rollins
- Judith Saner
- Edith Seligson
- Lynn and Bruce Surry
- Catherine and Bradford Tepper
- Paula and Steve Warhaftig
- Alicia Whitaker
- Michael and Abby Wolk
Non-Profit and Corporate Partners
- Greener Pastures Organics
- Goldman Sachs & Co.
- Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons
- Jackson Dodds & Company, Inc.
- Perfect Earth Project
- RB Irrigation
- Summerhill Landscapes
