admission
Our gardens are open Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 11am-5pm in accordance with state mandates. The Garden Store is open, along with our outdoor gardens. All guests are asked to use the main entrance and access the outdoor gardens through the Sun Garden or the west door.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE GARDENS
- Masks are required indoors and highly recommended outside when not able to properly social distance with other groups. Masks are not required for children playing in the water.
- Enter through the main entrance
- Members receive free admission, non-members may pay at guest services
- Please maintain social distance from guests, staff and volunteers
- Use hand sanitizer provided throughout the gardens, especially before touching doors
The health and safety of our staff and our visitors is our priority. If visitors do not follow social distancing and other guidelines, we may be forced to close the garden. We reserve the right to request that visitors who do not follow the guidelines leave the premises. An inherent risk of exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19) exists in any public space where people are present. Persons visiting the Quad City Botanical Center do so at their own risk. We also will continue to monitor guidance from state officials and gauge garden operations, and, if necessary, we will make adjustments. With your help, we can keep the Garden safe for all.
- Enter and leave the Botanical Center through the main entrance
- Masks are required indoors and highly recommended outside when not able to properly social distance with other groups. Masks are not required for children playing in the water.
- Masks must completely cover the nose and mouth and are required indoors for guests over the age of two, except for those with a medical condition that prevents them from wearing a mask
- Observe instructions from staff members regarding capacity levels in certain areas
- Do not visit if you or a member of your household are not feeling well or have had a positive test for COVID-19 within the past three weeks
- Maintain a minimum distance between you and other people not in your group of at least six feet
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION STATEMENT
Like the flowers in a thriving wildflower garden, our community is a vibrant collection of unique people who coexist to form something extraordinary together. Our mission to bring people and plants together in fun and meaningful ways inspires and enables us to serve those underrepresented due to mobility, socioeconomic and other challenges. We carry out our mission in our Rock Island gardens, at schools throughout the area and through community gardens on both sides of the river.
Connecting youth to nature in our gardens is made possible with help from generous donors that fund scholarships that pay for transportation for school groups, provide free educational programming to families on Sundays and underwrite science lessons for kids.
Partnerships with local companies and national organizations allow the Botanical Center to offer discounted or free admission to guests, making the gardens accessible to all. Admission discounts are extended to veterans, seniors 65 and older, college students, EBT participants and Big Brothers Big Sisters participants.
Our physically enabling garden of raised beds is designed to allow people with limited mobility the opportunity to garden. Each year this garden is planted by Handicapped Development Center, lovingly tended with help from Hand in Hand and funded by a grant from Tri-City Garden Club.
We continue to form new relationships with schools, non-profit groups and businesses that share our vision for an inclusive and welcoming experience in our gardens and community.
Connecting youth to nature in our gardens is made possible with help from generous donors that fund scholarships that pay for transportation for school groups, provide free educational programming to families on Sundays and underwrite science lessons for kids.
Partnerships with local companies and national organizations allow the Botanical Center to offer discounted or free admission to guests, making the gardens accessible to all. Admission discounts are extended to veterans, seniors 65 and older, college students, EBT participants and Big Brothers Big Sisters participants.
Our physically enabling garden of raised beds is designed to allow people with limited mobility the opportunity to garden. Each year this garden is planted by Handicapped Development Center, lovingly tended with help from Hand in Hand and funded by a grant from Tri-City Garden Club.
We continue to form new relationships with schools, non-profit groups and businesses that share our vision for an inclusive and welcoming experience in our gardens and community.
