Areas to Support
Help Grow Something Extraordinary
Every visit to the Memorial University Botanical Garden is made possible by people who believe that nature has the power to inspire, educate and bring communities together.
Whether you're passionate about conservation, supporting students, helping children discover nature, or creating beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy, your gift can be directed to the area that means the most to you.
Every gift helps cultivate a healthier, greener future.
The Garden is always growing. Your support helps us enhance visitor experiences through projects such as:
- New gardens
- Accessible pathways
- Visitor amenities
- Outdoor classrooms
- Public art
- Interpretive signage
- Nature play spaces
- Event spaces
- Seasonal displays
Every improvement makes the Garden more welcoming, educational and inspiring.
Tomorrow's environmental leaders gain hands-on experience today at the Garden.
Your support helps provide:
- Student employment
- Paid internships
- Experiential learning
- Research opportunities
- Outdoor leadership training
- Environmental interpretation
- Kayak instructor certification
- Professional development
Students leave the Garden with practical skills, confidence and experience that benefit communities across Newfoundland and Labrador.
Thousands of children and adults visit the Garden each year to discover the natural world.
Your gift helps support:
- School programming
- Summer camps
- Guided tours
- Educational workshops
- Family programming
- Curriculum development
- Teaching materials
- Accessibility initiatives
Together we're helping create the next generation of environmental stewards.
The Botanical Garden protects and showcases Newfoundland and Labrador's unique plant life while helping preserve biodiversity for generations to come.
Support can help fund:
- Native plant conservation
- Species-at-risk initiatives
- Seed collection
- Ecological restoration
- Pollinator habitat
- Sustainable horticulture
- Research partnerships
- Climate resilience projects
One tree can make a difference. Thousands can transform communities.
The Garden's Tree Nursery grows native trees and shrubs that support restoration projects, educational programs, research, and conservation efforts across the province.
Your support helps provide:
- Native seed collection
- Greenhouse supplies
- Growing containers
- Irrigation equipment
- Student staffing
- Community tree planting initiatives
- Habitat restoration
- Climate adaptation projects
Every tree grown today helps build healthier forests tomorrow.
Your Gift Can Have an Impact!
Every donation has an immediate impact.
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Gift |
Your Impact |
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$25 |
Your gift can purchase native wildflower seeds, educational materials for children's programs, or gardening supplies for volunteers. |
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$50 |
Your gift can be directed to provide trees or shrubs for restoration projects, supports hands-on activities during school visits, or purchases tools and supplies for K-12 or post-secondary student learning. |
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$100 |
Your gift can helps support a student's experiential learning opportunity, funds environmental education programming, or provides supplies for conservation and nursery projects. |
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$500 |
Your gift can help establish new conservation plantings, supports student employment, expands Tree Nursery production, enhances public gardens, or helps launch new community programming. |
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$1,000 |
Your gift could purchase a new kayak, create a one time school travel bursary, propogate 100 seedlings at the Tree Nursery, assist with the purchase of larger equipment or irrigation supplies. |
Give Where It's Needed Most
Some donors have a particular passion. Others simply want to support wherever the need is greatest. An unrestricted gift provides the flexibility to respond to emerging opportunities, urgent priorities and the Garden's greatest needs throughout the year.
These gifts are among the most valuable because they allow us to invest where support can have the greatest impact.
Looking to Create a Lasting Legacy?
Many of these areas can also be supported through:
- Endowment funds
- Named funds
- Memorial and tribute gifts
- Planned giving
- Multi-year commitments
- Corporate partnerships
Our team would be pleased to help you create a gift that reflects your interests and your legacy.
Darcy McMeekin, Development Officer
School of Pharmacy & Botanical Garden
mcmeekin@mun.ca
709-864-7669