Friday, July 23, 2010

The Idaho Botanical Garden in Boise, Idaho . . .

We had the blessing of being able to attend our good friends' son's wedding in Boise, Idaho. The reception was held at a beautiful botanical garden, located just outside the walls of what used to be a penitentiary (interesting place to have a garden). The penitentiary is surrounded by beautiful (is that okay to use to describe a prison?) rock walls. It was built in 1870.  The garden was so lovely and I was able to take lots of photos and thought you might enjoy a little tour. It was only 95 degrees that day.


 The turret still has the sign "WARNING Guard Dog on Duty"

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you enjoyed the garden.
~ Julie

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6 comments:

  1. http://jackieinsurrey.blogspot.co.uk/July 23, 2010 at 7:59 AM

    That was a lovely tour and it certainly doesn't look like a prison now, except for the watch tower turret. Have a good weekend, Jackie in UK.

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  2. RoJuly 23, 2010 at 10:05 AM

    Oh, thank-you for the lovely, lovely tour. Isn't it strange to think that something so beautiful can be made of something quite awful? It reminds me a little bit of the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island. They are absolutely breath-taking gardens and were built on what used to be a really ugly eyesore of a open-pit quarry. Amazing how things can be transformed given enough time and talent! :)

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  3. AnonymousJuly 23, 2010 at 10:42 AM

    What a beautiful garden! Thanks for sharing it with us.
    ~ Jo :)

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  4. CarrieJuly 28, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    Yes, I enjoyed your lovely photos of the garden. Makes me want to visit the botanic garden in my area.
    I posted about Tower Hill Botanic Garden here:
    http://oakrisecottage.blogspot.com/2008/09/visit-to-tower-hill-botanic-garden.html

    A shorter post showed some of the statuary there:
    http://oakrisecottage.blogspot.com/2009/03/outdoor-wednesday-tower-hill-botanic.html

    Have a great weekend,
    Carrie

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  5. http://nannykim-nannykim.blogspot.com/July 28, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    So beautiful/ weird about the prison!

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  6. LindaJuly 28, 2010 at 5:29 PM

    What a wonderful tour. Your photos are just lovely!

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