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Join Bridge Gardens
Memberships purchased now are valid through December 31, 2025!
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. And our demonstration vegetable garden, managed by Garden Director Rick Bogusch, provides 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, who share 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, 2025!
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
Memberships purchased now are valid through December 31, 2025!
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 2024 Partner, Patron, Benefactor, Friend, Sustainer and Supporter-level members and donors.
And special thanks to our 2020 - 2024 Non-Profit and Corporate Partners, whose generous gifts of time and expertise help to make the Gardens grow.
Lists created on December 11, 2024.
Members
Partner ($5,000 level)
- Rick Bogusch
- Harry Neyens
- Nancy Gilbert and Richard Wines
- Susan Edwards and Ian Ziskin
Patron ($2,500 level)
- Carol Mulvihill Ahlers and Ronald Ahlers
- Anne and John Hall
- Barbara Phillips
Benefactor ($1,000 level)
- Bobbie Braun - The Neuwirth Foundation
- Judith Saner
- Rand, Emilie, and Ben Stoll
Friend ($500 level)
- Amy and Doug Halsey
- Araiys Design
- Claude Weir and Yvette Arsenec-Weir
- Herlin and Kay Kilpatric Callan
- Marisol and Edward Mafoud
- Meredith Byers
- RaineyDay and John Erwin
- Yvette DeBow-Salsedo and Rino Salsedo
Sustainer ($250 level)
- Anna Lou Fletcher
- Arlynn Brody
- Barbara and Henry Gooss
- Bill Miller
- Blythe Danner
- Emma Clurman and Richard De Rose
- Greg Wiseman
- Jenice and Rick Delano
- Joanne and Thomas Gouge
- John and Bettina Benson
- John and Leah Oppenheimer
- Jon Ambrose and Jim Brasher
- Mark McIntyre and Honor Lassalle
- Stuart Goode and Nancy Cooley
- The Horticultural Alliance
- Toby and Kenneth Alfred
- Vincent Iannelli
Supporter ($125 level)
- Catherine and Bradford Tepper
- Charles C. Savage
- David and Ashley Filer
- Edith Seligson
- Elaine Peterson
- Elizabeth Corker
- Francine Lynch
- Gus and Linda Kontakis
- Hilka Klinkenberg and Bernard Braverman
- Howard Jennings and Sharon Santonastasio
- Jacqueline and Robert Helpern
- Jane Iselin
- Jennifer and James Pike
- Joan and Walter Miller
- Joanne Zaiac and Robert D. Coven Charitable Fund
- Kenneth and Debra Kawaller
- Laura Donnelly
- Loren Skeist and Marlene Marko
- Maria and Thomas Ulrich
- Marie Kennedy
- Mary Welker
- Maureen and James Callanan
- Meghan Moore
- Michael and Abby Wolk
- Nancy Rollins
- Nicoletta Eda Agnelli
- Pamela Harwood and Peter Feder
- Paul and Marie Boardman
- Paula and Steve Warhaftig
- Renée Charles and Roland Baer
- Russell Hall
- Sarah Halsey
- Sarah Halsey Van Allen
- Shelly and Vincent Fremont
- Vincent Covello and Carol Mandel
Garden Member ($75)
- Ann Cryan
- Ann Sandford
- Arthur Beckenstein and John O'Rourke
- Barbara and Peter Himler
- Barbara Freiberg
- Carlo Bronzini Vender
- Carol T. Spencer
- Caroline Cutaia
- Carolyn and David Holstein
- Connie and John Norbeck
- Donna and Terence Nemeth
- Dr. Meredith Halsey and Mr. Matt Bossler
- Ellen and Michael Diamant
- Ellen Bialo
- Erik Brockmeyer and Scott Sottile
- Evelyn and Joseph Monaco
- Gail Ross
- Gina Diao
- Glorian Berk
- Howard Fine and Lynn Cronin
- Inge Lasusa
- Janice Silvers and Paul Bekman
- Joan and Ed Dimonda
- Joanne DeSarlo
- Judy and Aaron Daniels
- Judy Faer
- Justin Spring
- Kathy and Ed Wynne
- Linda Massis and Bernard Hayduk
- Lorraine Coyle
- Marc and Lori Robinson
- Margaret van Ert
- Marie DiMonte
- Mark and Janet Donohoe Ollinger
- Mark and June Halsey
- Mark Schwarz
- Martin and Valerie Levenstein
- Mary Ann Steffens
- Mary Ellen Brockmeyer
- Mary Petrie
- Melanie Tebbens
- Michael Longacre
- Mr. and Mrs. Victor Azzara
- Nancy and Adam Greene
- Olivia Motch
- Pamela Keating
- Pamela Olsen
- Patricia and Karl Kaiser
- Patricia Halsey Wellen
- Paula Diamond
- Quincy and Hersey Egginton
- Rachel Green
- Randi Dickson and Claude Beudert
- Richard Russo and Justin Ruaysamran
- Stephen Josephson
- Sue and Steven Felsher
- Susan Barbieri
- Susan D'Alessio and Al Ganci
- Tanya Traykovski and Catherine Freudenberg
- Tom and Heidi Oleszczuk
- Tony Hitchcock and Jean Lindgren
- Valerie Doyle
- Virginia Neary and Goodwin Benjamin
- William and Janet Jacovina
Non-Profit and Corporate Partners
- Araiys Design
- The Bridgehampton Association
- Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Greener Pastures Organics
- Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons
- Jackson Dodds & Company, Inc.
- Oza Sabbeth Architects
- Perfect Earth Project
- RB Irrigation
- Summerhill Landscapes
- Timberland
