Upcoming Sponsorship Projects

Each year, the Gardens brings new life and projects to the mission. From new Garden builds or upgrades to education exhibits and work with partners for alpine plant conservation, just like gardens we continue to grow and evolve. And we need your help. 

Sponsorship Project	Sponsorship Amount ($)
Children’s Summer Activities	1500
Project FeederWatch	1500
Betty’s Market Children’s Garden Sponsor	2000
Scientific Plant Labels	3000
Chefs in the Gardens Summer Series Sponsor	5000
Greenhouse Winter Program Support	5000
Member Breakfast Sponsorship	7500
Alpine Toolshed Upgrades	10,000
Garden Soiree Gold Sponsor	10,000
Wild Winter Educational Discovery Program	15,000
Summer Volunteer Program Sponsor	15,000
Water Feature Upgrades, Repairs, & Monitoring Equipment	30,000
Main Entrance Garden – Saxifrage Tufa Rock	30,000
Ecosystem Geology Project & Interpretation	40,000
Helen Fritch Endowment Matching Challenge	45,000
Dinosaurs Among Us Exhibit Gold Sponsor	50,000
Gardens Master Planning Project	80,000

Dinosaurs Among Us Exhibit: The evolution of life on Earth captures the imagination. The transition from the dinosaurs that dominated the planet for around 170 million years into a new small life form is the story of Dinosaurs Among us. Betty Ford Alpine Gardens presents this exhibit in partnership with the American Museum of Natural History. 

Sponsorship Levels Available:

Bronze: $20,000

Silver: $30,000

Gold: $50,000

Expert Science Elevated Speaker Series: $7500

Bringing dynamic speakers to talk to the community on important issues like water and soil and native plants, the Science Elevated Speaker Series brings national and internationally relevant speakers to our community.

 

Water Feature Upgrades, Repairs and Monitoring Equipment: The iconic water features throughout Betty Ford Alpine Gardens create the peaceful and tranquil environment that visitors love. And as beautiful as they are, they need your help. The Gardens needs to install monitoring equipment and new liners and upgrade piping to ensure that these iconic waterfalls continue to exist. Years of pressure through the system have degraded the infrastructure and these water features need major work to continue their role as a critical part of the Gardens’ experience. Estimated Project Cost: $30,000

Saxifrage Tufa Rock Garden: High above treeline in alpine climates, barren rock and jagged peaks dominate the landscape. Yet, if given a closer inspection, a vast ecosystem grows in the unforgiving environment.

Luckily, thanks to Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, people can step into that ecosystem without having to trek for it. This new front entrance Garden will be built from tufa rock, a porous limestone rock useful in growing many alpine and lime loving plants. 

It is tufa’s porosity that makes it such an ideal medium for growing alpines. This porosity is due to the myriad spaces within the tufa’s make-up. All of those tiny to not-so-tiny spaces were created by the spaces vacated by decomposed, organic material that became entrapped within the tufa as it was formed. This new Garden will be planted with saxifrages and saxitile plants continuing to build out the Gardens’ valuable and special collection of rare and hard to grow plants. Project Cost: $30,000 Raised $4,000

Only a few of the projects have been highlighted and more information is available about any of these projects by contacting Development Director, Melissa Ebone here.

We wish you many moments of connection with the people you love in this winter season. Thank you for all you do to partner with us. You can also make a donation directly with the button below.