Photography & Filming

Personal Use Photography

We encourage guests to take informal photographs or videos for their personal use and enjoyment as long as they stay on the paths and do not disturb the plants. Personal use photography equipment is limited to camera phones, tablets, or a camera with an attached flash. Tripods, standalone flashes, and drones are prohibited.

Garden Policies

We ask that you follow our Garden policies to ensure a safe, enjoyable visit for all guests. Guests who do not comply with these policies may be asked to leave the Garden.

Photographer & Videographer Permits

A permit is necessary for those who wish to use the Garden’s setting as the background for any Special Occasion Photography, commercial media, or any other posed photography or videos.

A photography permit covers the photographer’s or videographer’s admission into the Garden, as well as one assistant photographer or videographer. At each visit, all photographer or videographer guests (clients) are subject to general admission or a Group Photography fee.

Annual Photography Memberships can be purchased online. One-Day Permits can be obtained by filling out our form and turned into our Guest Experience Team on the day of your photo session.

Any group photography sessions or weddings must turn their permit into their Events Coordinator at the Garden at least three days before the photo session.

Buy Annual Membership

One-Day Permit Form

Special Occasion Photography

Special Occasion Photography includes photos or videos of weddings, engagements, quinceañeras, proms, family portraits, senior/graduation portraits, maternity shoots, or the like, and all other commercial photography or videography.

These sessions are allowed only during regular Garden hours (not after hours, on days the Garden is closed, or during Garden events). The Garden is a public facility and privacy cannot be guaranteed. Areas in the Garden cannot be reserved for the exclusive use of any group.

Group Photography Fees

For $150, you will receive admission for up to 25 people and a two-hour block of time to take photos.

To schedule your group session, contact the Events Team at 920.593.5683 or weddings@gbbg.org.

Reservations

Photography & Video Polices

We ask that you follow the policies below that allow us to maintain the Garden for all guests.

At no time may anything be attached to any walls or structures and/or in the Garden. For safety reasons, no wires, ropes, strings, cords, ribbons, signs, or poles can be strung from plants, stakes, trees, nor laid on the ground. Do not hang clothes, backdrops, or other props on plants and trees.
Because of the nature of the facilities, no birdseed, rice, flower petals, glitter, or confetti of any sort may be used or thrown anywhere on or in the Garden.
Decorations or props may not be placed at the Garden in advance of the reserved time and must be removed as soon as the photography session is finished.
Do not pick the flowers or rearrange plant foliage for any purpose. Do not remove plant labels for any reason.
Do not block guests or pathways, especially when photographing groups. Stay on the designated pathways and grass areas at all times, keeping equipment and people out of flower beds and water structures like the Mabel Thome Fountain or stream in the King Shade Garden.
Clients need to arrive camera-ready, or make arrangements with the Events Team to rent the dressing suite. Restrooms may not be used as dressing rooms.
Drones: It is the responsibility of the photographer/drone pilot to ensure they are following the federal drone laws in Wisconsin. Due to the Garden’s close proximity to Austin Straubel International Airport, additional precautions must be taken if flying a drone on the Garden’s premises. It is your responsibility to notify Austin Straubel International Airport's Air Traffic Control Tower before flying a drone. Please contact the Air Traffic Control Tower at 920.431.5751 before flying and let them know your name, your phone number, and location of flight (Green Bay Botanical Garden, 2600 Larsen Rd, Green Bay, 54303). You must also include how long the drone will be in the air.

Media

The Garden encourages members of the media to contact our Marketing & Communications Team at any time for help with arranging visits and tours, setting up interviews with our staff, developing story ideas, and gathering photos for publication.

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Guest Photography & Video Permission

By visiting Green Bay Botanical Garden you understand that you may be photographed, filmed, or videotaped, and you hereby give permission and grant the perpetual right to use your likeness, image, photo (collectively, “image”), without compensation, for broadcast, or exhibition in any medium, and to put the finished pictures/recordings to any legitimate use without limitation or reservation.

Contact Us

For more information about group photography sessions, complete our request form.

For more information about photography permits, contact our Guest Experience Team at 920.490.9457 or info@gbbg.org.