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Orton Botanical Garden, Inc.

(208) 734-7959

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    • Home
    • Mission Statement
    • Membership
    • Volunteering
    • Shop
    • Classes & Events
    • About the Garden
      • Garden Photos
      • Plant Photos
      • What's Blooming
      • Water Conservation
      • Pollinators
      • ACCESSIBILITY
      • FireWise Landscaping
Orton Botanical Garden, Inc.

(208) 734-7959

  • Home
  • Mission Statement
  • Membership
  • Volunteering
  • Shop
  • Classes & Events
  • About the Garden
    • Garden Photos
    • Plant Photos
    • What's Blooming
    • Water Conservation
    • Pollinators
    • ACCESSIBILITY
    • FireWise Landscaping

Classes & Events

Events

Scheduled Guided Group Tours

Self-guided tours or Guided tours available.  

Call to schedule any day but Sunday, May-September. $5 fee/person. 

We can consider nonprofits on adjusting fee costs. 


When you call, let us know what tour experience you're looking for. 

  • School Groups, we can offer educational experiences in our classroom and educational guided garden tours.
  • Business Group Tours, we can offer guided tours, and meeting space, educational classes, plants for purchase during tour available.
  • Private Family or Person Tours, guided or self-guided tours available. 


Educational Classes for Your Group,Class, or Club

Have a group that would benefit or enjoy high desert and other horticultural classes? 

Orton Botanical Garden's classroom offers the following classes (821 Filer Ave W. Twin Falls, ID next to the garden)

Call or email to set up a time/date that accommodates your schedule. 

 Fees are priced in each description, with a Fees section below for easy online payment. Questions? Call 208-308-6840/Email ortonbotanicalgardenstaff@gmail.com

Water Conservation Class

Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

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Water Conservation Class

This class will cover and understanding of our current water usage, our local climate, and an understanding of drought tolerant plants and h...

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Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

Garden Photography

Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

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Garden Photography

Drew Nash, highly regarded staff photographer for the Twin Falls Times News, will facilitate this 2-hour class on using a camera to capture ...

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Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

Garden Photography with a Smart Phone

Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

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Garden Photography with a Smart Phone

Drew Nash, staff photographer for the Twin Falls Times News, will facilitate this 2-hour class on garden photography and portrait photograph...

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Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

Propagating Cacti & High Desert Plants

Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

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Propagating Cacti & High Desert Plants

Orton Botanical Garden's founder and authority on high desert flora, LaMar Orton, will cover propagation strategies for various cacti (mainl...

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Orton Botanical Garden Classroom

Fees

Water Conservation

$25 registration fee & reserves your spot.

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Garden Photography

$40 registration fee & reserves your spot.

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Garden Photography with Smart Phone

$30 registration fee & reserves your spot.

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Propagating Cacti & High Desert Plants 9/26/2025

$40 registration fee & reserves your spot.

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Free Class Videos

A Past Zoom Class

Presale Plant Class

Presale Plant Class

 On October 4, 2022  Michael Mancuso, Botanist and Idaho Native Plant Society  President presented  via Zoom an overview of Idaho’s endemic flora.  The session was recorded

Link to the recording:  https://vimeo.com/gardentronic/idahoendemics

Presale Plant Class

Presale Plant Class

Presale Plant Class

Watch a recording of our Presale Plant Class that details plants for sale at Orton Botanical Garden, hosted by Botanist Ann DeBolt. Learn more about Idaho native and regionally native plants that are drought tolerant and well adapted to our region. 

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