2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and last frost dates for Sandpoint

 I never use this map, which has changed recently, I just do trial and error or I talk to someone at a plant nursery. But maybe knowing this map will come in handy some day...

2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

link

IDAHO

SANDPOINT hardiness zone is 6a and 6b

 History of the map

1990 USDA plant hardiness zones

2012 USDA plant hardiness zones

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Look up your current soil temp

https://www.greencastonline.com/tools/soil-temperature

Look up your first and last frost dates at The Old Farmer's Almanac

https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates/zipcode/83864

look up your planting calendar

https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar

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Local to me - Sandpoint, Idaho

May 18th may be the traditional last frost day, but things are changing. I don't know if that has changed. Folklore is people don't outdoor plant until snow is off Mt. Baldy.

I have heard people in Spokane plant out doors when snow is gone from Mt. Spokane

OTHER

I have heard the Amish plant outdoors when their plum trees blossom

Gardening Centers and local producers near me

 The Co-op keeps a list of local farms that sell direct to the public

https://www.coopgasandsupply.com/

click on "Local Producers List"

Garden Centers near me

All Seasons Garden and Floral

https://www.allseasonsgardenandfloral.com/

https://www.facebook.com/AllSeasonsGardenandFloral/

Greentree Naturals

website

https://www.facebook.com/GreentreeNaturals/

Ponderay Garden Center

https://www.ponderaygarden.com/about

Cedar Mountain Perennials

https://cedarmountainperennials.com/

Annie's Orchard in Clark Fork

https://www.anniesorchard.com/

Selkirk-Pend Oreille Food Summit

FARMERS MARKETS

Sandpoint Farmers Market

https://www.sandpointfarmersmarket.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sandpointfarmersmarket/

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https://www.belovedacresidaho.com/

Beloved Acres Co-Op is set up as a traditional buying club offering organic produce from small farms, organic dry goods, and organic/regeneratively farmed meats.

based in Oregon they have drops in Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry

https://www.azurestandard.com/

https://www.facebook.com/azurestandard

Helping the un-housed in Bonner County

this is a work in progress. 

Community Resource Envision Center

     list of emergency housing assistance

https://www.crecidaho.com/community-assistance

 Helping Hands Healing Hearts

https://helping7b.org/

https://www.facebook.com/helping7b

Bonner Homeless Transitions AKA  Blue Haven

https://bonnerhomelesstransitions.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Bonnerhomelesstransitions/

Priest River Advocates for Women, they serve Sandpoint, PR, and Spirit Lake. They don't take govt funding,all private. https://www.prmafw.org

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other resources (not for emergencies)

The Community Assistance League runs Bizarre Bazaar...upscale resale and distributes all proceeds through grant and scholarship applications back into Bonner County.

   supports Meals on Wheels

https://www.calsandpoint.org/

Habitat for Humanity has a Re-Store in Sandpoint

http://www.iphfh.org/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070398105796

Beekeeping

Friendly Beekeeping for Beginners 119k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2218791258180957/

Beekeeping Basics 324k

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1254979707869481/

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LOCAL to ME

Bonner County Beekeepers Network

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1949616375314325

* lots of supplies at the Co-op in Sandpoint

Herbalists without Borders

Herbalists without Borders

https://hwbglobal.org/

https://www.facebook.com/Herbalistswithoutborders/

https://www.instagram.com/herbalistswithoutborders/

https://www.youtube.com/c/HerbalistsWithoutBorders

The Inland Northwest/Spokane Chapter was established in late 2018 as a function of the Four Seasons Herbal Guild.

The Spokane Herbal Faire is our main fundraiser, all monies raised support HWB and local herbal events and classes.

https://www.fourseasonsguild.com/hwb

Native Plant Societies

list of Native Plant Societies

https://nanps.org/native-plant-societies/

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 Idaho Native Plant Society

https://idahonativeplants.org/

https://www.facebook.com/IdahoNativePlants/

https://www.instagram.com/idahonativeplantsociety/

Idaho Plants (not a society but they have 13k members)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/262442567460388/

Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society in Sandpoint, Idaho

https://www.nativeplantsociety.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NativePlantSociety/

https://www.youtube.com/@kinnikinnicknativeplantsoc1179/videos

North Idaho Native Plant Arboretum in Sandpoint, Idaho (managed by Kinnikinnick)

https://communityofgardens.si.edu/items/show/12224

Coeur d' Alene Tribe Natural Resources

https://www.facebook.com/cdatribe.naturalresources/

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Washington Native Plant Society

https://www.wnps.org/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WashingtonNativePlants/

https://www.instagram.com/washingtonnativeplants/?hl=en

Oregon Native Plant Society

https://www.npsoregon.org/

https://www.facebook.com/NPSOregon

Montana Native Plant Society

https://mtnativeplants.org/

https://www.facebook.com/MTNativePlantSociety

     Bitterroot Salish tribe of Montana - Salish Plant Society

     https://www.facebook.com/salishplantsociety

     Snyel̓mn Project

     https://www.facebook.com/MissionCreekTrail/about

California Native Plant Society

https://www.cnps.org/

https://www.facebook.com/CaliforniaNativePlantSociety

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Kootenay Native Plant Society (Canada)

https://kootenaynativeplants.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/KootenayNativePlantSociety/

https://www.instagram.com/kootenay_native_plant_society/