Donate

To Donate today, make your check payable to Quarry Gardens Foundation, and mail to:

Quarry Gardens Foundation, 989 Thorn Rose Lane, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902.

Donations are critical for us to continue to develop and deliver high quality exhibits, restoration projects, volunteer opportunities, events, and education programs.  The Quarry Gardens are funded and operated by the Quarry Gardens Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c) (3), making your gifts tax deductible.

To learn more about research, programs, exibits, and other components of our operation that need your financial help, please contact us at quarrygardensfoundation@gmail.com

Volunteer

Volunteers support the Quarry Gardens in several ways—by helping us manage alien invasive plants, maintain the gardens and trails, and guide tours.

Each Friday, February-November, Emma Stephens of the Center for Urban Habitats spends a morning in the gardens, working alongside and teaching volunteers; to join her, contact Executive Director, Rachel Floyd, at quarrygardensfoundation@gmail.com. Some experienced volunteers have adopted locations in the gardens to monitor and maintain independently.

Our growing calendar of special events is supported by knowledgeable volunteer guides on such topics   as seasonal wildflowers, tree identification, butterflies and moths, birding, caterpillars, salamanders, and many more. 

We are grateful to our non-profit organizational partners—Blue Ridge Mycological Society, Central Blue Ridge Master Naturalists, Rivanna Master Naturalists, and Albemarle and Nelson County Master Gardener units—who sponsor Quarry Gardens volunteers.

New Memberships not offered for the duration of 2024.

No new memberships to the Quarry Gardens will be issued in 2024, as we undergo an organizational review and strategic planning process. All current memberships will be honored through the end of the year, and already existing lifetime memberships will be honored, in perpetuity. 

Explorer members will continue to have access to the adjoining 400-acres preserve,  but should make an appointment in advance to do so at quarrygardensfoundation@gmail.com. That property as a Virginia Outdoors conservation easement for protection of plants and wildlife, but is currently for sale. Future access is pending.