Make an Impact

Marsh Botanical Garden thrives thanks to the dedication and generosity of our community — volunteers, interns, donors, and visitors all play a vital role in keeping the gardens vibrant, beautiful, and inspiring for everyone.

Master Plan 

Thanks to the generosity of donors, Marsh Botanical Garden is embarking on a bold and hopeful vision for the future. Your contributions are helping to build new greenhouses, restore historic landscapes, strengthen research and teaching facilities, and create engaging public spaces. Your support ensures that the Garden will continue to grow as a place of learning, discovery, and inspiration for the Yale and New Haven communities.

Donations to Marsh Botanical Garden help bring this vision to life. Each gift—large or small—directly fuels the restoration of beloved landscapes, the construction of state-of-the-art greenhouses, the enhancement of research and teaching resources, and the development of programs that welcome and engage our community. Your generosity sustains the Garden’s mission to inspire, educate, and connect people with the natural world.

General Gift Giving 

If you would like to support Marsh Botanical Garden you can do so online through the Yale Office of Development  and follow the steps below:

• Choose your gift amount
• Under Designation * Select Other on the dropdown menu
• You have three funds to choose from, start typing the fund you wish to contribute to and it will automatically populate. The funds are:

Marsh Botanical Garden Spendable Fund 

Marsh Botanical Garden Endowment Fund 

Marsh Botanical Garden Student and Community Outreach and Engagement Fund

• Complete Additional Fields

Or, you can send a check payable to Yale University to the address below with the appropriate fund in the memo line.

Yale University Office of Development Contribution Processing 
P.O. Box 2038
New Haven, CT 06521-2038 

If you have any questions, please contact Associate Director of Student & Public Engagement, David Heiser at david.heiser@yale.edu

Volunteer and Internship Programs

The Garden relies on the energy and dedication of volunteers and interns to help care for our plant collections, maintain garden spaces, and assist with educational/public programs. Volunteers participate in hands-on gardening, plant labeling, and event support, while interns gain deeper experience in horticulture, research, and plant science. These programs offer a meaningful way support the Garden, gain skills, and join a community of plant lovers.

The volunteer program is currently on hold.

Click here for more about the internship program.

Friends of Marsh Botanical Garden

For more information about Friends of Marsh Botanical Garden, click here.