About

The Sawtooth Botanical Garden is a community resource showcasing native and cultivated plants that flourish at high altitude. The Garden connects people to the region’s unique beauty and fosters environmental stewardship through education, events, displays and plant collections.

History

The Sawtooth Botanical Garden is public non-profit 501 (c)3. SBG is not supported by any government entity, only its generous benefactors (you!). It was founded in 1994 by a small local group of passionate gardeners and environmentalists. With the generous support of the Global Environmental Project Institute, this group was able to secure a long-term lease for a five-acre site, build a community building with a solar greenhouse, and begin their dream of establishing a Public Garden.

The goal of the Garden is to establish a place to build community through the understanding and exploration of both native and cultivated plants. Understanding the unique ecology of this region and exploring the wonders of gardening provided a multitude of opportunities to “celebrate plants and inspire people”.

Through its programs, the Sawtooth Botanical Garden provides information on gardening and ecological principles relevant to the areas climatic conditions and plant and human communities.

The Sawtooth Botanical Garden offers an affordable alternative to rent for private parties for adults and children, meetings, conferences and special events. We have a beautiful greenhouse and a full kitchen facility. In the summertime you may also rent our outdoor spaces as well as the the indoor facilities. Please contact us for a tour of the facility or facility rental agreement and current fee schedule.

The Garden serves the Wood River Valley community of approximately 22,500 and a wider south central Idaho region of over 100,000. We also receive many visitors from around the country and the world. The five-acre garden is located off of Highway 75, five miles south of the town of Ketchum, at 11 Gimlet Road and Highway 75.

Contact a staff member here or send an email to info@sbgarden.org.