To demonstrate corporate environmental leadership and appropriate stewardship of the land's ecological, cultural, scenic, and recreational resources.
To provide relevant information resources and training in conservation, land management, ecological restoration, and horticulture to corporate real estate managers, economic development leaders, and others.
To demonstrate how a botanical garden can be developed and maintained so that it is integrated with and complementary to the regional green infrastructure system.
To demonstrate exemplary "evolutionary" gardening, whereby a garden is developed as an ongoing facultative response to the characteristics of the land, the gardener(s)'s needs and aspirations, and the plant materials, funds, and other materials available.