Idaho Botanical Garden and the Old Penitentiary Grounds

Boise Skyline Night, illustrating Idaho Botanical Garden and the Old Penitentiary Grounds

The Idaho Botanical Garden is a 15-acre collection of themed gardens on Old Penitentiary Road, east of downtown Boise, built on land that once belonged to the Idaho State Penitentiary. The wider “old prison grounds” now hold three distinct public sites side by side: the botanical garden, the Old Idaho Penitentiary museum, and open foothills … Read more

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