Garden Etiquette

Visitors | Schools and Groups

Please help us protect and maintain the Garden by observing these Rules of Etiquette:

• Plants, seeds, leaves, flowers, fruit, herbs, rocks and stones are all part of the ecosystem. Please do not move or remove them..
• Anyone visiting the Garden after you should see no trace of your passage.
• Stay in designated areas and do not enter cultivated flower beds or other plant displays.
• Visitors are welcome to take snapshots, videos, and journalistic, individual or family photos. Tripods or monopod usage is not allowed inside any buildings.

Photos and videos are not to be sold or used for commercial purposes without advanced project review and authorization. Commercial projects will be approved on a case-by-case basis and fees may apply. For more info, please contact us.

If a visitor is asked by another person not to take pictures of that person or others accompanying that person, the request must be honored to protect personal rights of privacy. If a picture has already been taken, it must be deleted upon request.

• Picnicking is allowed only in designated areas.
• All paper, cans, bottles and other trash must be placed in the trash bins provided. Please do not litter.
• The Garden is primarily a tobacco-free environment. Smoking is not allowed on RBG property (buildings, grounds, restrooms and parking lots) except in designated areas.
• No radios or recorded music please. The Garden is the place to get away from it all.

• For safety reasons, please supervise children at all times. One adult should accompany every five children.
• Wading and swimming streams or the reservoir is prohibited.
• Please do not feed or handle the wildlife. It can be harmful to them, and you.
• Sorry, no pets are allowed. Service dogs/animals are permitted.

• Keep your personal items with you at all times. The Garden cannot be held responsible for missing items.
• If you find an item that does not belong to you, please turn it in at the ticket counter.
• No alcohol. No firearms.

The rights of other visitors to enjoy the Garden must always be respected. The RBG reserves the right to ask a visitor to leave for inappropriate or offensive behaviour.

Visitors will be held liable for any damage to RBG property.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.