Boise, ID – September 10, 2024 – The Idaho Botanical Garden is delighted to announce its highly anticipated 2024 Harvest Days, a celebration of fall’s bounty set to take place Saturdays... Read More The post Celebrate Autumn at the 2024 Harvest Days at Idaho Botanical Garden appeared first on Idaho Botanical Garden ..read more

Idaho Botanical Gardan Continues Community Support for Positive Impact and Change BOISE, IDAHO (April 09, 2024) – Six organizations in the State of Idaho were awarded the Idaho Botanical Garden’s... Read More The post Six Education-based Horticulture or Botanical Projects in Idaho Receive Lunaria Grant Awards appeared first on Idaho Botanical Garden ..read more

Big Botanicals Soirée to Be Held on September 12, 2024 at 6:00 pm BOISE, IDAHO (July 16, 2024) – The Idaho Botanical Garden hosts their first annual Farm to Table(aux)... Read More The post First Annual Farm to Table(aux) to Benefit the Idaho Botanical Garden appeared first on Idaho Botanical Garden ..read more

Annual Member and Media Event to Held on June 15, 2024 at 1:00 pm BOISE, IDAHO (June 5, 2024) – The Idaho Botanical Garden is kicking off a celebration to... Read More The post 40th Anniversary Celebrations Begin at the Idaho Botanical Garden appeared first on Idaho Botanical Garden ..read more

Now that it is officially fall with those lovely cooler evenings, I can take a moment and reflect on the beauty of summer. It was a hot tamale with record-breaking heat, but I love the respite I get in the Idaho Botanical Garden and the beautiful gardens I visit. There is tremendous joy in observing the wildlife that visits, such as hummingbirds that wage war and dive bomb around the salvia, ladybugs and lacewings that bring balance to the aphid population, and if you were lucky, you witnessed the monarchs making an exciting presence back in Boise.  I love to follow gardening and insect g ..read more

Have you ever experienced that romanticized idea of a flower farm? You’re picking flowers at sunset on a warm summer night, and everything is amazing. Behind those beautiful rows of flowers are people working around the clock to bring you fresh blooms. The truth is that flower farming is farming – and farming is blood, sweat, and tears. This year at Idaho Botanical Garden, we introduced a new project taking on an entire new garden, our own flower farm. We opened a bouquet subscription program to 30 of our garden members. Every week we create arrangements for them to take home and enjoy for the ..read more

Weeds, like other plants in our gardens, begin their lives as seeds. Contained within the protective outer layer of a seed is a plant in miniature, awaiting the right conditions to break free. Upon germination, these tiny plants begin their journey towards reproduction and will ultimately flower and make seeds of their own. The old adage, “one year’s weeds, seven years seeds,” is a warning. If you let weeds go to seed, you can expect to see those weeds for many years to come. Don’t let your weeds set seed. That’s the lesson. But it’s more than that. This saying is also a reminder of where weed ..read more

As I sit at my Garden desk each week, the first greetings I usually have are the sound of children and families not too far from my window. The excitement is evident in their laughter and bustle (umm, with camps titled Wizarding Camp and Outback Camp, who wouldn’t be!?) as they wait for their Garden adventures to start. We have reached the middle of our summer youth season and Wendy recently had a rare free moment, so I thought it would be a perfect time to have her highlighted in our blog. Wendy was born into a nature-centered family that spent a lot of time in the outdoors – an experience t ..read more

Being a Plant Parent If plant care falls on a scale between “helicopter” and “free range parent,” my personal style would be in the vicinity of, “Oh wait, I’m supposed to water that plant on the balcony, aren’t I?” Said after a week of not stepping out onto the balcony when the temperatures have been in the 90s. (The ghosts of my neglected container plants may indicate otherwise, but I’m quite responsible with my human child and my four-legged fur child.) In actuality, I have gained a fair amount of maturity as I’ve aged, and after a number of years marked by extremely variable plant parenting ..read more

Have you ever heard a plant described as an “annual” and had no idea what that meant? Most people are afraid to ask what they would consider an “obvious” question, but there are no right or wrong questions when it comes to gardening. With that in mind, for those who don’t know – an annual is any plant that completes its entire life cycle in one growing season or less. Annuals are great for the impatient gardener, but beginners can benefit from starting with a few annuals as well. They are typically inexpensive and, because they grow quicker and bloom longer, annuals can provide confidence for ..read more