The Board of Trustees acts as the legal authority for the Norfolk Botanical Garden, and oversees its management and administration.

Membership Composition:

No more than 36 trustees may serve on the Board.  Twenty- five percent of the trustees are appointed by the City Council. Current board members appoint the remaining seventy- five percent, who must be members of the Norfolk Botanical Garden Society. The commission annually elects a President, a First Vice-President, a Second Vice- President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and may elect other officers as it deems necessary. The President appoints members of standing committees. Members serve no more than three consecutive three- year terms.

Mr. Michael P. Desplaines
Norfolk Botanical Garden, President/CEO
6700 Azalea Garden Road
757-441-5830