McKain-Kinney Remembrance
Rose Garden
Located at St Luke's Magic Valley
Medical Center
The
McKain-Kinney Remembrance Rose Garden on the St. Luke's Magic
Valley Medical Center’s
south campus is a gift to the hospital and the community
from the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation
and generous donors who joined together in 1997 to transform
landscape designer Martha Carlson’s drawings into a
living, growing garden. This garden is a living symbol of
the growing commitment of the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health
Foundation and the medical center to provide the best possible
health care for
the citizens of the Magic Valley region
The Garden is both contemporary and traditional in nature. Planted with 160 roses that include 25 varieties, the garden has paved walkways, water features, graceful statuary and restful seating areas for patients and visitors to enjoy.
Twin Falls philanthropists Jim Kinney and Barbara
McKain stepped forward to underwrite the major construction
costs of the garden site, which included excavation,
electrical and irrigation requirements. The couple
gave this generous gift in memory of their former
spouses. Other donors have designated the garden’s
statues as a tribute to someone special. There are
several areas and many roses and paving bricks that
remain available for honoring loved ones or to pay
special tribute to an organization.
Visitors to the McKain-Kinney Remembrance Rose Garden will find both their favorite blooms and new varieties to enjoy. The roses in all their varieties, scents and colors represent the diversity of both those individuals providing our daily health care needs and those we wish to remember through honor plaques.
Gifts to the Garden – A beautiful way to remember someone special!
The McKain-Kinney Remembrance Rose Garden is funded by donations received by the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation. The medical center’s exceptional grounds crew cares for the Rose Garden and ensures its perpetual beauty.
Permanent, engraved plaques and bricks recognize donations of $100 or more. Gifts support both the Rose Garden and the local health care programs of the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation.
Engraved Paving Brick -$100 Individual Rose Bush - $500 Trellis Climbing Rose - $ 1,500 Iron Bench - $1,000 |
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The items above can be designated to honor those we wish to remember. By placing their names in the Rose Garden, donors include their memory in this pleasant place of beauty, tranquility and repose.
If you would like to share in the beauty of the McKain-Kinney Remembrance Rose Garden and also help the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation meet the needs of health care in the Magic Valley, please contact the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation at 208.737.2480 or email Kathy Lewin to receive information by mail.
DONOR TAX ADVANTAGE
- The Internal Revenue Service allows deductions to qualifying donors of charitable gifts. These charitable contributions and the methods by which they are made to the St. Luke's Magic Valley Health Foundation should be discussed with your tax or legal advisor.

