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Boise's Platt Garden (Tap to read)

11/26/2022

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I was working on a story recently that involved plats in Boise. At the same time I stumbled on a familiar name, Platt Garden. I wondered if there was a connection between that name and platting in Boise. There wasn’t.
 
Platt Gardens, according to the City of Boise website, was designed by Spanish landscape architect Ricardo Espino to grace the grounds of the Boise Train Depot. Union Pacific built the gardens which feature a winding walk, benches, ponds, a monument of volcanic rock and a welcoming display of greenery in 1927.
 
The Depot and Platt Gardens were donated to the City of Boise by Union Pacific in 1982. The gardens were named for Howard V. Platt who was the general manager of the original Oregon Short Line Railroad.
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