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Almost all of our classes qualify for CNLP credits. If you are interested in becoming a Certified Nursery & Landscape Professional, visit the New York State Nursery and Landscape Association's website or the GardenScape Professionals site for more information.

Sustaining Membership

"I decided to become a Sustaining Member of the Rochester Civic Garden Center because it is an easy way to support an organization that I believe in. I like the convenience, and that RCGC receives a reliable amount of income on a regular basis" --RCGC long-time member Art Trimble

More information here.

The Plantsmen of Rochester Parks

The Plantsmen of Rochester Parks is a wonderful history of the men who created our local park system. Copies of this book can be purchased at Warner Castle for $16.95 plus tax, for a total of $18.31, or online here for $18.31(including tax) plus $3.32 shipping for a total of $21.63. Proceeds benefit the Rochester Civic Garden Center’s endowment fund in memory of Alvan R. Grant.

What a Deal!

Use your RCGC membership card to save 10% on your purchases at

Lucas Greenhouses

and 5% at these garden stores:

Offer does not apply to sale and promotional items.

Rochester Civic Garden Center
5 Castle Park
Rochester, NY 14620
Phone: 585-473-5130
Fax: 585-472-8136
Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 9am-4pm
Library Hours: Regular RCGC hours as well as 9:30-12:30 on the 3rd Saturdays of January through June.
RCGC is open to the public.
Reservations requested for groups of 8 or more. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

The Rochester Civic Garden Center is the Horticultural Education Center for the Genesee Region of New York state. The Garden Center, a not-for-profit organization, was founded in 1945 and chartered by the New York State Board of Regents in 1950 as a non-profit educational organization.

The Garden Center moved to its present home, historic Warner Castle, in Highland Park, in 1964. We are open to the public and invite you to take a tour of the Castle, browse the botanical library, and visit our favorite classroom: the surrounding gardens and nearby Highland Park.

Each year over 15,000 visitors enjoy our Garden Tour, symposium, classes, lectures, and other special events. We invite you to be one of our special visitors.

Through the integrated efforts of the Executive Director, Board of Trustees and a dedicated volunteer corps, the Rochester Civic Garden Center meets individual and civic needs, enhancing the horticultural community.

Landscape design and maintenance, lawn care and tree care. 20 years of being green. We create the best looking yards in the neighborhood.	Bristol's Garden Center is second-to-none in western New York. They have over 11 acres of the finest nursery stock in the Fingerlakes region. You will find everything from Annuals, Perennials, shrubs, trees, tropical plants and more.
Unilock has been providing superior concrete landscape products for the landscape industry for over 35 years.	Experienced Bricks/Architectural Reclaim
Clover Nursery & Garden Center creates beautiful and functional outdoor living areas that include patios, water features, deer resistant plantings and garden structures.	Salvaged building elements of significance, street bricks, cobblestones, curbing, stone sidewalk slabs and more! 100% reclaimed materials.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life in the Genesee Region by fostering knowledge, providing information, increasing interest, and promoting all aspects of gardening and horticulture. People of the region have access to our library, public lectures, classes and other horticultural resources.