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The Idaho Botanical Garden (IBG) presents the Boise Garden Tour each June. It is a one day event where multiple private residential gardens are open to the public for touring. The garden keepers (homeowners) are present during the tour and you can visit with them about their garden and gardening experiences. It is a grand …
Continue reading Take A Look: Boise’s Fabulous Edens Continued…
Oh, la, la, what a fun day it was! The 27th annual Boise Garden Tour debuted 7 fabulous gardens this past weekend. This event presented by the Idaho Botanical Garden is composed of private residential gardens that open for a day of public touring. The gardenkeepers (homeowners) are present and you can visit with them about …
Continue reading Boise Garden Tour – Take a ‘Look’ at These Fabulous Edens (Part 1)
Sharon Johnson! Thank you to everyone that entered the drawing for two tickets to the 2013 Boise Garden Tour. Congratulations Sharon! You can pick up your two tickets at the Idaho Botanical Garden Will Call station before June 23rd. Have a great time and a great garden season. Keep us posted on your Verbascum …
Spring greens are the favorite in the garden at the moment. They have grown into a rich bounty of reds and greens offering up a delicious fresh, light flavor. Our current "greens" menu consists of butter lettuce, red romaine lettuce, gourmet salad mix from Johnny's Select Seeds, arugula, kale, and broccoli rabe. French Breakfast radishes …
April has come and gone and this means we are at mid-Spring. For a quick recap of early Spring I'll write one word - 'difficult'. Difficult for gardeners anyway, (farmers too I'm betting) and who's been waiting longer or more anxiously for its arrival!The primary problem with this early Spring (around Boise, ID ) has …
Continue reading A Difficult Start, But Plants & Gardeners Don’t Give in Easily
