This year's Garden Tour showcases the history of the Boise Bench. Many of the homes on this tour were built in the early 1900s, and their landscapes are filled with old growth trees as well as modern, updated gardens. You'll find hand-built rock walls; lavish containers; quirky vegetable gardens; flower beds exploding with color and texture; and lush, shady backyards watered by flood irrigation. Xeriscaped front yards and parking strips will have you rethinking your water-hungry landscape. Some yards are filled with a variety of outdoor living spaces and recycled materials used in the garden in ways you might never imagine. Once Tour admission is purchased, you name(s) are added to the Tour roster. You may check in at any garden along the Tour including our 2017 presenter, Cottage Gardeners, Inc. All the homes on the tour are in a short distance of each other. Map of homes available June 1 at http://idahobotanicalgarden.org/events/garden-tour-2017/