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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

On your next visit, why not take a minute to stop by the RCGC Library and see what’s new? These are just a few of the RCGC Library’s newly acquired books:

Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America’s Bees and Butterflies by Eric Mader et al. (Xerces Society).
Bizarre Botanicals: How to Grow String-of-Hearts, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Panda Ginger, and Other Weird and Wonderful Plants by Larry Mellichamp and Paula Gross.
The Book of Little Hostas: 200 Small, Very Small, and Mini Varieties by Kathy Shadrack et al.
Continuous Container Gardens: Swap in the Plants of the Season to Create Fresh Designs Year-round by Sara Townsend et al.
Design with Microclimate: The Secret to Comfortable Outdoor Spaces by Robert Brown.
Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East by Carolyn Summers.
Dirr’s Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs by Michael Dirr.
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn by Will Allen and Fritz Haeg.
The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden by Ivette Soler and Ann Summa.
Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy.
Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden by Page Dickey and William Atherton.
From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in Garden Design by Gary Smith.
Garden Bouquets and Beyond: Creating Wreaths, Garlands, and More in Every Garden Season by Suzanne Bales and Steven Randazzo.
Garden Up! Smart Vertical Gardening for Small and Large Spaces by Susan Morrison and Rebecca Sweet.
High-Impact, Low-Carbon Gardening: 1001 Ways to Garden Sustainably by Alice Bowe.
Hydrangeas in the North: Getting Blooms in the Colder Climates by Tim Boebel.
Mentors in the Garden of Life by Colleen Plimpton.
The Nonstop Garden: A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs by Stephanie Cohen and Jennifer Benner.
The Plantsmen of Rochester Parks by Alvan Grant.
So You Want to Be a Garden Designer: How to Get Started, Grow, and Thrive in the Landscape Design Business by Love Albrecht Howard.
Succulent Container Gardens: Design Eye-Catching Displays with 350 Easy-Care Plants by Debra Lee Baldwin.
Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit by Barry Estabrook.
Urban Farming: Sustainable City Living in Your Backyard, in Your Community, and in the World by Thomas Fox.
Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants by Richard Mabey.
Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast: A Field Guide by Peter Del Tredici.

List updated January 17, 2012.

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