Tickets go on sale for Bibler garden tours

Join the Flathead Valley Community College Foundation to celebrate spring and summer with a walk amidst thousands of beautiful flowers at Bibler Home and Gardens. 

Bibler Home and Gardens is a privately owned residence and ornamental landscape designed by Louis A. “Sam” Bibler. Bibler landscaped, planted and maintained the gardens at his home from around 1980 until he died in 2002. The extensive gardens, including ponds, waterfalls, sculptures and arboretum, are maintained according to Bibler’s desire to preserve the site as a place of lasting beauty to be enjoyed by the local community and visitors to the area. More information is available at biblergardens.org.

The FVCC Foundation was established in 1976 to support scholarships, programs and learning facilities at Flathead Valley Community College. Each year, the Foundation distributes more than $1 million in scholarship funds to students at FVCC. More information is available at fvcc.edu/foundation. 

Tickets go on sale Monday, April 1 at 9 a.m. for the self-guided tours that benefit student scholarships at FVCC. The 2024 tour schedule:

• May 15-17: Spring Beauty self-guided tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day. Walk among hundreds of thousands of tulips, daffodils and other spring blossoms and explore the beautifully furnished home. 

• May 18: Spring Beauty self-guided tour at 11 a.m. Walk among hundreds of thousands of tulips, daffodils and other spring blossoms and explore the beautifully furnished home. 

• May 18: Spring Beauty & Tribal Weavings Tour at 1p.m. Special viewing of the Bibler collection of Persian tapestries and weavings, presented by Carol Bibler. A chance to view the extensive tribal rug and weaving collection in the lower level of the home in addition to taking a self-guided tour of the gardens. 

• July 15-19: Splendid Summer Evenings self-guided tours at 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. each evening. Explore the home and gardens in the magical evening light with hundreds of thousands of annuals and perennials in bloom. 

• Aug. 1  2: Sweet Summer Days self-guided tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day. 

Tickets range from $5-$35 and must be purchased in advance through the FVCC Foundation Office at fvcc.edu/foundation, 406-756-3632 or foundation@fvcc.edu.