2021 Orchids & Onions Archive


On June 26th, 2021 we celebrated the 44th annual Orchids & Onions Preservation Awards.

The 2021 awards presentation took place at:

  • The Idaho Black History Museum (in Julia Davis Park)

  • Saturday, June 26, 2021

  • 12:30 to 3:30

  • Tours/Awards Ceremony/Reception


Since 1977, Preservation Idaho has hosted the annual Orchids & Onions Awards, a ceremony designed to celebrate those individuals and organizations that have made a positive contribution to historic preservation, and in turn, to bring awareness to those projects which have shown an insensitivity to historic preservation.

Excellence in Historic Preservation

  • Baxter Apartments

  • MickDuff’s Brewing Company

  • Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead Granary Historic Restoration Project

Contribution to Historic Preservation

  • Kerry and Steve Calverley; preservation of the historic Blucher House in Boise

Friends of Historic Preservation

  • Twin Falls Historic Neighborhood Group

Cultural Heritage Preservation

  • Bruce Flohr and Tammy Copelan