Partner with the Garden in 2010

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When you partner with the Missouri Botanical Garden, you support an institution that:

Educates.The Garden sparked the imagination of about 95,000 children in 2009 and supported more than 2,500 math and science educators.

Saves.Through comprehensive plant science and conservation initiatives and a local focus on living green, the Garden truly is changing the world by restoring ecosystems, slowing plant extinction, conducting research that works to stabilize our global climate, and enlisting others to join the effort.

Inspires.The tranquil Garden invites visitors into an environment of serenity and natural beauty.

Meet our MembershipCorporations that partner with the Garden are connecting with people of influence and wherewithal in a prominent, historic, and beautiful venue.

A glimpse of our 37,000 membership households:

Where they live

60 percent live in St. Louis County

15 percent live in St. Louis City

25 percent live primarily in counties on the perimeter of the metropolitan area

Their education

46 percent have postgraduate degrees

33 percent have bachelors’ degrees

What they earn

22 percent report an annual income exceeding $100,000

18 percent report an annual income of at least $75,000

14 percent report an annual income of at least $50,000

Their lifestyles

95 percent of members own their own home

90 percent are internet savvy

72 percent believe events are a vital benefit of Garden membership

70 percent list among their interests gardening, reading, and travel

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A High ProfilePut your company’s name in front of tens of thousands of event participants. Event partners are listed on banners, t-shirts, and the Garden website, as well as in programs, advertising, even on billboards! The Garden seizes every opportunity to tell its 37,000 members and the public at large of its corporate partners’ generosity. It also provides corporate partners opportunities to raise awareness about its products or purpose.

Great Perks for EmployeesEnjoy free admission passes to the event you sponsor, free general admission passes to the Garden and its family of attractions, opportunities to host a company event on Garden grounds, invitations to corporate events at the Garden, and more.

When you partner with the Missouri Botanical Garden, your sponsorship gift delivers great returns! Our partners enjoy:

See Page 20 for detailed lists of benefits based on levels of partnership gifts. Your community—and your employees—will appreciate your gift.

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Sponsor one of the Garden’s major festivals and capture the attention of tens of thousands of visitors as they are swept up in the energy and excitement of an outdoor celebration.

The Garden’s Major Festivals

Chinese Culture Days

Japanese Festival

Best of Missouri Market®

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Chinese Culture DaysMay 15 and 16, 2010

More than 12,000 people are expected to participate in the 2010 festival. They will enjoy:

• Grand Parade, featuring a 70-foot, 24-legged traditional Chinese dragon

• Tours of the Margaret Grigg Nanjing Friendship Garden

• T’ai chi

• Tea tasting

• Dancing lions

• Fashion show

• Cooking demonstrations

• Martial arts

• Chinese calligraphy

• Authentic Chinese cuisine

Present Chinese Culture Days to the community for $25,000.See page 21 for a complete list of benefits available to sponsors at this level.

Company name and logo on a 10-foot by 33-foot banner displayed several weeks before the event100 complimentary admission passes to Chinese Culture Days

Great benefits also are available at the following sponsorship levels: $15,000 / $10,000 / $5,000

Call (314) 577-0217 for more information, or send an e-mail to corporate@mobot.org.

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This is the Garden’s highest attendance weekend of the year. Sponsors will connect with an estimated 35,000 people taking part in this celebration of Japanese culture. At the heart of the festival is one of the largest Japanese strolling gardens in North America. Visitors enjoy:

• Taiko drumming• Sumo wrestling• Traditional tea ceremonies• Martial arts• Candlelight walks in the Japanese Garden• Art and food of Japan

Present the 2010 Japanese Festival to the community for $100,000.The Garden works with the sponsor to build an extensive media campaign promoting the event and your sponsorship. The campaign includes a Garden banner, multiple billboards, and an in-depth mix of print and broadcast advertising.A presenting sponsor also is invited to host a company event on Garden grounds at no cost to the company.

Become a major venue sponsor for $50,000.See page 21 for a complete list of benefits available to sponsors at this level.

Great benefits also are available at the following sponsorship levels: $25,000 / $15,000 / $10,000 / $5,000

Call (314) 577-0217 for more information, or send an e-mail to corporate@mobot.org.

Japanese FestivalSeptember 4–6, 2010

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Best of Missouri Market®October 2–3, 2010

For many thousands of area residents, this is the event that marks the arrival of fall. They sip home-made apple cider in the Kids’ Corner, kick off the holiday shopping season with one-of-a-kind finds, and immerse themselves in the food, art, and tradition of their home state.Among sights and sounds of the Market:

• Cow-milking and other barnyard animals in the Kids’ Corner

• Live music

• Tastes of flavored sausages, home-made salsas, yummy desserts, and regional wines

• Dried flowers, live plants, bath and body products, custom jewelry, metal sculptures, pottery …

It’s all that is best about Missouri, pulled together in a festive outdoor market.

Present the Best of Missouri Market to the community for $25,000.See page 21 for a complete list of benefits available to sponsors at this level.

Company name and logo on a 10-foot by 33-foot banner displayed in September and through the weekend of the Market100 complimentary admission passes for the Best of Missouri Market

Great benefits also are available at the following sponsorship levels: $15,000 / $10,000 / $5,000

Call (314) 577-0217 for more information, or send an e-mail to corporate@mobot.org.

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The Garden’s Signature Floral Shows

Gardenland Express: Holiday Flower & Train Show

Orchid Show

Our 37,000 household membership base has sent a clear message to the Garden. Even with the fun offered here year-round, the members’ favorites are the floral shows. The shows run several weeks each and are steeped in holiday cheer, family tradition, and ambiance.

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Gardenland Express: Holiday Flower & Train Show

November 24, 2010 – January 2, 2011Eight G-scale model trains travel along 800 feet of railway track at the Garden’s Holiday Flower & Train Show, meandering throughout festive floral displays and a landscape alive with miniature buildings. The show attracts families, holiday revelers, model train buffs, and gardening enthusiasts, serving as the centerpiece for a bustling holiday season at the Garden.

Present the 2010 Holiday Flower & Train Show for $25,000.Benefits for partners at the $25,000 level are listed on page 21. Benefits specific to the Holiday Flower & Train Show include:

Logo/name incorporated into train boxcar detail in showLogo/name on a banner hanging outside Ridgway Visitor Center from early November to early JanuaryOpportunities for product giveaways at selected times100 complimentary Holiday Flower & Train Show tickets20 tickets to the Holiday Show Premiere reception November 30, 2010Opportunity to host a private reception during the Holiday Flower & Train Show (catering not included)

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Orchid ShowJanuary 29–March 27, 2011

The Garden has a long-standing and deeply meaningful association with the orchid. The collection contains descendants of orchids from the lifetime of Henry Shaw, the Garden’s founder. The Garden maintains one of the nation’s largest and most stunning orchid collections with more than 8,100 plants, and more than 800 of the very best are on display for this annual indoor show.

More than 34,000 people are expected to enjoy this eight-week show featuring the exotic, mysterious orchid.

Present the 2011 Orchid Show for $25,000.Benefits for partners at the $25,000 level are listed on page 21. Benefits specific to the Orchid Show include:

Logo/name on a banner hanging outside Ridgway Visitor Center from mid-January through MarchOpportunities for product giveaways at selected times100 complimentary Orchid Show tickets20 tickets to the Orchid Show Premiere on January 27, 2011Opportunity to host a private reception during the Orchid Show (catering not included)

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Fun for FamiliesMarch Morpho Mania™

Opening Week, Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden

Eggstravaganza

Members’ Family Picnic

George Washington Carver Day

Ghouls in the Garden

Breakfast with Santa

Author Richard Louv popularized the term “nature deficit disorder” in 2005 in a book that argued children were spending less time outdoors. The Garden has the antidote for nature deficit disorder, and it delivers it in spectacular fashion. These often sell-out events for families are all fun on the surface, but deep down, they reveal to children the importance of the natural world.

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March Morpho ManiaSophia M. Sachs Butterfly House • March 2–31, 2010

To experience March Morpho Mania at the Butterfly House in Chesterfield is to be transported to another dimension. More than 3,000 Blue Morpho butterflies delight visitors as they flutter about in the indoor tropical conservatory. The event has become more popular and attracted bigger crowds every year; in 2009, more than 20,000 people visited the Butterfly House to be part of this rare event.

Present March Morpho Mania for $10,000.Benefits for partners at the $10,000 level are on page 20. Benefits specific to March Morpho Mania include the opportunity to host a corporate event at Emerson Terrace at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House (catering and related costs not included).

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Opening Week, Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden

April 1–4, 2010For six months each year, the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden is open for children and parents to explore. For the other six months, parents and children look forward to opening week! The Children’s Garden, dubbed in its official name as “A Missouri Adventure,” offers parents and kids opportunities to climb, dig, create, discover, and learn. Opening week is the best of all the Children’s Garden offers, including Germination Stations —hands-on, informal, and impromptu educational sessions with a Garden staff member or trained volunteer—and special art projects. The 2010 theme for Opening Week is the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

Present opening week at the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden for $10,000.Benefits for partners at the $10,000 level are on page 20. Benefits specific to opening week at the Children’s Garden include signage at the Children’s Garden promoting the corporate partnership.

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EggstravaganzaMarch 27, 2010

This annual egg hunt quickly became tradition for families. The sell-out event is a celebration of spring. Parents capture their children on video as they hunt eggs en masse on the Garden lawn. Children enjoy a visit from “Bunny” the Garden rabbit and play in the recently re-opened for the season Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden.

Members’ Family PicnicJuly 9, 2010

Jugglers, magicians, musicians, and all-around festive fun make the annual Family Picnic a tremendous success. It offers parents a rare opportunity to drop a blanket and picnic on Garden grounds. It offers children opportunities to have their faces painted and walk away carrying balloons fashioned as poodles.

George Washington Carver DayOctober 16, 2010

Carver Day introduces Garden visitors to the tribulations and triumph of Dr. George Washington Carver, internationally renowned scientist, educator, and humanitarian born into slavery in Missouri in 1865. Activities include strolling through the Carver Garden, stopping at the Jesup Wagon, chats with an actor impersonating Dr. Carver, storytelling, choral music, lunch specials in Sassafras Café, and a movie about Dr. Carver’s life.

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Sponsor one of these events for $5,000. Or, connect with parents and children all year long as the exclusive sponsor of these five events.

Exclusive sponsorship is $25,000 and includes 10 complimentary tickets to the always sold-out Breakfast with Santa and 20 complimentary tickets to each of the remaining events.

Benefits for sponsoring one family event is on page 20. Details for exclusive sponsorship of these five events are on page 21.

Ghouls in the GardenOctober 24, 2010

This Halloween event attracts the scariest, quirkiest, and cutest costumes of the season. Families enjoy a crisp fall day on Garden grounds, sporting their creative costumes, visiting Halloween-themed stations at the Garden, and picking up treats along the way.

Breakfast with SantaDecember 4, 2010

Santa Claus delights hundreds of children with his annual visit to the Garden. The popular family event includes a tasty breakfast buffet, a take-home craft, and of course a moment with Santa.

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$5,000 Eggstravaganza, Members’ Family Picnic, George Washington Carver Day, Ghouls in the Garden, Breakfast with Santa

• Designation as the Presenting Sponsor of the event you sponsor

• Listing in the Garden’s Bulletin (sent to more than 37,000 member households)

• Listing in the members’ e-gram (sent to more than 18,000 members) and public e-gram (sent to more than 5,000 e-mail addresses)

• Listing on the Garden website (365,000 visitors per month)

• Listing in members’ postcard (sent to more than 37,000 member households)

• Listing in event press releases distributed to 200 media outlets

• Recognition in the Missouri Botanical Garden’s annual report

• Authorization to display signs at your business announcing your Garden partnership

• 50 complimentary admission passes to the Missouri Botanical Garden

$10,000 Opening Week of the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden, March Morpho Mania at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House

Benefits available to partners at the $5,000, plus:

• Complimentary one-year Corporate Partner membership at the Investor level, with all associated benefits and privileges

• A total of 100 complimentary admission passes to the Missouri Botanical Garden

• Opportunities to distribute a product or information about your organization to visitors who shop at the Garden Gate Shop, Little Shop Around the Corner, and Madame Butterfly Gift Shop

Benefits of Sponsorship

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$25,000 Chinese Culture Days, Best of Missouri Market, Orchid Show, Holiday Flower & Train Show, Exclusive Sponsor of Family Days

Benefits specific to each event, listed on pages 4, 8, 12, 13, and 18-19

Benefits available at the $10,000 level, plus:

• Exclusive mention as the presenting event sponsor

• Logo/name displayed prominently in all collateral, signs, billboards, advertising, website, and mention in media interviews, when possible

• Product giveaways at select times

• Corporate presence and product giveaways for exclusive member events, which include floral show evening previews and an early-bird sale at Best of Missouri Market

• A total of 200 complimentary admission passes to the Missouri Botanical Garden

$50,000 Japanese Festival Major Venue SponsorBenefits listed at the $25,000 level, plus:

• Designation as presenting sponsor of the Japanese Festival

• Prominence in every aspect of the Garden’s festival marketing plan

• Company name and logo featured on festival banner posted outside of Ridgway Visitor Center

• Full-page ad in festival program distributed with admission ticket

• Opportunity to distribute promotional literature or giveaways at the festival

• Corporate profile in the Bulletin

• 500 Japanese Festival tickets

• 10 tickets for the 2010 Japanese Festival tea ceremonies

• 500 Garden general admission passes

• One private corporate event in the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening for only the cost of catering and event fee (time and date must be mutually agreed upon with the Garden and Catering St. Louis)

$100,000 Japanese Festival Presenting SponsorBenefits listed at the $50,000 level, plus:

• The Garden works with the sponsor to build an extensive media campaign promoting the event and your sponsorship. The campaign includes multiple billboards and an in-depth mix of print and broadcast advertising.

• A presenting sponsor also is invited to host a company event on Garden grounds at no cost to the company.

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To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life.

mission of the Missouri Botanical Garden

Ways to Support the GardenEvent sponsorship is one of many ways your company can support this beloved cultural institution and its environmental mission. Other opportunities include:

• Providing special project support for education, sustainability, or horticulture programs.

• Supporting the Garden’s annual operating fund through the Corporate Partners Program and Corporate Council.

• Matching employee contributions to the Garden.

For more information, call (314) 577-0217, or send an e-mail to corporate@mobot.org.