Become a Member

Membership helps share the wonders of nature with more than 650,000 visitors annually.

Your membership in The James M. Cox, Jr. Arboretum Foundation enables us to achieve steady and deliberate growth, much like the trees we care so deeply about.

General Member Benefits

As a member of the Cox Arboretum Foundation you are supporting one of Ohio's leading landscape arboretums. To show our appreciation, we offer all our members the following benefits:

Arboretum Update! mailed to your house
Monthly email updates on special events and current promotions
Invitation to members-only events
Reciprocal benefits at over 300 gardens throughout North America and the Cayman Islands through the American Horticultural Society's Reciprocal Admissions Program.
10% discount at area garden centers, including:
- Breck's Bulbs
- Breck's Gifts
- Marvin's Organic Gardens
- Siebenthaler Garden Centers
- Gardens Alive
- Grandma's Gardens & Landscape
- Gurney's
- Furst Florist & Garden Center
- Far Hills Florist
- KV
- Springhill Nursery
- Stockslager's Garden Store
- Michigan Bulb
- Nature Hills Nursery (contact 937-277-4839 or email the foundation for the member discount code)
- Plant Addicts (contact 937-277-4839 or email the foundation for the member discount code)

We invite you to review the below membership levels, and additional benefits they offer at each level.

Membership Levels & Benefits

Cherry

$250.00

Lilac Membership Benefits, plus:

Gift of Cox Select potted forced spring bulbs
Guided Arboretum tour led by a member of the Cox Arboretum horticulture team

Magnolia

$500.00

Cherry Membership Benefits, plus:

Membership in the American Horticultural Society
Subscription to The American Gardener Magazine
Invitation to the Fall Luncheon

Founders Society

$1,000.00+

Magnolia Membership Benefits, plus:

Private one hour consultation at Cox Arboretum with a member of our horticulture team
Special recognition in Arboretum Update! and at fundraising events
20% discount on facility rental, discount is nontransferable

The James M Cox, Jr. Arboretum Foundation

The James M Cox, Jr. Arboretum Foundation

Become a Member

Membership helps share the wonders of nature with more than 650,000 visitors annually.

Join or Renew Your Membership

Membership Levels & Benefits

Support special projects and programs.

Crabapple

Dogwood

Lilac

Cherry

Magnolia

Founders Society