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Norfolk Botanical Garden offers an opportunity for businesses and corporations within our community and beyond to provide financial support to an outstanding community resource while receiving significant recognition and employee incentives. Sponsors can choose to support exhibitions, member and VIP events, and education and family programs.

Why Sponsor?

Located next to Norfolk International Airport , Norfolk Botanical Garden will host more than 250,000 visitors this year! Your Garden sponsorship will bring you into association with a beloved institution that stands for family fun as well as environmental education and conservation. The customized programs below have significant marketing value and will build your corporation's image in the local community and beyond.  Sponsor-initiated advertising is taken into consideration when negotiating sponsorship fees.

Special Event Sponsorships

Annual Sponsorship

Yearly

Attendance: 250,000

Audience: ALL Special Event & Exhibit participants

Giving you the most exposure at the Garden. A best bet! Reach our visitors throughout the year at all of our special events and at our summer exhibit program! Hitting the most homes for your sponsorship dollar!

2006 Annual Sponsors are:

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Garden of Lights

Thanksgiving - New Year's Eve - Annually

Attendance: 20,000 vehicles - over 100,000 people!
Audience: Families, Hampton Roads residents, young adults

Norfolk 's holiday event! Norfolk Botanical Garden established Garden of Lights in 1993 to extend enjoyment of the Garden well into the winter season. The Garden displays more than a half million lights of all colors and sizes to illuminate the Garden and create Winter Wonderland. Kicking off on Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve, animated displays transform the Garden into a winter wonderland. This multi-evening event features nightly entertainment, Yule Tide tram rides, and 2 miles of fun for the whole family! Garden of Lights enjoys consistent media coverage throughout the event. Garden of Lights schedule makes it an ideal vehicle for sponsors to create an impact on the Garden's broad visitor base through ownership of individual event components.

Grapevine

Third Monday in April - Annually

Attendance : 500                                                                                                           Audience : well-educated business leaders, international dignitaries, and affluent, urban professionals

Influential people from Hampton Roads' professional community participate in this spirited evening of extensive spreads from local restaurants, a selection of wines and mingling. The Garden's major

fund-raising event is a wonderful way to entertain and thank your important clients. This evening provides an excellent opportunity for you to network with clients, achieve name recognition amongst Hampton Roads' affluent citizens and business community, and demonstrate your commitment to one of our community's best assets.

Inside Business

 

Spring Plant Sale

Mother's Day Weekend - Annually

Attendance : 6,000

Audience : Gardening Enthusiasts, members, nature buffs, Adults 25+, Mothers, and Tourists

A weekend for gardening gurus!

Event attendees find a wide variety of plants to buy for thier own garden at our annual plant sale.  From the rare and unusual, to proven winners for the Hampton Roads region, we have just what they need.  Garden tours, gardening experts and an annual plant discount for members make this a popular weekend spring event. The talented staff of horticultural experts design, landscape and maintain the Garden's botanical splendor year round - are on hand to help with plant purchases and gardening advice.

 

Exhibition Program

Attendance : approximately 50,000

Audience : All Garden audiences - Members, Hampton Roads residents, out of state tourists & families

Norfolk Botanical Garden is excited to announce that we are launching a multi-year program to target families and children visitors through outdoor interactive temporary exhibitions. 2006 brings us AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS!

Contact Information

To find out more about sponsor levels and benefits, contact:

Cathy Fitzgerald , Director of Donor Relations
(757) 441-5830 ext. 319
cathy.fitzgerald@nbgs.org

 

 

 

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