Idaho Botanical Garden

05/29/2026

🚨 FINAL WEEKEND 🚨

This is your last chance to experience the Fairy & Gnome Home Exhibit before it wraps up for the season 🏡🧚‍♀️

The Garden is bursting with late‑May color, and these tiny handmade homes have never looked more magical. Once the exhibit closes, the fairies move on!

🌼 Included with admission
📍 Idaho Native Plant Garden
🗓️ Final days: May 30–31

Visit once… or sneak in one last magical walk.

05/29/2026

One week until the first night of Great Garden Escape.

June 4 welcomes Tree City Travelers, an easygoing blend of indie folk and Americana, with warm harmonies and a sound that feels like a summer evening. It’s the kind of music you settle into, perfect for swaying under the open sky and letting the night unfold.

📍 Woodland Garden | Idaho Botanical Garden
🕠 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Bring your family, pack a picnic, and find your spot on the lawn. Food trucks will be on site, the bar will be open, and the Garden will be ready for a relaxed evening of live music.

Tickets available at the link in the comments.
Start summer here.

05/28/2026

Only a FEW spots remain for our STEAM Education Camp🔬🌿

Registration closes June 1, and once spots are filled, they’re gone! Don’t miss this hands-on summer experience filled with creativity, discovery, and exploration.

Secure a spot today before registration closes!

05/28/2026

There’s always more to discover in Idaho’s natural world 🌱

Beginning June 6, we’re partnering with the University of Idaho Ada County Extension to bring Master Gardener Mini Sessions to the Garden this summer!

These educational experiences invite guests to learn about local plants, seasonal gardening, and Idaho ecology in an approachable, engaging way.

Included with Garden admission.

More details coming soon!

05/27/2026

Looking for a meaningful and fun way to spend time together outdoors this weekend?

Join us for our Adult/Child Multi-Generational Scavenger Hunt, a hands-on Horticulture Therapy Community Session designed to bring families and loved ones together through exploration, curiosity, and connection in the Garden.

Participants will discover the Garden together through sight, sound, touch, and smell as they explore textures, colors, scents, and natural surprises along the way. Interactive prompts encourage creativity, mindfulness, and shared moments in nature.

✨ Perfect for children, parents, grandparents, caregivers, and family groups of all ages
✨ A unique opportunity to connect, explore, and slow down together
✨ Encourages sensory discovery, creativity, and meaningful moments outdoors

📍 Sunday, May 31
⏰ One-hour sessions available
🎟️ $3 contribution per person

Spots are filling quickly!

Our 12:15–1:15 PM session is already SOLD OUT, and remaining session times are limited. Advance registration is encouraged to secure your spot.

05/27/2026

Bring the outdoors in 🌿

The Wildflower Show returns Sunday, May 31 with a stunning collection of wild plants gathered from the Boise Foothills and nearby areas. Plants will be displayed in vases on tables across the Plaza, giving you a chance to see — and learn about — our local flora all in one place.

🌼 10 AM–3 PM
🌼 Volunteers available for questions
🌼 Included with admission

A simple, beautiful way to spend your Sunday.

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

Every year, our Koi Pond gets a very special visit 🌊🐟

Today, experienced divers from Idaho Power suited up and dove into the pond to help inspect its health, check the aerators, remove debris, recover anything that doesn’t belong, and help keep this important habitat clean and safe for our koi.

This annual partnership benefits everyone involved! The divers receive valuable dive time and training experience while the Garden receives expert underwater support that helps protect one of our most beloved spaces.

We’re incredibly grateful for partnerships like this that help keep the Garden beautiful and safe for both visitors and wildlife.

Thank you, Idaho Power, for helping care for our pond year after year!

05/27/2026

05/24/2026

An evening that unfolds in layers.

Guests arrive to a glowing Garden reception — art, conversation, cocktails infused with botanical inspiration. The night moves forward into an open‑air dining experience, set within the Garden itself, where every table becomes part of the landscape.

A silent auction invites discovery.
A live auction brings energy and surprise.
And generosity fuels what comes next.
As night falls, the Garden awakens.

Wild Botanicals is more than a celebration — it is the Garden’s premier fundraising event, supporting the care, growth, and future of this place we share.

Tickets are on sale now.
Join us after hours.

05/24/2026

Time is running out to secure your tickets to the reimagined Savor Idaho at the Idaho Botanical Garden. This year’s event is bigger, more immersive, and designed to be experienced as you sip and stroll through the Garden discovering more than 35 Idaho wineries and cideries along the way.

Enjoy live music, a silent disco, lawn games, local vendors, and food trucks as the Garden transforms into Idaho’s ultimate wine and cider experience. Whether you have attended before or this is your first Savor Idaho, this year is unlike anything we have done before.

Gather your friends, raise a glass, and experience Idaho wine in a whole new way.

Purchase your tickets now at https://bit.ly/4dMeD63