Sawtooth Botanical Garden - Community Area

garden map & regions

Master Plan
Garden of Infinite Compassion
Sagebrush Steppe
Lava Rock
Alpine
Montane
Riparian
Children's Garden
Community Area

Community Area: Visitors will be greeted at a new ENTRANCE PLAZA and ADMISSIONS GIFT SHOP which helps to orient the visitor and again encourage educational opportunities. The Gift Shop will offer items for sale typically associated with regional botanical gardens such as books, garden bags, T-shirts, wildflower seeds, mugs and the like.

EDUCATIONAL, EXPERIMENTAL AND SHOW GARDENS are developed to help educate the public about our regional ecology, garden techniques, plant varieties and irrigation practices. These are gardens to showcase what grows in our region along with experimenting with other plant species not typically seen here. These gardens open up the opportunity to test not only different varieties of plants but also different irrigation techniques for educational purposes.

The OUTDOOR EVENT AREA is a much needed public gathering space and central to the VISITOR CENTER AND GREENHOUSE which houses offices, meeting room, kitchen and the greenhouse. It will be flanked with three new greenhouses and offer a venue for medium to large group activities and rentals. Three new GREENHOUSES will lengthen our growing season and showcase more exotic plant species. These would create a garden environment open to the public twelve months of the year.