Idaho's Master Gardeners make a tangible difference in their communities. In recent years, they have: planted a memorial rose garden at the Idaho Ronald McDonald House in Boise. provided the Kootenai County juvenile probation office with garden space, advice and encouragement so that 11- to 17-year-old could learn work ethics and teamwork. helped the Hailey community forester complete an inventory of 2,642 trees. designed landscapes for terraced waterfalls, fern gulches and tropical rain forests at Idaho Falls' Tautphaus Park Zoo. advised members of the Nez Perce Tribe about growing fresh vegetables for their USDA food Distribution Program in 50-by-100 foot garden at Lapwai. helped senior citizens and the physically challenged extend their gardening pleasure and years by showing them how to locate or modify ergonomic tools. developed a landscape plan for a section of bike path along the Snake River at Shelley. advised Veterans Administration Hospital staff in Boise on building five raised garden beds that provided seriously mentally ill patients with a self-esteem-building, isolation-breaching group activity. and answered tens of thousands of gardening questions and identified thousands of insect and plant specimens brought to their county extension offices.