Plan Your Visit to Norfolk Botanical Garden

Plan Your Visit

Thank you for your patience while we do our best to accommodate everyone with our limited parking during the final phases of The Garden of Tomorrow construction. As an NBG member, you can visit any time on any date, as long as parking is available on campus. We appreciate your patience and support during this temporary inconvenience as we work toward completing the largest expansion in the Garden’s history.

Daytime Admission Tickets

Discounted and Free Admission Programs

Tools to Help You Plan

Garden Hours of Operation: 9AM – 7PM
60+ Themed Gardens to explore
Map of the Garden
Dog Days: Sundays only
Bike Nights: April 1 – October 15, 4-7PM
Summer Butterfly House: June 15 – September 30
Current Horticulture Highlights
Visitor Etiquette

WOW Children's Garden

WOW Hours of Operation: 9:30AM – 6:30PM
WOW Splash Fountains: 9:30AM – 6PM
Children and Family Programs

Shopping & Dining

Gift Shop Hours of Operation: 9AM – 7PM
Rotating Food Trucks
Vending Machine Locations: WOW Children’s Garden and Summer Butterfly House restrooms
Water Fountains: Look for indoor and outdoor drinking fountains and bottle refill stations indicated by water droplet icons on the map
Picnicking is welcomed and encouraged
We will have a new farm-to-table bistro when the Brock Entry Pavilion is completed

Accessibility

Wheelchairs are available to borrow on a first come, first served basis at the Front Desk in our Baker Hall Visitor Center. We hold on to an ID while you have the wheelchair checked out.
It’s also important to note that some of our pathways are permeable, packed gravel pathways. These paths can be a little tricky to navigate with wheelchairs, strollers, or wagons, but it is doable. There are portions of the permeable pathway that are on a slight incline/decline including the road from Rose Garden Bridge to NATO Bridge and the road from Rose Garden Bridge to Wildflower Meadow.