Volunteers and attendees at UW-hosted in-person events are required to provide proof of vaccination.
Private Walking Tours and Tram Tours are available upon request.
Schedule a private walking tour at the Center for Urban Horticulture and have an experience tailored just for your group.
Contact us at 206-685-8033 or urbhort@uw.edu
Tours last 90 minutes and are led by trained guides. Three weeks’ advance notice is required for scheduling, and advance payment is required. Read our policies.
Available start times: 10:30am, 12:30pm and 2:00pm, seven days a week
$200 fee (plus tax). Discount for senior living facilities, senior centers & UW student groups: $150 (plus tax). Maximum group size is 20.
No tours available on July 4.
No tours available in the afternoons of August due to higher temperatures.
No tours available December 20 – January 1.
Green Building & Garden Tour
The Center for Urban Horticulture, opened in 1984, is part of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens. It includes a 16-acre landscaped site with buildings and gardens, the UW Farm, and the 74-acre Union Bay Natural Area, which provides publicly accessible wildlife habitat (more than 200 bird species have been sighted there) and an outdoor laboratory for UW research. The UW Botanic Gardens’ administrative offices are housed in Merrill Hall, along with associated faculty and research laboratories and greenhouses.
Policies
If your group is larger than 20 people, please plan to divide into smaller groups and pay per group at the above rates.
Advance payment is required within one week of scheduling a tour. Education staff will call the group contact once the date is scheduled to collect payment.
Cancellations: Programs are held rain or shine. In extreme conditions such as high winds, lightning, or excessive heat, we reserve the right to cancel programs for your safety. You will not be charged a cancellation fee under these circumstances. For all other cancellations: refund requests must be submitted at least 1 week prior to the tour date. If you do not receive an e-mail confirmation within 2 days, please call 206-685-8033 to inquire about the status of your request. Cancellations more than 1 week prior to a tour are subject to a 15% processing charge (minimum $10). Cancellations with less than 1 week’s notice are non-refundable. Please be at the designated meeting location at the scheduled time. If tour guests are 15 minutes late without prior contact, the tour will be cancelled. Please notify your tour guide as soon as you expect to be late. If a program is cancelled by UW Botanic Gardens for any other reason, a full refund will be made to all enrollees. Refunds may take 4 weeks to process.
Late arrival: If your group is running late, please call 206-685-8033 to let us know. Tour guides will be available to meet groups up to 15 minutes after the scheduled arrival time. After that, your tour fee will be forfeited.