Support Us
Donate to Support the Gardens
We have raised over $24 million with your help
We’ve come a long way, but our work is not yet complete.
Continue the momentum! Making a donation today helps to turn this community’s dream into a reality.
Donate Online
Your support ensures that the Gardens continue to grow both now and in the years to come.
Sponsorship Opportunities
From buildings to gardens to trees, you can sponsor individual features to be included in Phase I of the Gardens.
Buy a Brick
Bricks are currently available in Beargrass Creek Pathway. Let us know if your brick is a gift! We can include a gift acknowledgement for you to send to the recipient.
HELEN HARRIGAN LEGACY SOCIETY
Have you considered including the gardens in your estate plans? One of the simplest paths is to make a bequest to the Waterfront Botanical Gardens in your will.
Please contact us with questions about planned giving.
MEMORIAL GIFTS
You can honor a loved one by making a donation in their memory. Memorial gifts are a wonderful way to establish a link with the past and promote a vision for the future.
gifts of stock or securities
With careful planning, you may be able to reduce capital gains tax while supporting our work via stock donation instead of a check. Please contact us for more information.
ENROLL IN THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM
Support as you shop! WBG receives a percentage each time you use your Kroger Plus Shopper’s Card. Register it below with our non-profit number 24032.
The Believers
Learn more about the believers of the Waterfront Botanical Gardens. Their love of gardens and community helped to lay the foundation for a place where future generations can learn, grow, and experience the wonders of nature.
Thank you to our 2021 foundation, corporate and governmental partners:
Caesars Foundation of Floyd County
Clifton Foundation
V. V. Cooke Foundation
Crowe Foundation
Delta Dental of Kentucky
Dunbar Family Foundation
Irvin F. and Alice S. Etscorn Charitable Foundation
The Gardner Foundation
Gheens Foundation
The Gilbert Foundation
Habdank Foundation
Wood & Marie C. Hannah Foundation
The Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
Indigo Foundation
Lawn Care for Cleaner Air
LG&E and KU Energy, LLC
Louisville Audubon Society
Louisville Water
Metro Louisville Air Pollution Control
Mildred Horn Foundation
MSD
Norton Foundation
Ogle Foundation
Prospect/Goshen Rotary Foundation
Sam Swope Family Foundation
Samtec Cares
Snowy Owl Foundation
Trager Family Foundation
Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.