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The Sawtooth Botanical Garden is home to a wonderful display of native and unique plants that flourish at high altitudes in the heart of Ketchum in Idaho. The garden aims to educate visitors about the region’s rare beauty through its unique displays and extensive plant collections.
Founded in 1994, the garden enjoys a variety of distinct areas, including an ornamental garden, a xeriscape (water-conserving) garden and a stream-side garden. A large greenhouse is home to flowering perennials, herbs and vines, while a new-built alpine garden called the ‘Garden of Infinite Compassion’, has received international attention.
Designed by a Zen Buddhist monk, the garden’s waterfalls, reflecting ponds and spectacular rock art were put together for a visit from the 14th Dalai Lama who blessed the garden, which also contains a finely carved Tibetan Prayer Wheel filled with over one million mantras and turned by a bubbling brook.
Sawtooth Botanical Garden, 11 Gimlet Rd, Ketchum, ID 83340, Phone: 208-726-9358
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