San Francisco Botanical Garden Society At Strybing Arboretum

Visitor experience and outreach during fiscal year ended june 30, 2024, the gardens welcomed 1,207,652 visitors (49% visited free of charge) making them among the most visited public gardens in the united states. In this same period, 7,862 households were members of the organization. The gardens operate a bookstore and plant shop and manage all community outreach efforts. Program service revenue includes bookstore/plant shop sales net of inventory costs, income from private event rentals, and allocation of admissions income. The gardens receives an allocation of non-resident admission income comprised of a reimbursement of costs to run the admissions program and an additional allocation for community engagement programs. Total admissions receipts in fiscal year 2024 were $7,945,896, which supports improvements to the gardens and public programs, and covers most of the san francisco recreation & park department's costs for horticultural staff and upkeep, as well as facilities maintenance. Of the total receipts, sfbgs earned approximately $1,461,147 in reimbursed personnel and other operating costs and $686,400 to operate community engagement programs.

Collections and conservation - sfbgs funds garden improvements and provides curatorial and plant collections management services at conservatory of flowers, japanese tea garden and san francisco botanical garden. As of june 30, 2024, there were 14,301 accessions to the garden's living collections, comprised of 7625 different kinds of plants, 12% of which are of wild collected origin.