Free or discounted entry for members of AHS Garden Network.
The Community Arboretum at Virginia Western Community College
About this place
A two-acre garden on the Virginia Western Community College campus in Roanoke, featuring eleven separate plant collections arranged around a central amphitheater. The garden holds about 700 labeled plant species, including a Children's Garden with a maze and animal-themed plant displays. A newer City Garden section demonstrates water conservation techniques like rainwater harvesting and drip irrigation systems. The grounds are open to the public at no charge from sunrise to sunset throughout the year.
If you are a member here
A membership to The Community Arboretum at Virginia Western Community College carries reciprocal admission, so the same card is worth free or discounted entry at other places in this program.
- the full AHS Garden Network list Botanical gardens and arboreta
Reciprocal programs are built for travel and most exclude places close to the one where you hold your membership, so this is worth the most when you are away from home. How reciprocal memberships work