PLAN YOUR VISIT

New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, located at 11 French Drive in Boylston, Massachusetts, is a living museum dedicated to creating experiences with plants that inspire people and improve the world. Our nonprofit organization welcomes visitors to explore our formal gardens, woodlands, conservatories and Visitors Center year-round. Enjoy educational opportunities, a farm to table café, Garden Shop, art exhibitions, special events, and our priceless collection of inspiring plants.

The Garden is currently renovating several areas inside the Visitors Center. All public areas of the buildings and grounds will remain open during this process. These projects include updates to the main gallery hallway, construction of a new multi-purpose room on the first floor, and renovations to a youth education classroom on the lower level. We look forward to sharing these areas with you when renovations are complete later this spring.

Accessible Viewing of the Field of Daffodils
The Field of Daffodils is viewable from the Garden of Inspiration, an ADA compliant garden that is located above the field. For those who want a closer look, there is a mixed dirt and gravel path that stretches across the top of the field, but this pathway is not ADA compliant, and navigation is heavily dependent on each visitor’s level of mobility.

HOURS
Open daily 10am–5pm, with last admission of 4:30pm.

Please note: New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill will be closed on Thanksgiving, December 24, December 25, December 31 (for general daytime admission), and January 1.

For the safety of our guests, New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill may close due to severe weather. Please check the website, Facebook and Instagram or call 508-869-6111 for updates.

Mother’s Day weekend is one of the most popular weekends at the Garden. All guests, including members, must reserve admission online before arriving.

ADMISSION

Weekday Admission Weekend Admission
Members: FREE Members: FREE
Adults: $20 Adults: $21
Seniors (65+): $17 Seniors (65+): $18
Child (age 4-12): $10 Child (age 4-12): $11
Child (age 3 and under): Free Child (age 3 and under): Free
Dogs: $8 (Learn more about dog walking guidelines) Dogs: $8

Learn about discounted general admission.

CLICK HERE TO RESERVE TICKETS

Tickets for daytime, general admission are non-refundable and many only be redeemed on the date selected. If you cannot attend on the date for which you purchased tickets, you have several options:

  1. You can reschedule your general admission visit to another currently available general admission date. Any difference in price will need to be paid at time of rescheduling. Please call us at 508-869-6111 or email visit@nebg.org no later than 4pm on the date on your tickets with a specific date for when you would like to reschedule.
  2. You can give your tickets to another individual(s). Please note that individual tickets may only be redeemed for a single ticketed admission for equal or lesser value.
  3. You may use a portion of the price paid for your ticket(s) as a credit towards a membership. We can only apply a credit for the admissions that would have been covered by the selected membership level. To take advantage of this offer, please call 508-869-6111 no later than the date on your ticket.
  4. You can choose to return your tickets to New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill as a donation to our nonprofit, receiving a tax-deductible receipt in return. You must email the Advancement office no later than the date on your ticket to apply for this option.

None of these options will result in cash or credit card refunds for unused ticket purchase price.

While tickets can be purchased at the door, online reservations are recommended for your visit on busy holidays like Mother’s Day, exhibition openings, Thursday Summer Evenings, and school vacation weeks. Tickets are non-refundable. 

Visitors walking up the the Vegetable Garden surrounded by fall foliage.
A visitor pushing someone in a wheelchair around the Lawn Garden.
The Limonaia on a sunny day.
Pink Mountain Laurel blooms. Parking and directions featured image.
Visitors walking around the Garden of Inspiration. Visitor guidelines featured image
A volunteer leads a tour down Pliny's Allee.
Purple and orange tulips bloom in the garden. Photography Policy feature image
Blacked eyed Susans and other summer blooms in the Lawn Garden. Admission and hours feature image.

Card to Culture Discount: New England Botanic Garden is pleased to offer individual with an EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare card up to six free general admissions to the Garden during the months of June, July, and August 2024. This offer can be used during daytime visits and Thursday summer evenings. To redeem: Enter promotional code CTCST at checkout. We are proud to participate in the Card to Culture program, a collaboration between Mass Cultural Council and the Department of Transitional AssistanceMassachusetts Health Connector, and the Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program to broaden accessibility to cultural programming. See full list of participating organizations offering EBTWIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.

PHOTOGRAPHY RELEASE
Visitors may be filmed, videotaped, and/or photographed by an employee or contract photographer. Admission serves as permission for the use of images of visitors by New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill and its constituents. New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill is a public place and as such photos of our guests are permitted as they would be in any public space, such as a park, trail, or roadway. However, visitors may ask – either the photographer or a New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill staff member – not to be photographed. Please contact us if you would like your picture removed from one of our online platforms.

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

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