Nice place to spend an hour or so. Could be better maintained and lacks imagination and creativity. St Louis and Denver botanical garden far superior, no comparison really (and, yes, far bigger cities). Roses, children’s area, and coy pond were my favorites.

This is behind the Old State Penitentiary. If you belong to another arboretum, you might get in free. This is small in acreage, but is just packed with flowers of all different kinds. I took far more pictures here than I did on all of the rest of my trip to Idaho combined. Good signage telling you what flowers/shrubs you are looking at.

I am so glad that I went to the gardens. It is so much bigger than it looks from the entrance. The garden is divided into sections such as English garden, children’s garden, meditation garden, vegetable garden and on and on and on. Absolutely beautiful. This is a non profit garden. They have some employees but also a lot of volunteers. Everyone we spoke to was extremely proud of the gardens and were very eager to talk about it and answer questions. The koi pond is gorgeous and so pleasant to watch. The bathrooms are well taken care of and very clean. If I lived in Boise I would get a membership. But for you tourists I would definitely stop in for a visit.