Before you can redeem your Groupon, you have to purchase it! We can't sell you a discounted membership; you have to do it on www.groupon.com. The $17 deal gets you the Individual Membership described below.

After you purchse your Groupon, you'll get a redemption voucher with a barcode on it. Print this out and bring it to the Garden (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm or Saturday-Sunday, 10am-4pm) for your membership packet. Your benefits, including free admission, start immediately!

Buying this Groupon as a gift? Make sure you have the address and phone number for the recipient so that you can fill out the membership application on his or her behalf when you come to the Garden.

Individual Membership - $35

Your Groupon is redeemable for an Individual Membership, which comes with one membership card, granting you  free admission at the Garden for an entire year. This card is also good for admission to all participating American Horticultural Society Reciprical Admissions Program gardens. A full list of participating gardens is available on the AHS website: www.ahs.org

Your membership card gives you a 10% discount at Navlet's, Annie's Annuals and Perennials, and The Dry Garden Nursery as well as 10% off plants and most mercandise items at The Ruth Bancroft Garden (except during events and plant sales).

Members get discounts on many of the Garden's educational events, and are allowed early admission during our plant sales for first-pick of plants.

Also included in your membership are two guest passes ($20 value) that you can use to bring friends or family to RBG. Guest passes must be filled out to be valid, and can only be used for regular admissions, not for events.

Children under 12 are free, as are caregivers of disabled visitors.

The Garden is open for visitors seven days a week from 10am - 4pm.

The Office is open from 9am - 5pm Monday through Friday.

Regular Admission Rates

Special events have a different pricing scale. Call the Office with any questions: (925) 944-9352.

On weekdays, both the Office Entrance and North Entrance are open. On weekends, start your visit at the North Entrance.

The Ruth Bancroft Garden Office is located at 1552 Bancroft Road in Walnut Creek, CA.

The North Entrance is located at 1500 Bancroft Road. Please use the North Entrance on the weekends or for special events, as the Office Entrance will be closed.

During the week, parking is available at the Office Entrance and at the North Entrance. During the weekend and for special events, parking is only available at the North Entrance.

Parking at the North Entrance is available on the gravel area adjacent to Ruth’s Folly (the green gazebo). If that lot is full, please continue down the driveway and parallel park along the left side of the driveway near the red barn. Walk back along the driveway to enter the Garden; tours begin at Ruth’s Folly. The garden is bordered by private property, so please be respectful of our neighbors and only enter the Garden through Ruth's Folly.

Parking is limited; please carpool or consider public transportation when possible. The Garden is located 1.5 miles from the Pleasant Hill BART Station and only three blocks from The Contra Costa Canal Trail, which can be accessed from the BART Station. The County Connection Bus also stops outside of the Garden during weekday commute hours.

There is a list of frequently asked questions here.

We're still working on the 2013 Event Calendar. When it's finished, you can see it here.

The Office is open Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. You can call or email with questions: info@ruthbancroftgarden.org or (925) 944-9352